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Baseball Hall of Fame balloting/voting 2008  
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Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate who received votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2008 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 8. The ballot consisted of 25 players, and over 575 ballots were distributed; they had to be returned by December 31, and votes were tabulated by BBWAA official Jack O'Connell along with Michael DiLecce, a partner in the Ernst & Young accounting firm. 543 ballots were cast (including 3 ballots which supported no candidates), two short of the record total of 2007, with 408 votes required for election. A total of 2,907 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.35 per ballot. Those candidates who received less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee. (marked with *)

1.	Rich "Goose" Gossage - 466 - 85.8
2.	Jim Rice - 392 - 72.2
3.	Andre Dawson - 358 - 65.9
4.	Bert Blyleven - 336 - 61.9
5.	Lee Smith - 235 - 43.3
6.	Jack Morris - 233 - 42.9
7.	Tommy John - 158 - 29.1
8.	Tim Raines - 132 - 24.3
9.	Mark McGwire - 128 - 23.6
10.	Alan Trammell - 99 - 18.2
11.	Dave Concepción - 88 - 16.2
12.	Don Mattingly - 86 - 15.8
13.	Dave Parker - 82 - 15.1
14.	Dale Murphy - 75 - 13.8
15.	Harold Baines - 28 - 5.2
16.	Rod Beck* - 2 - 0.4
17.	Travis Fryman* - 2 - 0.4
18.	Robb Nen* - 2 - 0.4
19.	Shawon Dunston* - 1 - 0.2
20.	Chuck Finley* - 1 - 0.2
21.	David Justice* - 1 - 0.2
22.	Chuck Knoblauch* - 1 - 0.2
23.	Todd Stottlemyre* - 1 - 0.2
24.	Brady Anderson* - 0 - 0.0
25.	José Rijo* - 0 - 0.0

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