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Who didn’t vote Chipper Jones into Hall of Fame? Listen to this

Ken Griffey Jr., Class of 2016 — 99.32% Tom Seaver, Class of 1992 — 98.84% Nolan Ryan, Class of 1999 — 98.79% Cal Ripken Jr. Class of 2007 — 98.53% Ty Cobb, Class of 1936 — 98.23% George Brett, Class of 1999 — 98.19% Hank Aaron, Class of 1982 — 97.83% Tony Gwynn, Class of 2007 — 97.61% Randy Johnson, Class of 2015 — 97.27% Greg Maddux, Class of 2014 — 97.20% Chipper Jones?
By AJC Sports
Jan 26, 2018

Chipper Jones entered the Baseball Hall of Fame with 97.2 percent of the vote. Who didn’t vote for one of the best switch hitters to play the game?

AJC sports columnist Jeff Schultz and WSB-TV sports director Zach Klein with veteran sports writer and columnist Mark Purdy, who was 1 of 12 voters who did not cast a ballot Jones on their "We Never Played the Game" podcast.

Will there ever be a unanimous entry into the Hall of Fame? Listen (then rate, review and subscribe):

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