Angels great Tim Salmon received five votes for the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility. He needed five percent of the votes to remain on the ballot and did not get that. Barry Larkin was the only candidate elected by the writers this year. Full details at SBN's Baseball Nation. Full results follow here:
NAME - Votes (Vote%) - Year on Ballot
| Barry Larkin | 495 (86.4%) | 3 |
| Jack Morris | 382 (66.7%) | 13 |
| Jeff Bagwell | 321 (56.0%) | 2 |
| Lee Smith | 290 (50.6%) | 10 |
| Tim Raines | 279 (48.7%) | 5 |
| Alan Trammell | 211 (36.8%) | 11 |
| Edgar Martinez | 209 (36.5%) | 3 |
| Fred McGriff | 137 (23.9%) | 3 |
| Larry Walker | 131 (22.9%) | 2 |
| Mark McGwire | 112 (19.5%) | 6 |
| Don Mattingly | 102 (17.8%) | 12 |
| Dale Murphy | 83 (14.5%) | 14 |
| Rafael Palmeiro | 72 (12.6%) | 2 |
| Bernie Williams | 55 (9.6%) | 1 |
| Juan Gonzalez | 23 (4.0%) | 2 |
| Vinny Castilla | 6 (1.0%) | 1 |
| Tim Salmon | 5 (0.9%) | 1 |
| Bill Mueller | 4 (0.7%) | 1 |
| Brad Radke | 2 (0.3%) | 1 |
| Javy Lopez | 1 (0.2%) | 1 |
| Eric Young | 1 (0.2%) | 1 |
| Jeromy Burnitz | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Brian Jordan | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Terry Mulholland | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Phil Nevin | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Ruben Sierra | 0 (0%) | 1 |
| Tony Womack | 0 (0%) | 1 |
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