Baseball Hall of Fame 2013 ballot breakdown

Yahoo! Sports' Kevin Kaduk and Dave Brown of Big League Stew look at the 22 worthy players from the National Baseball Hall of Fame's 2013 class and assess their chances of being elected on this ballot. The inductees will be announced Wednesday.

BBTF projections come from BaseballThinkFactory.org and are based on 105 ballots that already have been revealed by their voters.

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Mike Piazza

There's no questioning Piazza's Cooperstown credentials. He's the greatest offensive catcher of all time with 427 career homers, a .545 career slugging percentage and a .922 career OPS. All of those numbers are the best for a catcher in baseball history. So what's the rub? Well, it looks like Piazza could well fall into the trap that got Jeff Bagwell these past few ballots. You know, the one that doesn't contain a shred of steroid ... more
Mike Piazza

There's no questioning Piazza's Cooperstown credentials. He's the greatest offensive catcher of all time with 427 career homers, a .545 career slugging percentage and a .922 career OPS. All of those numbers are the best for a catcher in baseball history. So what's the rub? Well, it looks like Piazza could well fall into the trap that got Jeff Bagwell these past few ballots. You know, the one that doesn't contain a shred of steroid evidence but assumes the player is guilty by association? It's not fair, but it's reality. – KK

BLS vote: Yes
Will he get in this year: No
BBTF projection: 61.9 percent

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