A pair of ex-Indians players, second baseman Roberto Alomar and pitcher Bert Blyleven, are announced as this year’s Hall of Fame inductees.
Alomar achieves the honor in just his second year of eligibility. He was a 12-time All-Star and ten-time Gold Glove winner during his 17-year career. He finished with a lifetime batting average of .300 and had 2,724 career hits. He fell just eight votes short of election in his first year on the ballot.
It took Blyleven 14 tries to achieve the honor after a 22-year career. He played with five different franchises (Cleveland, Minnesota, Pittsburgh, California, and Texas), winning a total of 287 games with a career 3.31 ERA and 3,701 strikeouts, the fifth-most in baseball history. He was an All-Star in 1973 and again in 1985. He missed induction the previous year by just five votes.