Baseball Hall of Fame: Jamie Moyer gets a vote
Baseball Hall of Fame: One vote a time
Recent years have seen fewer one-vote guys, likely because there are so many worthy names on the ballot that a voter can’t afford to throw away a vote. In 2015, the only one-vote guy was Darin Erstad. Garret Anderson was that guy in 2016. Last year, it was Tim Wakefield. None of them are Hall-worthy, but they each got a vote.
This year’s only one-vote guy so far is Jamie Moyer. You may remember Moyer from his days pitching for the Seattle Mariners or the Philadelphia Phillies or the Chicago Cubs or the Baltimore Orioles or maybe even the Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals, or Boston Red Sox.
Moyer spent 25 years in the big leagues and won 269 games, which is 35th all-time and more than Jim Palmer, Bob Feller, and Jack Morris, all of whom are or will be in the Hall of Fame. Of course, Moyer also allowed 522 home runs, the most in history, and his career ERA was just barely better than league average.