Dawson Falls Short in Hall Voting
1/10/06 - For the third straight year, former Expos
great Andre Dawson was denied entry into Baseball's
Hall of Fame.
In balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers
Association of America, Dawson received only 317 of
the 390 votes needed for election. He was named on
61% of the ballots this year however, up from 52.3%
last year and 50% in 2004.
The 51-year-old Dawson played the first 11 of his 21
major league seasons in Montreal before stints with
the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Florida
Marlins. He compiled a .279 career batting average
to go along with 438 home runs and 1,591 RBI. He
won the 1977 National League Rookie of the Year Award while with the Expos and
the Most Valuable Player Award 10 years later in Chicago.
He is one of only three major league players with at least 2,500 hits, 250 stolen
bases and 1,500 RBI. The other two are Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. Dawson is
also one of only 25 players with 1,000 career extra base hits. Nineteen of those 25
are already in Cooperstown.
Three other men who also had ties to the Expos also received votes this year.
Former closer Lee Smith who holds the all-time record for saves with 478 and
closed out his 18-year career with Montreal in 1997, finished sixth in the voting with
234. Another former reliever, John Wetteland, who pitched out of the Expos bullpen
from 1992 through 1994, received four votes.
Ozzie Guillen, who played 16 years in the majors and managed the Chicago White
Sox to the world championship last season, received five votes. Guillen was on the
Montreal coaching staff in 2001.
(JM)
great Andre Dawson was denied entry into Baseball's
Hall of Fame.
In balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers
Association of America, Dawson received only 317 of
the 390 votes needed for election. He was named on
61% of the ballots this year however, up from 52.3%
last year and 50% in 2004.
The 51-year-old Dawson played the first 11 of his 21
major league seasons in Montreal before stints with
the Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox and Florida
Marlins. He compiled a .279 career batting average
to go along with 438 home runs and 1,591 RBI. He
won the 1977 National League Rookie of the Year Award while with the Expos and
the Most Valuable Player Award 10 years later in Chicago.
He is one of only three major league players with at least 2,500 hits, 250 stolen
bases and 1,500 RBI. The other two are Willie Mays and Barry Bonds. Dawson is
also one of only 25 players with 1,000 career extra base hits. Nineteen of those 25
are already in Cooperstown.
Three other men who also had ties to the Expos also received votes this year.
Former closer Lee Smith who holds the all-time record for saves with 478 and
closed out his 18-year career with Montreal in 1997, finished sixth in the voting with
234. Another former reliever, John Wetteland, who pitched out of the Expos bullpen
from 1992 through 1994, received four votes.
Ozzie Guillen, who played 16 years in the majors and managed the Chicago White
Sox to the world championship last season, received five votes. Guillen was on the
Montreal coaching staff in 2001.
(JM)
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