Chipper has a vote on 99 percent of Hall of Fame ballots revealed
With a third of baseball’s Hall of Fame ballots revealed, Chipper Jones has received a nod from 99 percent of the voters.
Baseball Hall of Fame ballot tracker Ryan Thibodaux reveals in a tweet that of 156 ballots, 154 contained a vote for Chipper.
Former Braves teammate Andruw Jones was tracking far behind the required 75 percent needed for induction into Cooperstown.
We begin 2018 with 151 ballots/~35.6% of the vote known:
— Ryan Thibodaux (@NotMrTibbs) January 1, 2018
Chipper - 99%
Thome - 95%
Vlad - 93%
Edgar 81%
Hoffman - 78%
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Mussina - 72%
BB/RC - 70%
Schilling - 67%
Walker - 40%
Manny - 29%
Vizquel - 27%
McGriff - 17%
Rolen - 9.9%
Andruw - 5.3%
Tracker: https://t.co/EHQYbIMnWo
Both Jones are in their first year of eligibility on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballots. Also on the ballot are former Braves Fred McGriff, Gary Sheffield, Billy Wagner and Kevin Millwood.
Official Hall of Fame results will be announced Jan. 24. The induction ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, July 29, 2018, in Cooperstown, N.Y.
