who made the baseball hall of fame this year
Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2017 Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2017 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 18, 2017.[1] The BBWAA elected Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines, and Iván Rodríguez to the Hall of Fame.
Eddie Mathews Edwin Lee Mathews (October 13, 1931 â€“ February 18, 2001) was an American Major League Baseball (MLB) third baseman.[1] He played 17 seasons for the Boston Braves, Milwaukee Braves, Atlanta Braves, Houston Astros, and Detroit Tigers, from 1952 through 1968.[1] Mathews was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1978.[2]