Randy Johnson enters elite company with his Hall of Fame election.
Randy Johnson enters elite company with his Hall of Fame election. (Getty Images)

The results of the 2015 BBWAA Hall of Fame vote show that we had a few players got some of the highest vote totals -- on a percentage basis -- in history. Players need at least 75 percent of the ballot to get into the Hall of Fame and Tuesday we learned that four players earned that distinction.

Two, though, got north of 90 percent with one coming close to the record. Randy Johnson was named on 534 of the 549 ballots, good for 97.26776 percent of the vote. Let's see how well he measures up.

Highest percentage of BBWAA Hall of Fame votes received:

  1. Tom Seaver, 1992 vote, 98.84 percent
  2. Nolan Ryan, 1999, 98.79
  3. Cal Ripken, 2007, 98.53
  4. Ty Cobb, 1936, 98.23
  5. George Brett, 1999, 98.19
  6. Hank Aaron, 1982, 97.83
  7. Tony Gwynn, 2007, 97.61
  8. Randy Johnson, 2015, 97.27
  9. Greg Maddux, 2014, 97.20
  10. Mike Schmidt, 1995, 96.52
  11. Johnny Bench, 1989, 96.42
  12. Steve Carlton, 1994, 95.82
  13. Babe Ruth, 1936, 95.13
  14. Honus Wagner, 1936, 95.13
  15. Rickey Henderson, 2009, 94.81
  16. Willie Mays, 1979, 94.68
  17. Carl Yastrzemski, 1989, 94.63
  18. Bob Feller, 1962, 93.75
  19. Reggie Jackson, 1993, 93.62
  20. Ted Williams, 1966, 93.38

Pedro Martinez, at 91.07 percent, ranks 28th.

Johnson falls eight votes shy of the record, as 542 of the 549 votes would've done it on a percentage basis.

For those who get riled up about the vote totals, let's keep in mind that Mickey Mantle got 88.22 percent, Sandy Koufax got 86.87 percent, Walter Johnson got 83.63 percent and Jackie Robinson received just 77.5 percent. In no way does the vote total mean much once the player has long since been enshrined.

Still, here in the present tense, it's notable that Johnson and to a lesser extent Martinez obviously made such a significant mark on their portion of history, especially given how crowded the ballot is now.