Piazza falls short in first year on Hall of Fame ballot
January 9, 2013 at 11:35 AM • Comments
For the first time since 1996, eligible members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America did not vote a single player into the Hall of Fame from a ballot of 37 candidates that was deep and controversial. Mike Piazza garnered 57.8 percent of the necessary 75 percent needed for induction in his first year on the ballot.