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Chart: Top 10 nearly unanimous Hall of Fame selections

January 7, 2016 at 2:35AM

Almost unanimous

Ken Griffey Jr. set the new standard Wednesday for percentage of votes received on a Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame ballot, being chosen by 437 of 440 eligible voters. Here are the top 10:

PlayerElectedPct. of votes

Ken Griffey Jr.201599.32

Tom Seaver199298.84

Nolan Ryan199998.79

Cal Ripken Jr.200798.53

Ty Cobb193698.23

George Brett199998.19

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Hank Aaron198297.83

Tony Gwynn200797.60

Randy Johnson201597.27

Greg Maddux201497.20

Source: si.com

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