Associated Press
 Only two shortstops, Cal Ripken and his fellow hall-of-famer Ozzie Smith, made more All-Star teams than Cincinnati's Barry Larkin (12). |
NEW YORK — Andre Dawson has been elected to the Hall of Fame, while Bert Blyleven and Roberto Alomar fell just short of earning baseball’s highest honor.
Shortstop Barry Larkin of the Cincinnati Reds, who was on the ballot for the first time, did not make it.
Dawson received 420 of 539 votes in voting announced Wednesday by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, 15 more than the 75 percent necessary to gain election. The eight-time All-Star, appearing on the ballot for the ninth time, had fallen 44 votes short last year.
Larkin had the second-highest vote total among the 13 first-timers on the ballot. He received 278 votes (51.6 percent), which was fifth overall behind Dawson, Bert Blyleven, first-timer Roberto Alomar and Jack Morris.
Blyleven had 400 votes, up from 338 last year, and will likely get in because he has two more tries on the BBWAA ballot.
Alomar received 397 votes in his first appearance and was followed by Morris with 282.
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