CC Sabathia debuted in the major leagues as a 20-year-old phenom and quickly evolved into an All-Star and Cy Young Award winner before becoming the ace of a World Series winner. ... Ken Griffey Jr. Center Fielder. Class of 2016. Cristóbal Torriente. Center Fielder. Class of 2006. Red Schoendienst. 2nd Baseman. Class of 1989. John Ward ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Sabathia in his first year of eligibility made it easily with 86.8% of the vote. Wagner, meantime, made the cut in his 10th and final year of eligibility with 82.5% of the vote.

Hall of Fame class of twenty 16. 630 career home runs. Ken Griffey Junior. That's him. How are you Ken? Good to see you. And Yankees legend CC Sabathia who makes his debut on the Hall of Fame Ballot this winter. CC I might be calling your name from Cooperstown this winter. How about that? I hope so. Great to see you guys.

Check out the moment CC Sabathia got the call to find out he is being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jan 20, 2025 · CC Sabathia. Sabathia became the 17th pitcher in the 3,000-strikeout club when he whiffed D-backs catcher and former Yankees teammate John Ryan Murphy on April 30, 2019. About two months later, Sabathia beat the Rays at Yankee Stadium for his 250th win. ... with Ken Griffey Jr., Al Kaline and Ichiro Suzuki. That’s two more first-ballot Hall ...

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki is surprised by Ken Griffey Jr. after being elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Dec 6, 2023 · Ken Griffey Jr. and Ozzie Smith have agreed to manage or coach at the May 25 Hall of Fame East-West Classic. It will be played in conjunction with the opening of the Hall’s “Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball” exhibit.

Jan 22, 2025 · Ichiro Suzuki became the second candidate to miss unanimous election by a single vote, but he, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner all cleared 75% by wide margins. ... In 2016, Ken Griffey Jr. was named on all of the ballots published prior to the announcement, and likewise for Rivera in ’19, Jeter in ’20, and Suzuki this year. All but Rivera ...

Dec 6, 2023 · Ken Griffey Jr. and Ozzie Smith have agreed to manage or coach at the May 25 Hall of Fame East-West Classic. It will be played in conjunction with the opening of the Hall’s “Souls of the Game:...

Jul 21, 2024 · Behind home plate, all-time Mariners legend-turned-sports photographer Ken Griffey Jr. was wearing a Kansas City Monarchs uniform. He put down his camera for a moment, linked his right arm around the left elbow of Billye Aaron and began escorting her toward the pitcher’s mound.