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The Baseball Writers’ Association of America hit another single this year: The last eligible Expo, Andre Dawson, will be the sole player inducted into the Hall of Fame on July 25.
Manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey, selected by the veterans committee, will also be inducted.
While Dawson’s career peaked with Montreal – the team is now the Washington Nationals – he also played for the Chicago Cubs, Red Sox and Florida Marlins, which may draw additional fans to Cooperstown.
The 292nd honoree, Dawson was listed on 420 ballots (77.9 percent; 75 percent is needed to be inducted), but two other players, pitcher Bert Blyleven (74.2) and second-baseman Roberto Alomar (73.7) narrowly missed being selected.
Slugger Mark McGwire, who broke Roger Maris’ 70-home-run record in 1998, garnered only 128 votes, or 23.7 percent. In the days since the Wednesday, Jan. 6, announcement of balloting results, McGwire confirmed long-standing suspicions: the he used steroids for 10 years of his pro-baseball career.
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