Roger Clemens misses out on latest chance to enter Baseball Hall of Fame

Jeff Kent has been elected to the Nationwide Baseball Corridor of Fame by the Modern Baseball Period Committee.

Kent, the 2000 NL MVP winner who performed most of his profession at second base, obtained 14 of a potential 16 votes from the committee to earn his spot in Cooperstown as a part of the Class of 2026.

Kent was the one candidate to obtain the required 75% of the votes from the 16-member committee. The subsequent closest was Carlos Delgado, who obtained 9 of the sixteen votes.

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Second baseman Jeff Kent #21 of the San Francisco Giants walks throughout the infield through the MLB sport towards the Los Angeles Dodgers on September 19, 2002 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California. (Stephen Dunn/Getty Pictures)

In the meantime, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Gary Sheffield – all gamers concerned in the usage of performance-enhancing medicine throughout their careers – every obtained fewer than 5 votes. Fernando Valenzuela, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy additionally didn’t obtain the required votes.

Clemens obtained help from President Donald Trump forward of the committee vote.

“Roger Clemens, who gained 354 video games, has gone via his personal witch hunt. HE WAS acquitted of ALL CHARGES!!! If he would not get within the Corridor of Fame, he ought to sue Main League Baseball!” Trump wrote on Fact Social earlier Sunday.

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“It was Obama’s DOJ (in fact!) that viciously went after the nice Roger Clemens. ROGER WAS COMPLETELY EXEMPT OF ALL CHARGES!!!”

For Clemens, the committee fell quick within the 2022 election. He obtained solely 65.2% that 12 months.

When this period’s vote was reviewed in December 2022, Fred McGriff was elected unanimously with all 16 votes. Mattingly obtained eight votes, whereas Curt Schilling, who was faraway from the poll this 12 months, obtained seven. Bonds and Clemens, in addition to Rafael Palmeiro, who was ousted together with Schilling, had fewer than 4 votes.

Roger Clemens #21 of the Boston Pink Sox pitched throughout a sport within the Nineties. (SPX/Diamond Pictures by way of Getty Pictures)

In 2008, Clemens turned embroiled in a federal investigation into the suspected use of performance-enhancing medicine (PEDs) by a number of outstanding Main League gamers. Clemens testified earlier than Congress that he didn’t use PEDs and was acquitted of the federal cost of mendacity to Congress.

Trump had an excellent longer declare on Clemens on Saturday.

“‘The Rocket’ is second solely to a different All Time GREAT, Corridor of Famer Nolan Ryan, in most strikeouts. Roger Clemens is the one pitcher to win 300 video games and never have the glory of being inducted into the Corridor of Fame, which is a complete travesty! The one motive he is not is due to rumors and innuendo, which haven’t been confirmed. He by no means examined optimistic and when the Obama DOJ pursued him in a felony case claiming that he did steroids, Roger, who has at all times denied utilizing medicine, was COMPLETELY acquitted of ALL fees. “The Rocket,” a nickname he earned very early in his profession due to his lightning quick fastball, was simply as dominant earlier than these false accusations had been made towards him has the energy, knowledge and energy to do the best factor and induct Roger Clemens into the Baseball Corridor of Fame IMMEDIATELY.

Bonds and Clemens could be shoo-ins for the Corridor if their MLB careers hadn’t been tarnished by the allegations. Bonds and Clemens had been each dropped from the BBWAA’s 2022 poll after the previous obtained 66% of the votes (260 of 394) and the latter 65.2% of the votes (257). You additionally want 75% of the votes to be admitted to the corridor.

Roger Clemens #22 of the New York Yankees pitches towards the Tampa Bay Satan Rays through the sport at Yankee Stadium on April 13, 2003 within the Bronx, New York. (Al Bello/Getty Pictures)

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Bonds, in fact, remains to be the MLB residence run king, having hit 762 throughout his profession whereas additionally holding the single-season residence run file (73). He gained seven NL MVP Awards, whereas additionally making fourteen All-Star appearances.

Clemens, a seven-time Cy Younger Award winner, has the third-most strikeouts in league historical past with 4,672, behind solely Ryan (5,714) and Randy Johnson (4,875).

The Baseball Writers’ Affiliation of America (BBWAA) common poll will probably be introduced on January 20, 2026 to finalize subsequent 12 months’s class.

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