On Wednesday, the BBWAA announced that Ken Griffey Jr. and Mike Piazza had been elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2016. Here are some key takeaways from this year's balloting ...
1. Ken Griffey set a new ballot percentage record.
All but three voters named Ken Griffey Jr. on their ballots, which comes to a percentage of 99.3. That's an all-time record. Griffey's lofty tally breaks Tom Seaver's old record of 98.8 percent. Griffey also becomes just the 14th Hall of Famer ever to be named on at least 95 percent of ballots.
2. Mike Piazza is the rare catcher to the make the Hall.
Piazza now becomes just the 17th primary catcher to make the Hall of Fame. Among position players, only third basemen, with 14 inductees, number fewer in the Hall. He'll become the first primary catcher to be inducted since Gary Carter in 2003.
