Baseball Hall of Fame adds 2 outfielders to Cooperstown, including one tied to Astros' scandal

Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones, who combined to deed 869 location runs (Beltran deed 435, Jones deed 434), were some elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame connected Tuesday.

In his 4th twelvemonth connected the ballot, Beltran received 75% of the votes needed to beryllium inducted into Cooperstown, finishing with the highest percent (84.2%) among imaginable inductees. 

Jones had to hold 9 years, but it was worthy it. He finished with 78.4% of votes, coming down to the ligament to get into Cooperstown and not person to sweat retired his 10th and last twelvemonth connected the ballot successful 2027.

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Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones were some elected to the Hall of Fame connected Tuesday. (Robert Deutsch/USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images; Timothy Clary/Getty Images)

New York Mets fans’ halfway representation of Beltran is his strikeout to extremity the 2006 National League Championship Series, but the nine-time All-Star was a accordant unit passim his full career. He adjacent made the Midsummer Classic successful his second-to-last season, erstwhile helium deed .295 with an .850 OPS, 35 location runs and 101 RBIs.

Beltran, a switch-hitter, won 3 Gold Glove Awards portion accumulating 2,725 hits, 435 of which were location runs. He besides stole 300 bases successful his career, making him 1 of conscionable 8 players successful MLB past to beryllium successful the 300-300 club. Beltran has the fourth-most location runs by a switch-hitter, trailing Mickey Mantle, Eddie Murray and Chipper Jones.

He is besides 1 of 39 players to some thrust successful and people astatine slightest 1,500 runs. Thirty-two of those players, including Beltran, are successful the Hall of Fame — the different 7 that aren’t are either tied to performance-enhancing drugs (Barry Bonds, Alex Rodriguez, Rafael Palmeiro, Gary Sheffield, Manny Ramirez) oregon are not yet eligible for the Hall of Fame (Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera). In 65 postseason games, helium deed .307 with a 1.021 OPS. Beltran spent 7 seasons with some the Mets and Royals and enactment up astir identical stats, truthful it remains to beryllium seen what chapeau helium volition deterioration connected his plaque.

While the numbers shriek Hall of Fame, it became wide that voters were giving him a self-imposed punishment for his engagement successful the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal. Beltran, who won his lone World Series with that tainted Houston squad successful his last MLB season, has been considered a mastermind of the scheme, which outgo him his occupation arsenic New York Mets manager successful 2020 earlier helium managed a game. Beltran was the lone subordinate connected the squad straight named by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred erstwhile announcing punishments for the organization.

Carlos Beltran of the Houston Astros takes the tract during subordinate introductions anterior to Game 3 of the 2017 World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers astatine Minute Maid Park connected Friday, Oct. 27, 2017 successful Houston, Texas.  (Alex Trautwig/MLB via Getty Images)

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As for Jones, the Curaçao autochthonal is 1 of 4 players with 400 location runs and 10 Gold Glove Awards, on with Willie Mays, Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Schmidt. Jones led the majors with 51 location runs successful 2005, finishing conscionable abbreviated of the MVP Award to Albert Pujols.

A five-time All-Star, the outfielder spent 12 of his 17 MLB seasons with the Atlanta Braves and played successful 76 postseason games. 

Atlanta Braves outfield Andruw Jones makes a diving drawback against the  Philadelphia Phillies connected April 16, 2005. (Tom DiPace/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images)

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The duo, on with Jeff Kent, volition beryllium formally inducted into Cooperstown successful July. Kent was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era committee successful December. 

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