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Philadelphia Phillies: Cases and chances for Hall of Fame eligible stars

By George Stockburger

18 Jul 1998: Infielder Scott Rolen #17 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during a game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. The Mets defeated the Phillies 7-0. Mandatory Credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport
18 Jul 1998: Infielder Scott Rolen #17 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action during a game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium in Flushing, New York. The Mets defeated the Phillies 7-0. Mandatory Credit: Ezra O. Shaw /Allsport /
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NEW YORK, NY – JULY 05: Shane Victorino #8 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 5, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Mets defeated the Phillies 6-5. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY – JULY 05: Shane Victorino #8 of the Philadelphia Phillies in action against the New York Mets at Citi Field on July 5, 2012 in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City. The Mets defeated the Phillies 6-5. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images) /

Where do some of the great former Philadelphia Phillies stand when it comes to the Baseball Hall of Fame?

Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame is underway and thanks to Ryan Thibodaux‘s voting tracker we have the ability to monitor where candidates, including former Philadelphia Phillies players, stand with only a couple of days left until the results are announced on Jan. 26, 2021.

There are nearly 400 baseball writers who cast votes every year for the Hall of Fame, and an eligible player needs to get 75 percent of the vote. Each player has 10 years as long as they remain above five percent of the vote to get that 75 percent.

Historically there haven’t been many Phillies in the Hall of Fame with only 11 listing the Phillies as their primary team. In recent years Jim Thome, Pedro Martinez, and Roy Halladay have been enshrined, but haven’t been with a Phillies hat on their plaque.

This year there are six former Phillies eligible for the Hall of Fame: Shane Victorino, A.J. Burnett, Bobby Abreu, Billy Wagner, Scott Rolen, and Curt Schilling.

Thus far there are 112 public votes that have been reported by the vote tracker, which is 28.3 percent of the eligible electorate.

With 28.3 percent of the vote in, here’s where some former Philadelphia Phillies stand on their journey to Cooperstown.

Philadelphia Phillies on their first year of eligibility are not getting in

First-year candidates Shane Victorino and A.J. Burnett have (not surprisingly) received zero votes thus far.

Burnett was a serviceable number two or three pitcher in his career and barely finished above .500 with a 3.99 ERA.

Victorino will be on the Phillies Wall of Fame someday as an all-time fan favorite. To his credit, he won four Gold Gloves, had 1,200 hits, and won two World Series, but he’s far from being a Hall of Famer.

Because of the number of known votes already out there, Victorino and Burnett have been eliminated from further consideration for the Hall of Fame, barring an unlikely election by a veterans committee decades down the road. Both players had very good, long careers, but they’re simply not Hall of Famers.

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