Major League Baseball welcomes new Hall of Fame inductees

Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven have become the two newest members of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Blyleven was finally elected in his fourteenth chance, while Alomar got in on just his third try. Blyleven, who was fifth in strikeouts and ninth in shutouts all time, completed the list of shutouts and strikeouts. To be more clear, now every player in the top 20 in shutouts and top 17 in strikeouts is in the Hall of Fame. Blyleven somehow found his way in despite a mediocre .534 winning percentage. I think that his strikeouts and shutouts speak for themselves, since after all, he didn't play on the best teams of his era.

Meanwhile, Alomar was widely recognized as being one of the only players who could both field and hit. Roberto is the only man with 450 stolen bases, 200 home runs, and 2,700 hits as well as at least one Gold Glove. It's kind of strange, really, considering Alomar was only a .984 fielder lifetime. That is more than average, but really not amazing. Although, Alomar did absolutely excel in the postseason, with a .313 batting average, thirteen points higher than his lifetime .300 BA. Meanwhile, Blyleven also played amazingly in the postseason, with a .833 winning percentage. Imagine if he actually won 5 out of every 6 games he pitched.

Trivia
One of the years Alomar finished with a Gold Glove, his fielding percentage was only .980, his fourth-worst total.
Blyleven was not an All-Star when he won 19 games and lost just 7 with a 2.87 ERA, but he was the next year at 17-16 with a 3.16 ERA.