Henderson and Rice Elected to Hall

A baseball star,Rickey Handerson career is glorious by a speed and a success he had achieved.Because of that, Henderson was elected into the Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot.

While Henderson rumbled into the Hall with 94.8 percent of the vote, Jim Rice are going through a closing door. He notched 76.4 percent of the vote; he was on 412 of the 539 ballots cast, meaning he got seven more votes than the required 405.outfielder Andre Dawson, who played 21 seasons, mostly with the Expos and Cubs, finished with 67 percent of the vote, and pitcher Bert Blyleven received 62.7 percent.Meanwhile, Mark McGwire whose career has been clouded by suspicions of steroid use, saw his percentage drop to 21.9 percent from 23.6 percent.

In order to be elected into the Hall,every players or competitor need 75 percent of the vote from 10-year members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

“I feel great about it,It’s been a long time coming. I played baseball because I loved the game. I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop. And now that it has been five years, they have chosen me to go into the Hall of Fame. I cannot be any more pleased or thrilled about it.” Henderson said.

In his career as a baseball player,Henderson had played in 25 seasons and with nine teams, including four stints with the Oakland Athletics. He helped the A’s win a World Series title in 1989 and was voted the most valuable player a year later.

Rice, the feared hitter from the Boston Red Sox, was never a slam dunk with voters. It took Rice 15 ballots to get elected. But now Rice will share a stage with Henderson in Cooperstown. Unlike the traveling Henderson, Rice played his entire 16-year career with the Red Sox. He had 382 homers, 1,451 runs batted in, hit .298 and won one M.V.P. award.