Alomar to the Hall; Inductees with 90% of Vote

This one should have been a no-brainer, and ultimately, it was.. It was announced by MLB today that former Orioles 2B Roberto Alomar was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, and was selected on over 90% of the ballots; his total of 523 votes was the 3rd highest in baseball history, behind only Cal Ripken (537) and Tony Gwynn (532).

He'll go in as a Blue Jay, where he played 5 out of his 17 seasons.

The following is a list of the 26 players aside from Alomar that received 90% or more of the ballots, the year they were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame:

1. Tom Seaver (1992) - 98.8%
2. Nolan Ryan (1999) - 98.8%
3. Cal Ripken (2007) - 98.5%
4. Ty Cobb (1936) - 98.2%
5. George Brett (1999) - 98.2%
6. Hank Aaron (1982) - 97.8%
7. Tony Gwynn (2007) - 97.6%
8. Mike Schmidt (1995) - 96.5%
9. Johnny Bench (1989) - 96.4%
10. Steve Carlton (1994) - 95.6%
11. Babe Ruth (1936) - 95.1%
12. Honus Wagner (1936) - 95.1%
13. Rickey Henderson (2009) - 94.8%
14. Willie Mays (1979) - 94.7%
15. Carl Yastrzemski (1989) - 94.6%
16. Luke Appling (1964) - 94.0%
17. Bob Feller (1962) - 93.8%
18. Reggie Jackson (1993) - 93.6%
19. Ted Williams (1966) - 93.4%
20. Stan Musial (1969) - 93.2%
21. Jim Palmer (1990) - 92.6%
22. Brooks Robinson (1983) - 92.0%
23. Wade Boggs (2005) - 91.9%
24. Ozzie Smith (2002) - 91.7%
25. Christy Mathewson (1936) - 90.7%
26. Rod Carew (1991) - 90.5%