Jays Journal » Barry Larkin http://jaysjournal.com A Toronto Blue Jays Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More Fri, 24 May 2013 17:55:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Barry Larkin Elected to Hall of Fame http://jaysjournal.com/2012/01/09/barry-larkin-elected-to-hall-of-fame/ http://jaysjournal.com/2012/01/09/barry-larkin-elected-to-hall-of-fame/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:15:16 +0000 Jared Macdonald http://jaysjournal.com/?p=10452 In his third year on the ballot, iconic Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin is officially a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. As the lone electee from the Class of 2012, Larkin appeared on 86.4 percent of ballots that were cast; a significant jump from the 62.1 percent of ballots that he appeared [...]

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]]> In his third year on the ballot, iconic Cincinnati Reds shortstop Barry Larkin is officially a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

As the lone electee from the Class of 2012, Larkin appeared on 86.4 percent of ballots that were cast; a significant jump from the 62.1 percent of ballots that he appeared on last year. In fact, the 24.3 percent increase from 2011 to 2012 was the largest in 55 years, when Herb Pennock gained an identical 24.3 percent in 1947.

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