How Dodgers did on the Hall of Fame ballot

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Twenty seven players were on the 2026 Hall of Fame ballot, and eight of those players were once Dodgers during their careers. One of them, center fielder Andruw Jones, was one of two players inducted to Cooperstown on Tuesday.

Jones received 78.4 percent of the vote in his penultimate time on the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot, surpassing the 75 percent required for induction.

Coupled with Jeff Kent elected to the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era in December, 2026 will be the first year with two Dodgers inducted to Cooperstown since pitcher Greg Maddux and manager Joe Torre in 2014. The last time two Dodgers players were inducted in the same class was 2003, with first baseman Eddie Murray and catcher Gary Carter. The previous two-Dodger class before that was 1984, with pitcher Don Drysdale and shortstop Pee Wee Reese.

Second baseman Chase Utley continued his steady climb toward potential induction, earning 59.1 percent of the vote in his third year on the ballot, up from 28.8 percent and 39.8 percent on his first two ballots.

Manny Ramírez received 34.3 percent in his 10th and final year on the writers ballot, his two drug suspensions outweighing his prodigious hitting. Cole Hamels, who was technically a Dodger in 2021 though he did not pitch for the team, got 23.8 percent of the vote in his first year on the ballot.

Bobby Abreu and Jimmy Rollins, who were one-season Dodgers later in their careers, each gained in 2026. Abreu got 30.8 percent of the vote in his seventh year on the ballot, up from 19.5 percent last year. Rollins got 25.4 percent on his fifth ballot, up from 18 percent.

Matt Kemp had the largest Dodgers contribution on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, playing 10 of his 15 seasons in Los Angeles, with three All-Star births, two Gold Glove Awards and two Silver Slugger Awards with the team. He got two votes.

Howie Kendrick, who played in 2015-16 for the Dodgers, was like Kemp on the ballot for the first time this year. Both Kemp and Kendrick fell well short of the five percent required to remain on the ballot.

Player	Year	Votes	Pct	2024 pct	PA w/LA
Andruw Jones	9th	333	78.4%	66.2%	238
Chase Utley	3rd	251	59.1%	39.8%	1,246
Manny Ramírez	10th	165	38.8%	34.3%	892
Bobby Abreu	7th	131	30.8%	19.5%	230
Jimmy Rollins	5th	108	25.4%	18.0%	563
Cole Hamels	1st	101	23.8%	n/a	n/a
Matt Kemp	1st	2	0.5%	n/a	5,002
Howie Kendrick	1st	0	0.0%	n/a	1,038

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