New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera remains the only unanimous selection, selected on all 425 ballots in 2019. The Hall of Fame's rules allow each voter the option to make his or her ballot public.

Only former Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has ever been elected unanimously. Derek Jeter also fell one vote shy of unanimity; his lone dissenter has never been identified. The Hall of Fame tracker ...

meaning he fell one vote short of becoming the hall's second unanimous selection after former New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera. "I think (missing one vote) is a really good thing," Ichiro ...

Modern-day closers are a crucial position on the team ... Living in the shadows of the great Mariano Rivera, Trevor Hoffman is not to be forgotten. Hoffman will go down as one of the greatest ...