Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame, while closer Billy Wagner again fell just short with 73.8%.

5:45 p.m. — Billy Wagner is the closest candidate to 50/50 odds tonight, with Todd Helton trending in the right direction. He still has one more year on the ballot if he misses this time around ...

Baseball Hall of Fame: Billy Wagner falls five votes short, ... Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were inducted this year while Gary Sheffield is also done due to failing to get to 75% in his 10th year.

Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and Jim Leyland were ... Other players included on this year's ballot who fell short of the 75% threshold were Billy Wagner (73.8%), Gary Sheffield ...

— Billy Wagner (@BillyWagner1313) January 1, 2025. As of this writing, ... Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were voted in last year.

Todd Helton, the former first baseman for the Colorado Rockies, was right behind Rolen with 72.2 percent of the vote in his fifth try, followed by the former closer Billy Wagner (68.1) and the ...

Billy Wagner. Billy Wagner, a lefty reliever for the ages. ... Todd Helton — 46.6. Yes, Utley’s peak was bigger and more valuable than the peak of any other player on this ballot, ...

Beltre, who collected 3,166 hits and became the third player to enter the Hall of Fame wearing a Texas Rangers hat, signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for about $23,000 at age 15 in 1994.

Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton appeared on track to gain election to Cooperstown on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner was likely to be right around the needed 75% threshold ...

Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton were pegged as athletic phenoms from a young age and all three lived up to expectations with their induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday. The ...