On Jan. 22, we will find out whether Roy Halladay will be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
And based on the votes compiled so far, Doc looks like a lock.
Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs on Twitter) has been tracking and obtaining ballots from Hall of Fame voters for years.
And his findings so far reveal that Halladay is trailing only Mariano Rivera on this year's ballot.
Halladay has received 94.0 percent of the 179 votes obtained. It means that he needs only 59.6 percent of remaining votes to reach the 75 percent threshold needed for induction.
It is obviously extremely sad that Halladay will not get to experience it. There was no pitcher of his era who commanded more respect and that legacy will last for decades and decades and decades. It's hard to find anyone - a baseball player, manager, front office-type or writer - whom Halladay failed to make a positive, lasting impression on. It will be another bittersweet moment for fans of the Phillies, Blue Jays and baseball in general when Halladay is posthumously inducted.
The induction ceremony will take place in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 21 at 1:30 p.m.
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Curt Schilling may also get the call to the Hall this year. It's his seventh time on the ballot, and so far, he's received 73.9 percent of public/anonymous votes, which is just short. He'd need 75.9 percent of remaining voters to back him to reach the induction requirement.
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