The slick-fielding third baseman for the Phillies and Cardinals appeared on 297 of 389 ballots cast by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, making the cut with five votes to spare.
AP Baseball Writer
“There was actually never a point in my life that I thought I was going to be a Hall of Fame baseball player,” Rolen said. “Never did I think I was going to get drafted. Never did I think I was going to play in the major leagues. Never going to be whatever.” Rolen batted .281 with 316 homers and 1,287 RBIs for Philadelphia , St. Louis , Toronto and Cincinnati . He was a unanimous pick as the 1997 NL Rookie of the Year and hit .421 as the Cardinals won the 2006 World Series.
He waited Tuesday at home in Bloomington – he was runner-up for Indiana’s Mr. Basketball in 1993 – with his parents, wife, son, daughter, brother and his brother’s family. “Most of the guys who moved to third probably came up as shortstops,” said Chipper Jones, the previous third baseman elected, in 2018. “You kind of outgrow the shortstop position as you get older and develop more.”
Players tainted by drug suspensions again lagged. Alex Rodriguez was at 35.7%, up from 34.3%, and Manny Ramirez at 33.2%, up from 28.9%.
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