{"id":531512,"date":"2026-01-21T21:07:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/531512\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T21:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T21:07:35","slug":"atlanta-braves-legend-andruw-jones-elected-to-baseball-hall-of-fame-for-class-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/531512\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves legend Andruw Jones elected to Baseball Hall of Fame for class of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

The results of the BBWAA\u2019s voting process for the 2026 Hall of Fame Class has been revealed and it\u2019s now official: Cooperstown beckons for Andruw Jones. The center fielder from Cura\u00e7ao is now the latest member of those glorious \u201890s Atlanta Braves teams to earn a spot in the hallowed circle of Baseball\u2019s Hall of Fame. Here\u2019s a link to the full results<\/a>. Jones earned 333 votes, which placed him on 78.4 percent of all ballots and that was enough to get him induction into the Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

Jones made his MLB debut at the age of 19 and proceeded to eventually build a reputation for being one of the most dynamic center fielders of his era of baseball. Jones finished his career with a slash line of .254\/.337\/.486 with a wOBA of .352 and a wRC+ of 111. However, his defense was his main calling card, as he made stunning catches that defied what was believed could be possible out of a center fielder and made tough catches look routine as well.<\/p>\n

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While Andruw Jones certainly had to wait and steadily gain ground for his eventual induction into Cooperstown, he was able to eventually pull off the trick during this round of voting. It won\u2019t come down to the absolute wire for Andruw Jones, as he\u2019ll end up making it with a year of eligibility left remaining after this one. While some objectively shameful off-the-field issues<\/a> and the fact that he didn\u2019t exactly age gracefully may have been held against him when it came to his Hall of Fame case, it was his performance and overall reputation as a center fielder during his prime (which he spent entirely with the Braves) that was enough to win out and eventually gain him induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n

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Andruw Jones will be joined by Carlos Beltr\u00e1n in this year\u2019s Hall of Fame class, as they\u2019re the only two who earned induction from this year\u2019s ballot. Jones will also join Manager Bobby Cox, third baseman Chipper Jones, first baseman Fred McGriff, and pitchers Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux and John Smoltz as Baseball Hall of Fame members who were present on that \u201896 Braves team that came two wins away from winning it all in back-to-back fashion. A special player now joins a special crew.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The results of the BBWAA\u2019s voting process for the 2026 Hall of Fame Class has been revealed and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2394],"tags":[13424,191,46,4166,5,1708,192,325,1416,1007,10519,1222,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-531512","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-andruw-jones","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-braves","11":"tag-atlantabraves","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-baseball-hall-of-fame","14":"tag-braves","15":"tag-carlos-beltran","16":"tag-center-fielder","17":"tag-chipper-jones","18":"tag-cooperstown","19":"tag-hall-of-fame","20":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115935134381604630","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}