Maddux, Glavine, Thomas Elected To The Baseball Hall Of Fame

The 2014 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot was one of the most loaded, both in talent and in controversy. Of the many worthy players, the newest Cooperstown inductees are Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Frank Thomas.

Poor Craig Biggio finished with 74.8 percent of the vote, just missing. Two more votes would have put him in. Mike Piazza finished with 62.2 percent, up slightly from last year. Jack Morris, in his final year on the ballot, garnered 61.5 percent, down from last year.

And yes, the official Deadspin readers' vote was included.

The full results:

Greg Maddux 97.2% (555 votes out of 571)Tom Glavine 91.9% (525)Frank Thomas 83.7% (478)Craig Biggio 74.8% (427)Mike Piazza 62.2% (355)Jack Morris 61.5% (351)Jeff Bagwell 54.3% (310)Tim Raines 46.1% (263)Roger Clemens 35.4% (202)Barry Bonds 34.7% (198)Lee Smith 29.9% (171)Curt Schilling 29.2% (167)Edgar Martinez 25.2% (144)Alan Trammell 20.8% (119)Mike Mussina 20.3% (116)Jeff Kent 15.2% (87)Fred McGriff 11.7% (67)Mark McGwire 11.0% (63)Larry Walker 10.2% (58)Don Mattingly 8.2% (47)Sammy Sosa 7.2% (41)Rafael Palmeiro 4.4% (25)Moises Alou 1.1% (6)Hideo Nomo 1.1% (6)Luis Gonzalez 0.9% (5)Eric Gagne 0.4% (2)J.T. Snow 0.4% (2)Armando Benitez 0.2% (1)Jacque Jones 0.2% (1)Kenny Rogers 0.2% (1)Sean Casey 0% (0)Ray Durham 0% (0)Todd Jones 0% (0)Paul Lo Duca 0% (0)Richie Sexson 0% (0)Mike Timlin 0% (0)

All players from Palmeiro on down fall off the ballot for failing to gain five percent of the vote. Sixteen voters, not just Ken Gurnick, left Maddux off their ballots—though how many of those were blank ballots returned as protest votes isn't known.