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America announced the 2019 Hall of Fame inductees on Tuesday evening Cam Bedrosian Jersey , withMariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martinez and Mike Mussinaall elected for enshrinement.According to the MLB Network broadcast, Rivera is the first player in MLB history to be a unanimous, first-ballot inductee.What a Hall of Fame 2019class!" former player and currentanalyst, Alex Rodriguez, tweeted. "Congrats to my brother, Mariano Rivera, on becoming the first player to be elected unanimously. So happy for all four inductees, including my mentor Edgar Martinez, my teammate Mike Mussina and the late Roy Halladay, one of the best I ever faced."Those players will joinLee Smith and Harold Baines in the class of 2019, who were selected by the Today's Game Era Committee to join the Hall in December. The enshrinement will take place onSunday, July 21, in Cooperstown, New York.Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, meanwhile, remained under 60 percent of votes. To be inducted into the Hall, a player must received 75 percent. Bonds and Clemens, two of the greatest players at their positions in MLB history http://www.angelsfanproshop.com/authentic-blake-wood-jersey , continue to be blacklisted from the Hall, ostensibly due to their connection to the steroid era.You can see the full voting table atBBWAA.com.Rivera was a no-brainer.The New York Yankees closer was a 13-time All-Star, five-time champion and the 1999 World Series MVP. He finished in the top five in the Cy Young Award voting on five separate occasions, an impressive mark for a reliever. His 652 saves are the most in MLB history, he'sthirdin career WHIP (1.00), and he registered50 or more saves in a season twice and 40 or more saves nine times.He only got better in the postseason. His 42 playoff saves are easily themost in history, surpassing second-place closer Brad Lidge by 24 saves, and his postseason ERA of 0.70 is the best mark in MLB history.And he did all of it using almost exclusively just one pitch, his famed and feared cutter.Add it all up, and no other closer has ever been as consistently dominant as Rivera was in his 19-year career. Yankees managing partner HalSteinbrenner released a statement following Rivera's induction (h/tDavid Schoenfield of ESPN.com):"Mariano was a fierce competitor and a humble champion, which has made him such a beloved baseball legend. Success and stardom never changed Mariano, and his respect for the game, the pinstripes and for his teammates and opponents alike makes this day such a celebration of his legacy. There will be many more great and talented relief pitchers, but there will never be another like him."The late Halladay, meanwhile, was one of the game's most dominant starting pitchers in his era for the Toronto Blue Jays and Philadelphia Phillies.The eight-time All-Star and two-time Cy Young winner finished his career 203-105 with a 3.38 ERA, 1.18 WHIP and 2,117 strikeouts. Heled his league in shutouts four times (20 overall), in complete games seven times (67 overall)and and in innings pitched four times (2,749.1 overall).He was in the top five in Cy Young voting seven times Zack Greinke Jersey , led his league in wins twice and threw both a perfect game in the 2010 regular season against the Florida Marlins and a no-hitter that postseason against the Cincinnati Reds.Halladay tragically died in an airplane crash in Nov. 2017, and his wife released a statement on Tuesday regarding his Hall of Fame induction (h/t Bob Nightengale ofUSA Today):"Being inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame is every boy's dream. To stand on that stage in Cooperstown and deliver your acceptance speech in front of baseball鈥檚 most enthusiastic fans is something that every baseball player aspires to achieve, and Roy was no exception. But that was not Roy's goal. It was not his goal to have those three letters after his signature. His goal was to be successful every single day of his 16-year career. Tonight's announcement is the end result of that effort. If only Roy were here to personally express his gratitude for this honor, what an even more amazing day this would be. I would like to extend special thanks to the baseball writers for the overwhelming percentage of votes that Roy received in his first year on the ballot. It means so much to me, Braden and Ryan." While Rivera and Halladay felt like locks in their first year of eligibility, Martinez finally received the necessary 75 percent of the votes needed in his last year of eligibility. The longtime Seattle Mariners third baseman and designated hitter was a seven-time All-Star, five-time Silver Slugger and twice won the batting title.He finished his career as a .312 hitter with 309 homers, 1,261 RBI and a .933 OPS. He led the American League in on-base percentage three times, in batting average and doubles twice and in runs and RBI once.Finally, Mussina made his way into the Hall, making him perhaps the most surprising selection of the bunch (though certainly a deserving entrant). He was a five-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner, and though he was never a Cy Young selection, he did finish in the top five in the voting six times.The Baltimore Orioles and New York Yankees starting pitcher finished his career 270-153 with a 3.68 ERA, 1.19 WHIP and 2,813 strikeouts. He threw 57 career complete games and 23 shutouts, and made 21 postseason starts, going 7-8 with a 3.42 ERA and 1.10 WHIP. COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Lee Smith had seen the Hall of Fame several times. This visit was completely different.“I’m still in awe,” Smith said after the tour Tuesday Paul Goldschmidt Jersey , in preparation for his July induction. “Whenever I sign an autograph and someone says, ‘Hey, put Hall of Fame on it,’ I don’t know if the Hall of Fame goes first or the year goes first.”Smith, who emerged as an ace reliever with the Chicago Cubs in the 1980s, and former White Sox star Harold Baines were voted into the baseball shrine in December by a select committee. They will be inducted along with Mariano Rivera, the late Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina, and Edgar Martinez, who were elected last month by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.The 61-year-old Smith was at the 2009 Hall of Fame induction of Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Joe Gordon. But this time was overwhelming as the monumental aspect of his upcoming enshrinement was still sinking in.Smith appeared on the BBWAA ballot 15 times and never came close.“It was unbelievable just to get that call. You wait so many years,” Smith said. “When I first retired, people told me I was going to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. I’ve got goosebumps. I’ve never been nervous before, but I’m nervous right now.“It’s been crazy,” he said. “There’s a lot of this stuff here I already knew, especially about the Negro League and guys I played with and against. But being here is like no game you’ve ever been in before.”With his menacing stare and hard fastball, Smith was of baseball’s premier closers in the 1980s and 1990s, an imposing 6-foot-5 atop a pitching mound. During an 18-year career, he pitched for eight teams, making his initial mark with the Cubs from 1980-87. He also pitched for the Red Sox (1988-90) http://www.diamondbacksfanproshop.com/authentic-patrick-corbin-jersey , Cardinals (1990-92), Yankees (1993), Orioles (1994), Angels (1995), Reds (1996) and Expos (1997), and was the all-time saves leader with 478 when he retired in 1997.A seven-time All-Star, Smith led his league in saves four times and topped the 30-save mark 11 times. Smith held the all-time saves record until Hall of Famer Trevor Hoffman eclipsed it in 2006 and now ranks third behind Rivera (652) and Trevor Hoffman (601).“Everybody recognizes me now because of the Hall of Fame,” said Smith, a minor league pitching coach with San Francisco. “Back in the day I had an identity crisis because in Chicago everybody wanted to throw me on the football field because I was such a big guy. I don’t have that problem anymore. Now they know who Lee Smith is. I’m proud of that.”Smith spent an inquisitive two hours touring the Hall of Fame. While viewing the “Pride and Passion” exhibit dedicated to the African-American baseball experience, Smith told a story from his high school days in Louisiana. Soon after it was desegregated, he said, an opposing team hung Smith in effigy when his school visited.With an early lead, Smith said he began hitting batter after batter. He didn’t even realize, he added, when the other team eventually took the offending image down from a tree.