Last night, the results of the Today’s Game Era Veteran’s Committee vote was revealed and 2 players will join the Hall of Fame class of 2019: Harold Baines and Lee Smith.  Smith was a unanimous selection by the 16 person committee, while Baines nabbed 12 votes, the minimum needed for election.

Baines, 59, was the first overall selection in the 1977 draft by then-White Sox owner Bill Veeck and reached the majors three years later.  He collected 2,866 hits, the 46th largest total in history, during a 22-year career, with parts of 14 spent with the White Sox.  He was a six-time American League All-Star selection and won the 1989 Silver Slugger award as a DH.  At the time of his retirement after the 2001 season, Baines was the all-time leader among designated hitters in games, hits, home runs and RBIs.

Smith, 61, retired in 1997 with 478 saves after an 18-year career, holding the title of all-time saves leader from 1993 until 2006, when he was surpassed by Trevor Hoffman.  He spent eight seasons with the Cubs, before becoming a journeyman and splitting his final ten seasons between seven teams.  The imposing right-hander was an All-Star seven times and saved 30 or more games 10 times.

Harold Baines’ numbers in games I’ve attended were:

HOF Career Batting

BA	At Bats	Runs	Hits	RBI	Walks	Strike Outs	Doubles	Triples	HR	SB	GIDP	Errors	Games
0.23728813559322	59	9	14	7	3	10	3	1	3	0	3	0	18

Lee Smith’s numbers in games I’ve attended were:

HOF Career Pitching

Wins	Losses	ERA	Saves	IP	Hits	Runs	ER	Walks	Strike Outs	HR	HBP	Appearances
0	0	0	1	0.667	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1