Adrian Beltré, Joe Mauer, Todd Helton and Jim Leyland have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Beltré led this year’s class with 95.1% of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America vote in his first year on the ballot. Helton followed with 79.7% of the vote in his sixth year of eligibility and Mauer received 76.
Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Jim Leyland , left, Todd Helton , center, and Adrián Beltré, right, holds their plaques at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Cooperstown, N.Y. Former Texas Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre’s Hall of Fame induction speech is shown on the video board at Globe Life Field during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Texas Rangers and the Baltimore Orioles, Sunday, July 21, 2024, in Arlington, Texas.
Mauer was a high school phenom in both football and baseball in St. Paul, Minnesota, and was named USA Today’s High School Player of the Year in football in 200 and baseball in 2001.“It was truly an honor to be a and represent my hometown team,” Mauer said. “Those of you who know me know I’d be more comfortable doing anything other than standing up here talking about myself,” HeltonHelton’s claim to fame could have been that he was the quarterback at the University of Tennessee between future first-round draft picks Heath Shuler and Peyton Manning, but he was destined for bigger things on the baseball diamond.
He went on to become one of just three players to record multiple seasons with 100-plus extra-base hits in his career and helped the Rockies reach the 2007 World Series.
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