{"id":378039,"date":"2025-12-30T15:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378039\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T15:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T15:07:07","slug":"should-red-sox-legend-dustin-pedroia-be-in-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/378039\/","title":{"rendered":"Should Red Sox Legend Dustin Pedroia Be In Hall Of Fame?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Baseball Hall of Fame<\/a> may one day call for former Boston Red Sox second baseman<\/a> Dustin Pedroia<\/a>. But that call won\u2019t be coming next month when the 2026 Class<\/a> is announced.<\/p>\n

So far, 83 ballots have been made public<\/a> and Pedroia has appeared on 22. That\u2019s just 25.3% and a player needs 75% for induction.<\/p>\n

But there\u2019s some good news here. First, Pedroia is pacing ahead of last year\u2019s vote total when he made his ballot debut<\/a> and was named on just 11.9% of those cast.<\/p>\n

Second, fellow second baseman Chase Utley<\/a> continues to track for eventual induction in Cooperstown and Pedroia compares favorably to the former Philadelphia Phillies star.<\/p>\n

Utley has been named on 62.1% of ballots so far this year, which is his third on the ballot. Last year, Utley was named on just 39.8% of the ballots.<\/p>\n

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Taking a look at the numbers, Utley has a decent case for Cooperstown. He played 16 MLB seasons and collected 1,885 hits and 259 home runs with a lifetime .275 batting average and 64.6 WAR.<\/p>\n

Pedroia played 14 seasons, although he took the field in a total of just nine games over his last two years thanks to Manny Machado\u2019s<\/a> ill-fated takeout slide<\/a>. Pedroia had 1,805 hits, 140 home runs and a lifetime .299 batting average with 51.8 WAR.<\/p>\n

But if you compare their 162-game averages, Pedroia fares much better.<\/p>\n

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Pedroia: .299, 15 home runs, 42 doubles, 193 hits, 99 runs, 78 RBIs, 15 stolen bases, .365\/.439\/.805, 5.6 WAR.<\/p>\n

Utley: .275, 22 home runs, 34 doubles, 158 hits, 92 runs, 86 RBIs, 13 stolen bases, .358\/.465\/.823, 5.4 WAR.<\/p>\n

Now take into account their resume honors.<\/p>\n

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Pedroia: Two World Series titles, four All-Star selections, four Gold Glove Awards, one Silver Slugger Award, 2007 American League Rookie of the Year, 2008 AL MVP.<\/p>\n

Utley: One World Series title, six All-Star selections, four Silver Slugger Awards.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for Utley. No MVP, no Gold Glove Awards. <\/p>\n

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So if Utley gets into the Hall of Fame, which seems likely at some point during his 10-year eligibility period, the same should hold true for Pedroia.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

And while we\u2019re on the subject of Cooperstown, it\u2019s not looking good for a pair of former Red Sox stars.<\/p>\n

Left fielder Manny Ramirez<\/a> has been named on 44.8% of the ballots cast to date. This is his final year on the ballot and he seems destined to be passed over. <\/p>\n

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Ramirez certainly has a Hall-of-Fame resume<\/a>: 555 home runs, .312 batting average, 12-time All-Star, nine-time Silver Slugger Award winner, two-time World Series champion.<\/p>\n

But members of the Baseball Writers\u2019 Association of America continue to resist voting for Ramirez, who failed multiple tests for performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also not looking good for right-hander Rick Porcello<\/a>. This is his first year on the ballot and to date, he has received zero votes. Porcello needs to be on five percent <\/a>of the ballots cast to remain eligible for the next voting cycle.<\/p>\n

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Porcello won the 2016 AL Cy Young Award<\/a> while pitching for the Red Sox<\/a>, but never earned an invite to an All-Star game and won just 150 games over 12 seasons while posting a pedestrian 4.40 ERA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The National Baseball Hall of Fame may one day call for former Boston Red Sox second baseman Dustin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378040,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[164814,49777,363,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-378039","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-dustin-pedroia","9":"tag-manny-ramirez","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378039"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378039\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}