Fred McGriff was the lone player elected to the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Era committee on Sunday.
It seemed like it would come down to McGriff, Don Mattingly and Dale Murphy when the nominating team picked five far more controversial players (Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro and Curt Schilling) for the eight-man ballot, and things set up especially well for McGriff, who had his former Blue Jays COO Paul Beeston and a bunch of contemporaries doing the voting today. As it turned out, McGriff was elected unanimously. No one else came close to the 12 votes needed from the 16 voters; Mattingly got eight, Schilling seven and Murphy six. McGriff hit 493 homers in a career that spanned from 1986 to 2004, leading the league twice in that category. He also led in OPS once. Overall, he hit .284/.377/.509 in 10,174 plate appearances.