Jermaine Dye doesn’t get a single Hall of Fame vote and some fans are unhappy
We all knew that former Royals outfielder Jermaine Dye wasn’t going to be elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday.
But Dye, who was with the Royals from 1997-2001, didn’t receive one single vote. His resume wasn’t the greatest ever, but Dye did go to two All-Star Games, won a Gold Glove and a Silver Slugger award and was MVP of the 2005 World Series, which he and the Chicago White Sox won.
That wasn’t enough to get one vote and some people were not happy:
Wait, Aaron Boone and Darin Erstad got votes but Jermaine Dye didnt?
— Matt Hoeppner (@matthoeppner) January 6, 2015No love for Jermaine Dye? Even Darin Erstad got 1 HOF vote lol
— Trevor Hayes (@TheBaseballGuy) January 6, 2015Jermaine Dye got zero votes for the Hall. My kid loved him as a Royal.
— Statistical Futures (@statFutures) January 6, 2015I can't believe Jermaine Dye didn't get any votes.
— Phil Paquette (@phil_paq) January 6, 2015People still don't respect Jermaine Dye and the '05 White Sox.
— Jimmy (@JimmyJamJimster) January 6, 2015Erstad gets a vote and Jermaine Dye doesn't??? What a joke! #HOF2015
— Adam Johnson (@iliketheBraves) January 6, 2015Jermaine Dye with 0 votes and off the ballot? Not saying I would have voted for him, but that's sad. One of my faves on the '05 White Sox.
— Mike Bevevino (@mikeybevs825) January 6, 2015How in the world did Darin Erstad and Troy Percival receive more #HallofFame votes than Jermaine Dye? #HOF2015
— Luke Epplin (@LukeEpplin) January 6, 2015For the record, Darin Erstad was as surprised as anyone that he got a vote:
@FauxPelini I wonder what that one person was thinking?
— Darin Erstad (@Dstad17) January 6, 2015To reach Pete Grathoff, call 816-234-4330 or send email to pgrathoff@kcstar.com. Follow him at Twitter.com/pgrathoff