This year, no one was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame

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last updated 27 January 2021

There will be no new members of the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, as none of the players on the ballot received the votes necessary.

There were 25 players on the Baseball Writers' Association of America's ballot, but none of them reached the 75 percent voting threshold needed for enshrinement. All-Star pitcher Curt Schilling came closest, but was still 16 votes shy. He has a long history of making inflammatory and offensive remarks, and he has asked to have his name removed from the ballot. This was the ninth time that Schilling, Barry Bonds, and Roger Clemens were unable to reach the 75 percent threshold.

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Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

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