Adrián Beltré, Joe Mauer and Todd Helton elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame

Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday, while Billy Wagner and Gary Sheffield fell short.

Beltré was elected with 366 out of 385 votes for 95.1% during his first appearance.

Helton, making his sixth ballot, received 307 votes for 79.7%, 18 more than the needed 289 for 75% after falling 11 votes short last year.

Mauer was also elected on his first attempt, receiving 293 votes for 76.1%.

Billy Wagner received 284 votes, five fewer than last year, but an increase from 68.1%. He will appear on the ballot for the last time in 2025, when Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia become eligible for the first time.

There are 273 players among the 346 people in the room. Beltré, Mauer and Helton will be inducted on July 21 in Cooperstown, along with Jim Leyland, who was chosen last month by the Contemporary Managers, Executives and Referees Committee.

Gary Sheffield received 246 votes for 63.9%, but an increase from 11.7% in 2015. He is eligible for consideration by the Contemporary Baseball Player Committee, which meets in December 2025.