Larkin elected to baseball Hall of Fame

1/9/2012
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In this 2004 photo, Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin takes a curtain call after hitting a pinch-hit grand slam off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Kline. Larkin has been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. The shortstop received 86 percent of the vote in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
In this 2004 photo, Cincinnati Reds' Barry Larkin takes a curtain call after hitting a pinch-hit grand slam off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Steve Kline. Larkin has been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame. The shortstop received 86 percent of the vote in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

NEW YORK  — Barry Larkin has been elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.

The former Cincinnati Reds shortstop received 495 votes (86 percent) in balloting announced Monday by the Baseball Writers' Association of America, well above the necessary 430 (75 percent). Larkin was on the ballot for the third time after falling 75 votes short last year.

He will be inducted on July 22 in Cooperstown along with the late Ron Santo, elected last month by the Veterans Committee.

Jack Morris was next with 382 votes (67 percent), missing by 48 votes on his 13th try but up sharply from 54 percent last year.

Jeff Bagwell was third with 321 votes, followed by Lee Smith (290), Tim Raines (279), Edgar Martinez (209) and Alan Trammell (211).