Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer voted into Baseball Hall of Fame on first ballot as new class announced
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The National Baseball Hall of Fame has three more inductees, two of whom received the nod on their first time on the ballot.
Adrian Beltre, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton make up the Hall of Fame Class of 2024.
Beltre got in without a sweat, earning 95.1% of the vote. Players need 75% for enshrinement.
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Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins talks with Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers, Aug. 4, 2017, at Target Field in Minneapolis. (Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images)
Beltre is just one of 11 players in the history of baseball to have 3,000 hits and 450 home runs. Out of those 11, only four (Beltre, Willie Mays, Dave Winfield and Carl Yastrzemski) have at least five Gold Glove Awards. He is the only third baseman in the 3,000-400 club, and he has the most hits and RBI (1,707) by a third baseman ever; only Mike Schmidt and Eddie Matthews had more home runs.
Beltre accumulated 3,166 hits and hit 477 home runs in his 21-year career, spending 15 of those seasons with the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers.
He never won an MVP, but he was a finalist twice and finished in the top 10 six times. In his age-37 season, Beltre won a Gold Glove, his fifth and final, while hitting .300 with an .879 OPS.
Adrian Beltre of the Texas Rangers hits a home run to complete the cycle in the fifth inning against the Houston Astros at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 3, 2015. (Sarah Crabill/Getty Images)
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Mauer lived up to his billing as the first overall pick in the 2001 MLB Draft. The Minneapolis