Ex-MLB star pleads with Hall of Fame voters to reconsider candidacy: 'I didn't get credit for what I did'

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The National Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2025 has been announced, as CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner will be heading to Cooperstown to be enshrined forever alongside the game’s greats. 

While the baseball world celebrates these three amazing ballplayers, there are some who have real cases for the Hall of Fame that saw another year go by without getting a shot at entering the Hall. 

One of them is Kenny Lofton, the six-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glover who spent 17 seasons in MLB racking up 2,428 hits and a 68.4 WAR over 2,103 games. 

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Former Cleveland Indians great Kenny Lofton throws out the ceremonial first pitch before a World Series game against the Chicago Cubs at Progressive Field in 2016. (Elsa/Pool Photo via USA Today Sports)

Now, when the day comes like Tuesday, when the Hall of Fame ballots are counted and results come in, Lofton isn’t rubbed the wrong way. He knows that after not securing at least 5% of the ballot in 2013, he’s no longer eligible to be voted on regularly. 

But there’s no doubting that Lofton still feels hurt that he didn’t get what he believes is a fair shot at being in Cooperstown. 

"I didn’t get credit for what I did. It’s kinda sad. I still don’t get credit," Lofton told Fox News Digital while discussing his role as an advisor with Sluggball, a reimagined approach to the game of baseball. 

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"I can only say all the time that, from my era and my time, I did what I was supposed to do. I thought at that time, it was very important for