US EditionCarlos Beltrán’s Wife Intently Followed Hall of Fame Vote-Tracker
Carlos Beltrán received 84.2% of Baseball Writers' Association of America votes on his fourth ballot after missing the Hall by 19 votes last year.
- This year, Carlos Beltrán was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the BBWAA, receiving 358 of 425 votes for 84.2%, 39 above the 319 needed for the 75% threshold, while his wife Jessica kept him informed daily on projections.
- After falling 19 votes short last year, Carlos Beltrán made his fourth Hall of Fame ballot appearance and is among only five players with at least 400 homers and 300 stolen bases.
- Andruw Jones, in his ninth ballot appearance, was picked on 333 ballots for 78.4% after rising from 7.3% in 2018 to 58.1% in 2023, showing a steady climb by the BBWAA.
- He toured the Hall's plaque gallery and showed his family the new plaques, describing the experience as overwhelming while encouraging fans to visit Cooperstown to understand baseball's story.
- Beltrán's election comes amid lingering scrutiny from MLB's 2017 report, which named him as the only Houston Astros player, but he also helps grow baseball in Puerto Rico through his developmental school.
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By ALEX RUBINSON COOPERSTOWN, New York, USA (AP) — Carlos Beltrán’s wife was watching the vote tracker for Ryan Thibodaux’s Hall of Fame with the intensity of an investor following the markets. “My wife woke up every morning and said, ‘Come on,’ and I asked her, ‘What happened?’,” she said on Thursday during her first visit to the Hall of Fame since her election. “She said, ‘We got five votes,’ and then said, ‘Oh my God, what is going on? We los…
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Carlos Beltrán's wife intently followed Hall of Fame vote-tracker
Carlos Beltrán's wife closely followed the Hall of Fame vote-tracker, celebrating each gain. Beltrán received 84.2% of the votes from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, surpassing the 75% needed.
Puerto Rican Carlos Beltrán, a powerful former Mets and Astros fighter, was elected this week as one of the new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside the curator Andruw Jones. With Beltrán, there are already 20 Hispanics who are part of the museum. Read more
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