| Rank | Name | Votes | Pct. | Yrs on ballot |
Pos | Years active |
BTP | BT rank |
BT pos rank |
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| 1 | *Scott Rolen | 297 | 76.3 | 6 | 3b | 1996‑2012 | 97.6 | 92 | 5 |
| 2 | Todd Helton | 281 | 72.2 | 5 | 1b | 1997‑2013 | 116.4 | 55 | 6 |
| 3 | Billy Wagner | 265 | 68.1 | 8 | pi cp | 1995‑2010 | 108.7 | 68 | 4 |
| 4 | Andruw Jones | 226 | 58.1 | 6 | cf | 1996‑2012 | 96.5 | 94 | 14 |
| 5 | Gary Sheffield | 214 | 55.0 | 9 | lf | 1988‑2009 | 124.1 | 47 | 4 |
| 6 | Carlos Beltrán | 181 | 46.5 | 1 | cf | 1998-2017 | 108.6 | 70 | 7 |
| 6 | ††Jeff Kent | 181 | 46.5 | 10 | 2b | 1992‑2008 | 110.2 | 66 | 1 |
| 8 | Alex Rodriguez | 139 | 35.7 | 2 | 3b | 1994‑2016 | 187.0 | 10 | 1 |
| 9 | Manny Ramirez | 129 | 33.2 | 7 | lf | 1993‑2011 | 166.2 | 16 | 1 |
| 10 | Omar Vizquel | 76 | 19.5 | 6 | ss | 1989‑2012 | 42.2 | 504 | 12 |
| 11 | Andy Pettitte | 66 | 17.0 | 5 | pi sp | 1995‑2013 | 138.5 | 33 | 25 |
| 12 | Bobby Abreu | 60 | 15.4 | 4 | rf | 1996‑2014 | 95.5 | 96 | 15 |
| 13 | Jimmy Rollins | 50 | 12.9 | 2 | ss | 2000‑2016 | 50.4 | 397 | 9 |
| 14 | Mark Buehrle | 42 | 10.8 | 3 | pi sp | 2000‑2015 | 116.7 | 54 | 38 |
| 14 | Francisco Rodríguez | 42 | 10.8 | 1 | pi cp | 2002-2017 | 63.4 | 251 | 11 |
| 16 | Torii Hunter | 27 | 6.9 | 3 | cf | 1997‑2015 | 115.9 | 56 | 5 |
| 17 | †Bronson Arroyo | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | pi sp | 2000-2017 | 85.9 | 127 | 75 |
| 17 | †R.A. Dickey | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | pi sp | 2001-2017 | 83.6 | 134 | 79 |
| 17 | †John Lackey | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | pi sp | 2002-2017 | 127.2 | 43 | 31 |
| 17 | †Mike Napoli | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | ca | 2006-2017 | 60.7 | 277 | 8 |
| 17 | †Huston Street | 1 | 0.3 | 1 | pi cp | 2005-2017 | 51.0 | 389 | 29 |
| 22 | †Matt Cain | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | pi sp | 2005-2017 | 100.7 | 85 | 56 |
| 22 | †Jacoby Ellsbury | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | cf | 2007-2017 | 30.0 | 790 | 157 |
| 22 | †Andre Ethier | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | rf | 2006-2017 | 52.8 | 364 | 67 |
| 22 | †J.J. Hardy | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ss | 2005-2017 | 54.8 | 332 | 7 |
| 22 | †Jhonny Peralta | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | ss | 2003-2017 | 39.4 | 557 | 15 |
| 22 | †Jered Weaver | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | pi sp | 2006-2017 | 127.8 | 42 | 30 |
| 22 | †Jayson Werth | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | lf | 2002-2017 | 50.2 | 401 | 75 |
† Player to be removed the Hall of Fame ballot in 2024 because he did not receive 5 percent of the vote to remain on subsequent year's ballots.
†† Players will not return to the Hall of Fame ballot in 2024 because they had been on the ballot for the maximum of 10 years without being elected.
Note: Some Hall eligible candidates (five of the 28) had careers that, in part, preceded the era of Box-Toppers player tracking, which began in 1995. However, 23 of the 28 players listed here began their career in 1995 or later, so their entire career was tracked by Box-Toppers.
Rolen voted to Hall of Fame, while Box-Toppers’ 4 choices fall short
Third baseman Scott Rolen was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday in his sixth year on the baseball writers’ ballot.
Box-Toppers Hall of Fame ballot
Here are Box-Toppers' ballot selections for the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA) 2023 Hall of Fame selections. The ballot requires voters to pick as many as 12 candidates—Box-Toppers chose four. (In the "official" vote by the Baseball Writers Association of America—BBWAA—voters can pick as many as 10 candidates.) There are 28 candidates on both the BBWAA and IBWAA ballots.Shown first in alphabetical order by last name are the four players Box-Toppers is voting for Hall induction, along with their career Box-Toppers point total and the number of years each player has been on the ballot. A brief Box-Toppers-focused biographical synopsis is shown beneath each player.
That is followed by the list of player Box-Toppers is not voting for Hall induction, also in alphabetical order by last name.
| YES: Players Box-Toppers is voting for Hall of Fame | ||
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| Player | Career BTP | Year on ballot |
| Todd Helton | 116.4 | 5 |
| • 14th among all batters in career BTPs since 1995, 6th among all first basemen. • Top 10 overall player in 2001 (17.0). • Top NL batter 2 times—2000 (15.2), 2001 (17.0). • Top 10 NL batter 5 times. • Top NL 1B 4 times from 1999-2002. • Top 5 NL 1B 6 times. |
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| Torii Hunter | 115.9 | 3 |
| • Ranks 15th among all batters in career BTPs and 5th among all OFs since 1995. • Led AL OFs 2008 (12.4). • Top 10 AL batter four times. • Top 10 AL OF nine times. |
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| Jeff Kent | 110.2* | 10 |
| • Top-ranked 2B in career points since 1995. • Ranks 17th among all batters in career BTPs since 1995. • Top NL 2B 6 times: 1997 (11.2), 1998 (10.0), 2000 (12.9), 2001 (9.2), 2002 (10.9), 2004 (7.5). • Top 5 NL 2B 11 times. • Top 10 NL batters twice. |
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| Billy Wagner | 108.7 | 8 |
| • Ranked 3rd among all closing pitchers since 1995. • Top NL closer three times: 1998 (12.0), 1999 (15.0), 2010 (13.0). • Seven times top 5 NL closer. • Top 10 NL pitcher twice. |
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| NO: Players Box-Toppers is not voting for Hall of Fame | ||
| Player | Career BTP | Year on ballot |
| Bobby Abreu | 95.5 | 4 |
| • Ranks 15th in career BTPs among all OFs since 1995. • Top 10 AL batter 2008. • Top 10 AL OF 3 times. • Top 10 NL OF twice. |
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| Bronson Arroyo | 85.9 | 1 |
| • Ranks 80th in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 AL pitcher 2004. • Top 10 NL pitcher 2006 |
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| Carlos Beltran | 108.6 | 1 |
| • Ranks 7th in career BTPs among all OFs since 1995. • Top 10 AL batter 2001, 2003. • Top 10 AL OF 3 times, including top AL OF 2001, 2003. • Top 10 NL OF 4 times. |
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| Mark Buehrle | 116.7 | 3 |
| • Ranks 41st in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 overall 2005. • Top 10 AL pitcher twice. | ||
| Matt Cain | 100.7 | 1 |
| • Ranks 60th in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 overall player 2006. • Top 10 NL pitcher 2006, 2009, 2010, 2012. |
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| R.A. Dickey | 83.6 | 1 |
| • Ranks 85th in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 overall player 2012. • Top 10 NL pitcher 2012. |
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| Jacoby Ellsbury | 30.0 | 1 |
| • Ranks 157th in career BTPs among all OFs since 1995. • Top 10 AL OF 2011. |
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| Andre Ethier | 52.8 | 1 |
| • Ranks 67th in career BTPs among all OFs since 1995. • Top 10 NL OF 2008, 2009, 2015. |
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| J.J. Hardy | 54.8 | 1 |
| • Ranks 7th in career BTPs among all shortstops since 1995. • Top AL shortstop 2012. • Top 5 NL shortstop 3 times. • Top 5 AL shortstop 4 times. |
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| Andruw Jones | 96.5 | 6 |
| • Ranks 14th in career BTPs among all OFs since 1995. • Top 10 NL batter twice. • Top 10 NL OF 6 times. |
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| John Lackey | 127.2 | 1 |
| • 33rd in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 AL pitcher 4 times. • Top 10 NL pitcher 2016 |
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| Mike Napoli | 60.7 | 1 |
| • Ranks 8th in career BTPs among all catchers since 1995. • Led AL catchers in 2011. • Top 10 AL batter 2011. • Top 5 AL catcher 3 times. • Top 5 AL 1B 2011. |
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| Jhonny Peralta | 39.4 | 1 |
| • Ranks 15th in career BTPs among all shortstops since 1995. • Top 5 AL shortstop 2005. • Top 5 NL shortstop 2014. |
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| Andy Pettitte | 138.5 | 5 |
| • 25th in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 AL pitcher 4 times, never higher than 8th. |
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| Manny Ramirez | 166.2* | 7 |
| • Steroids. • 16th in career BTPs among all players since 1995, 3rd among all batters. • Top 10 players twice, 1998 & 1999. • Top AL batter 1999 (19.9). • Top 10 AL batter 7 times. • Top 10 NL batter once. • Top AL OF three times 1999 (19.9), 2000 (13.2), 2005 (14.0). • Top AL OF 9 times. • Top 5 AL DH three times. • Top NL OF 2008 (13.9). |
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| Alex Rodriguez | 187.0* | 2 |
| • Steroids. • 10th in career BTPs among all players since 1995, 2nd among all batters. • Top 10 players, 2000 & 2007. • Top AL batter 2007 (18.9). • Top 10 AL batter 10 times. • Top AL shortstop 5 times, 1996 (11.2), 1999 (13.7), 2000 (17.0), 2001 (12.5), 2002 (15.2). • Top 5 AL SS 8 times. • Top AL 3B twice, 2005 (11.9), 2007 (18.9). • Top 5 AL 3B 7 times. • Top 5 AH DH 2015 (13.9). |
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| Francisco Rodriguez | 63.4 | 1 |
| • 11th in career BTPs among all closing pitchers since 1995. • Top 5 AL closing pitcher 2005, 2006, 2008. |
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| Scott Rolen | 97.6 | 6 |
| • 5th in career BTPs among all 3Bs since 1995. • Top 10 NL batters three times. • Top NL 3B three times 2002 (10.0), 2004 (13.5), 2010 (12.0). • Top 5 NL 3B 6 times. |
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| Jimmy Rollins | 50.4 | 2 |
| • 9th in career BTPs among all shortstops since 1995. • Top NL SS 2008 (7.0). • Top 5 NL SS 6 times. |
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| Gary Sheffield | 124.1* | 9 |
| • Steroids. • 11th among batters in career BTPs since 1995. • Would have about 155 BTP if career from 1988 were tracked. • Top 10 overall in 2004. • Top AL batter in 2004 (16.2). • Top 10 AL batter twice. • Top 10 NL batter four times. • Top AL OF in 2004 (16.2). • Top 10 AL OF twice. • Top 5 AL DH once. • Top NL OF in 2000 (14.2). • Top 10 NL OF four times. |
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| Huston Street | 51.0 | 1 |
| • 29th in career BTPs among all closing pitchers since 1995. • Top 5 AL closing pitcher 2006, 2008. • Top 5 NL closing pitcher 2011. |
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| Omar Vizquel | 42.2* | 6 |
| • 12th in career BTPs among SSs since 1995. • Top 5 AL SS twice. • Top 5 NL SS once. |
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| Jered Weaver | 127.8 | 1 |
| • 30th in career BTPs among all pitchers since 1995. • Top 10 overall 2010, 2011. • Top 10 AL pitcher 5 times, 2006, 2009-2012. |
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| Jayson Werth | 50.2 | 1 |
| • 75th in career BTPs among OF since 1995. • Top 10 NL batter 2010. • Top 10 NL OF 2010, 2013, 2016. |
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Box-Toppers did not vote Rolen for induction in a separate internet baseball writers ballot, favoring four other candidates who were not elected.
For Box-Toppers, Rolen nearly met Box-Toppers qualifications for induction. In general, Box-Toppers favors players for Hall induction who have at least 100 career Box-Toppers points and/or have led their league’s batters or pitchers in points for at least one season. Box-Toppers also considers players whose career Box-Toppers point total puts them among the few best players of their era or players who consistently led their league in Box-Toppers points at their position.
Rolen came close with 97.6 career Box-Toppers points in his career from 1996 to 2012, primarily for the Phillies, Cardinals and Reds. That point total ranks fifth among all third basemen since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He also led National League third basemen three times (2002 with 10.0 points, 2004 with 13.5 points and 2010 with 12.0 points). He also ranked among the top 10 NL batters three times and among the top five NL third basemen six times.
Rolen received 76.3 percent of the vote from members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, the only one of the 28 players on the ballot to receive the necessary 75 percent of the vote. Rolen received just five more than the necessary 292 votes needed for induction.
Box-Toppers supported the candidacies of four players with its vote in a separate ballot via the Internet Baseball Writers Association of America (IBWAA). While none of Box-Toppers four candidates was elected to the Hall, the internet baseball writers group also voted Rolen as the only candidate for induction to the Hall, receiving 76 percent of the vote.
Here are the players Box-Toppers voted for induction to the Hall of Fame on the IBWAA ballot and the percentage of votes they received in Tuesday’s announced vote from the BBWAA:
Todd Helton, 72.2 percent (up from 52.0 percent in 2022).
Billy Wagner, 68.1 percent (up from 51.0 percent in 2022).
Jeff Kent, 46.5 percent (up from 32.7 percent in 2022).
Torii Hunter, 6.9 percent (up from 5.3 percent in 2022).
This was Kent’s 10th and final year on the writers ballot. The three other players Box-Toppers voted for will return to the ballot in 2024. Helton, who will be in his sixth year on the ballot and Wanger, who will be in his ninth year on the ballot, both are trending toward eventual hall election. Hunter, who will be in his fourth year, would need to gain considerably more support in coming years to be elected.
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Some players may have received less voter support because of other issues. Though significantly fewer players on this year’s ballot have been suspected of or been punished for performance enhancing drug use than in previous years, a few of those players perist—Gary Sheffield (with 55.0 percent support in his ninth year), Alex Rodriguez (35.7 percent in his second year) and Manny Ramirez (33.2 percent in his seventh year). Also, Carlos Beltran, who received 46.5 percent of the votes in his first year on the ballot, may have received less support due to his ties with baseball’s sign-stealing scandal, when he was a member of the Astros.
First year of eligibility
There were 14 players who were in their first year of Hall eligibility, having played at least 10 seasons and been retired for five.
Of those 14, only two received at least 5 percent of the vote to remain on the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot—Carlos Beltran (46.5 percent) and Francisco Rodriguez (10.8 percent) Of the other 12, five received one vote and seven received none.
2023 induction ceremony
Rolen will be inducted to the Hall of Fame in ceremonies in July in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with Fred McGriff, who was elected in December by the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee.
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