MLB Hall of Fame: Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Frank Thomas Elected

Three players – Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas – will be inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame this year, the largest number since 1999.

The Baseball Writers of America Association, which last year inducted no players into the Hall of Fame, said those three players earned 75 percent or more of the from 571 voters. Each voter, a writer who has been in the business at least 10 years, received 10 votes and decided among 36 players.

Urgent: Do You Approve Or Disapprove of President Obama's Job Performance? Vote Now in Urgent Poll

Many people thought Craig Biggio would get in this year, but he barely missed the cut with 74.8 percent of the votes. Some of the writers voting said they thought as many as 13 players deserved their vote this year, which served to split numbers and probably hurt Biggio, Yahoo Sports said.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown listed on its website all the votes tallied and who received them.

Glavine, a retired pitcher who played for the Atlanta Braves and the New York Mets, took to Twitter to express his appreciation for the award.

Humbled by my HOF selection, congrats to Greg Maddux and Frank Thomas as well, honored to go in with you guys

— Tom Glavine (@Tom_Glavine) January 8, 2014

Biggio’s fans took to the Internet, as they have before on a Facebook page called “Craig Biggio Should Be in the Hall of Fame,” to express their dissatisfaction that he missed the vote again.

So Craig Biggio gets hit by a pitch 285 times and misses the Hall of Fame by two-tenths of 1 percent and they call Frank Thomas the Big Hurt

— Steve Rushin (@SteveRushin) January 8, 2014

Craig Biggio IS a Hall of Fame baseball player. Ridiculous.

— Mike Vernon (@m_vernon) January 8, 2014

Editor's Note: ObamaCare Is Here. Are You Prepared?

Related Stories:

• Carl Yastrzemski: Red Sox Statue Honors Hall of Famer at Fenway Park
  
• Ace Parker Dies: Oldest Football Hall of Fame Member Was 101