Andre Dawson New Hall of Famer

After waiting eight long years to make it to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Andre Dawson is this year's sole electee, it was announced on Wednesday. Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven, who came oh so close, will have to wait another year.
Dawson, an outfielder with power, who played most of his career on injured and fragile knees, made it on his ninth try, earning 77.9 percent of the votes cast by eligible members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, with his name included on 420 of the 539 ballots. Last year, he missed the cut with 67 percent of the vote.
If you're a Hall of Famer you're eventually going to get in," said Dawson, whose first 16 of 21 seasons were played with the old Montreal Expos and the Cubs. "It was well worth the wait. I can't really describe the elation when my family and I got the call." Dawson will be inducted on July 25 in Cooperstown, N.Y., along with manager Whitey Herzog and umpire Doug Harvey, who were elected in December by the Veterans Committee.

Here are the 2010 HOF Results:

Source:  Barry Bloom

Name	Votes	Pct.
Andre Dawson	420	77.9%
Bert Blyleven	400	74.2%
Roberto Alomar	397	73.7%
Jack Morris	282	52.3%
Barry Larkin	278	51.6%
Lee Smith	255	47.3%
Edgar Martinez	195	36.2%
Tim Raines	164	30.4%
Mark McGwire	128	23.7%
Alan Trammell	121	22.4%
Fred McGriff	116	21.5%
Don Mattingly	87	16.1%
Dave Parker	82	15.2%
Dale Murphy	63	11.7%
Harold Baines	33	6.1%
Andres Galarraga	22	4.1%
Robin Ventura	7	1.3%
Ellis Burks	2	0.4%
Eric Karros	2	0.4%
Kevin Appier	1	0.2%
Pat Hentgen	1	0.2%
David Segui	1	0.2%
Mike Jackson	0	0.0%
Ray Lankford	0	0.0%
Shane Reynolds	0	0.0%
Todd Zeile	0	0.0%