COOPERSTOWN, N.Y.
A look at the players to be inducted Sunday into the Baseball Hall of Fame:
LARRY WAYNE “CHIPPER” JONES JR.: Batted both, threw right. … elected in first year of eligibility with 97.2 percent (410 of 422) of the vote. … drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the first round of the 1990 MLB amateur draft out of the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida. … in 19 seasons with the Braves had 2,726 hits, 1,055 for extra bases, and batted .303 with 468 home runs, 1,623 RBIs and 150 stolen bases.
JAMES HOWARD THOME: Batted left, threw right. … elected in first year of eligibility, one of only 54 players to do so, receiving 89.8 percent of the ballots. … selected by the Cleveland Indians out of Illinois Central College in the 13th round of the 1989 amateur draft. … batted .276, played in 2,543 games and had 2,328 hits, 1,583 runs, 612 home runs and 1,699 RBIs in 22 seasons with the Indians, White Sox, Phillies, Dodgers, Twins and Orioles.
VLADIMIR ALVINO GUERRERO: Batted right and threw right. .. earned votes on 92.9 percent of all BBWAA ballots cast in his second year of eligibility. … batted .318 with 2,590 hits, 449 home runs, 1,496 RBIs and .553 slugging percentage in 16 seasons for the Expos, Angels, Rangers and Orioles.
TREVOR WILLIAM HOFFMAN: Threw right. … received 79.9 percent of the Hall of Fame vote after missing by only five votes last year. … drafted by the Cincinnati Reds on the 11th round of the 1989 MLB amateur draft.
JOHN SCOTT MORRIS: Threw right. … elected last December by a veterans committee. … drafted by the Detroit Tigers on the fifth round of the 1976 MLB amateur draft out of Brigham Young University. … in 18 years with Detroit, Minnesota, Toronto and Cleveland pitched 3,824 innings and posted a 254-186 record with 2,478 strikeouts.
ALAN STUART TRAMMELL: Batted right and threw right. … elected last December by a veterans committee. … drafted by the Detroit Tigers on the second round of the 1976 MLB amateur draft.
ROBERT QUINLAN COSTAS: Winner of the Hall of Fame’s Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters. Enrolled at Syracuse University to study broadcast journalism and graduated in 1974.
SHELDON OCKER: Born in Akron, Ohio, in 1943. … winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing.
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