Seattle Mariners legends Ichiro Suzuki and Felix Hernandez were among 14 inductees in the Hall of Fame election released Monday.
Other first-time candidates are CC Sabathia, Dustin Pedroia, Hanley Ramirez, Carlos Gonzalez, Ian Kinsler, Ben Zobrist, Troy Tulowitzki, Russell Martin, Brian McCann, Curtis Granderson, Adam Jones and Fernando Rodney.
Suzuki swept the American League Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards in 2001 and made the All-Star team in his first 10 seasons. The 10-time Gold Glove pitcher retired with 3,089 hits and a .311 average.
Hernandez was a six-time All-Star and won the AL Cy Young award in 2010. He threw a perfect game in 2012, won the league ERA titles in 2010 (2.27) and 2014 (2.14) and finished his career with 169 wins and 2,524 strikeouts.
They joined the 14 holdovers led by relief pitcher Billy Wagner, who fell five votes short of being voted out in 2024 to Cooperstown’s class of Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton. Wagner is on the tenth and final ballot.
Also returning are Alex Rodriguez, Manny Ramirez, Andruw Jones, Carlos Beltran, Chase Utley, Omar Vizquel, Jimmy Rollins, Bobby Abreu, Andy Pettitte, Mark Buehrle, Francisco Rodriguez, Torii Hunter and David Wright.
–Field Level Media
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