Longtime New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera on Tuesday became the first player ever to be voted unanimously into the Baseball Hall of Fame, joining former Yankees and Baltimore Orioles ace Mike Mussina, the late Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay and former Seattle Mariners designated hitter Edgar Martinez. Halladay, who died in a 2017 plane crash, also was elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility, with 85.4 percent of the vote. He is the first person to be voted to the Hall of Fame posthumously on the first ballot since Christy Mathewson in 1936. Mussina was voted into the Hall in his sixth year of eligibility with 76.7 percent of the vote, just above the 75 percent threshold. Schilling, an outspoken Trump supporter, received the commander-in-chief's endorsement Sunday evening when Trump tweeted: "Curt Schilling deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Source: Fox News January 22, 2019 23:23 UTC