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    Top Voting Percentages

     Year
    Player    		 Total Ballots Votes Received % Votes Omitted Ballots
    1992 Tom Seaver 430 425 98.8 5
    1999 Nolan Ryan 497 491 98.79 6
    2007 Cal Ripken Jr. 545 537 98.5 8
    1936 Ty Cobb 226 222 98.2 4
    1999 George Brett 497 488 98.19 9
    1982 Hank Aaron 415 406 97.8 9
    2014 Greg Maddux 571 555 97.2 16
    2007 Tony Gwynn 545 532 96.7 13
    1995 Mike Schmidt 460 444 96.5 16
    1989 Johnny Bench 447 431 96.4 16
    1994 Steve Carlton 455 436 95.8 19
    1936 Honus Wagner 226 215 95.1 11
    1936 Babe Ruth 226 215 95.1 11
    2009 Rickey Henderson 539 511 94.8 28
    1979 Willie Mays 432 409 94.7 23
    1988 Carl Yastrzemski 447 423 94.6 24
    1962 Bob Feller 160 150 93.8 10
    1993 Reggie Jackson 423 396 93.6 27
    1966 Ted Williams 302 282 93.4 20
    1969 Stan Musial 340 317 93.2 23
    1990 Jim Palmer 444 411 92.6 33
    1983 Brooks Robinson 374 344 92.0 30
    2005 Wade Boggs 516 474 91.9 42
    2014 Tom Glavine 571 525 91.9 46
    2002 Ozzie Smith 472 433 91.8 39
    1936 Christy Mathewson 226 205 90.7 21
    1991 Rod Carew 443 401 90.5 42
    2010 Roberto Alomar 581 523 90.0 58
    1982 Frank Robinson 415 370 89.2 45
    1955 Joe DiMaggio 251 223 89.2 28
    1980 Al Kaline 385 340 88.3 45
    1974 Mickey Mantle 365 322 88.2 43
    1951 Mel Ott 226 197 87.1 29
    1947 Carl Hubbell 161 140 86.9 21
    1967 Red Ruffing 306 266 86.9 40
    1972 Sandy Koufax 396 344 86.8 52
    1976 Robin Roberts 388 337 86.8 51
    1952 Harry Heilman 234 203 86.7 31
    2012 Barry Larkin 573 495 86.4 78
    2008 Rich Gossage 543 466 85.8 77
    2003 Eddie Murray 496 423 85.3 73
    2004 Paul Molitor 506 431 85.2 75
    2014 Frank Thomas 571 478 83.2 93
    2004 Dennis Eckersley 506 421 83.2 85
    1987 Willie Stargell 427 352 82.4 75
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    This Day in Baseball History:
    May 29, 1989 > Philadelphia Phillies slugger Mike Schmidt retires from Major League Baseball. Arguably the greatest third baseman in history, Schmidt accumulated 548 home runs in his 18-year career. He also won three MVP Awards, 10 Gold Gloves and was named to 12 All-Star teams. Schmidt will be elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995.