Mattingly got 8 votes when he was on the ballot 3 years ago so he did worse with this year's committee when a lot of people thought he might get in.
Murphy got 6 votes this time and 6 votes 3 years ago
With the latest rule changes, Bonds, Clemens, Sheffield and Valenzuela are not eligible to be on the next ballot in 3 years because they got less than 5 votes. That should give some players who have been overlooked from even appearing on this ballot (Whitaker, Lofton, Grich and others) a chance to at least be considered.
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