Cal Ripken Jr's 98.53% is the third highest MLB hall of fame vote percentage in history, behind Tom Seaver at 98.84% and Nolan Ryan at 98.79%.
Cal Ripken Jr. was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
Oriole players inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as Orioles are Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Cal Ripken, Jr., Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson and manager, Earl Weaver.
he played for the orioles and is now in the hall of fame.
Cal Ripken Jr.
Yogi Berra, Bill Dickey, both NY Yankee catchers, and Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Orioles all wore #8. All are in the Hall of Fame, too.
Cal Ripken Jr. is a Hall of Fame ballplayer, and achieved many accomplishments during his career but is far from being the best ball player that ever lived.
Candidates for selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. 160 ballots were cast in 1962, with 120 votes required for election. Jackie Robinson received 124 votes in 1962 (77.5% of the votes cast) and was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
On January 9, 2007, Gwynn was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, being selected on 532 out of 545 ballots (97.61%), seventh highest percentage in Hall of Fame voting history, and just thirteen votes short of a unanimous selection. Gwynn was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Cal Ripken, Jr. on July 29, 2007. Both were elected in their first year of eligibility. At the time of his induction, Gwynn was the only member of the Baseball Hall of Fame who was never a teammate of another Baseball Hall-of-Famer. This changed in the following year's election, when Goose Gossage, Tony's teammate from 1984 to 1987, was elected. Another of Gwynn's teammates, Rickey Henderson was elected to the hall in 2009.
A very talented famous baseball player who played his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles, broke Lou Gehrig's record for consecutive games played, and was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame.
Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame was created in 1978.
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame was created in 1983.
British Baseball Hall of Fame was created in 2009.