Andre Dawson Elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, Former Indians Blyleven and Alomar Just Miss

Andre Dawson today become the 68th outfielder overall elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He received 420 votes which was 77.9% of the total. You need to be on over 75% of the ballots to qualify for the Hall. Dawson played 21 seasons hitting .279 career hitter with 438 home runs, 1,591 runs batted in and 314 stolen bases. A negative on his resume, however, was the fact he never won a World Series Ring.

Two players that were multiple World Series winners and have ties to the Cleveland Indians just missed election today. Bert Blyleven, who had one the best curveballs in the history of the game and has two rings, missed by just 5 votes. Roberto Alomar, who is regarded as the best second baseman since Rogers Hornsby, missed by 8 votes.

Here is the complete voting for the 2009 Hall of Fame:

2010 Hall of Fame voting
Name Votes Pct.
Andre Dawson 420 77.9%
Bert Blyleven 400 74.2%
Roberto Alomar 397 73.7%
Jack Morris 282 52.3%
Barry Larkin 278 51.6%
Lee Smith 255 47.3%
Edgar Martinez 195 36.2%
Tim Raines 164 30.4%
Mark McGwire 128 23.7%
Alan Trammell 121 22.4%
Fred McGriff 116 21.5%
Don Mattingly 87 16.1%
Dave Parker 82 15.2%
Dale Murphy 63 11.7%
Harold Baines 33 6.1%
Andres Galarraga 22 4.1%
Robin Ventura 7 1.3%
Ellis Burks 2 0.4%
Eric Karros 2 0.4%
Kevin Appier 1 0.2%
Pat Hentgen 1 0.2%
David Segui 1 0.2%
Mike Jackson 0 0.0%
Ray Lankford 0 0.0%
Shane Reynolds 0 0.0%
Todd Zeile 0 0.0%
Note: 405 votes (75%) required for enshrinement. Induction July 25, 2010 in Cooperstown, N.Y.