Biggio wasn't sure whether the controversy over this year's ballot would keep all candidates out.
Biggio received 68% of the vote, falling 39 votes short of election, Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson announced.
It is an exclusive club with only 27 members with the last batter to join being Craig Biggio in 2007.
Biggio was at 69 percent, followed by Morris (63), Bagwell (61), Raines (61), Piazza (60), Bonds (43) and Clemens (43).
"I was still hitting 20 home runs as a 40-year-old, " said Biggio.
W.A.A. as they will consider for election first time candidates Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Mike Piazza, Sammy Sosa, Craig Biggio and Curt Schilling.
The other excuse that baseball writers will have for exempting Biggio is equally ridiculous: he just played at the wrong time, the steroid era.
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Biggio, to my knowledge, has never been linked to any serious accusations of drug use, but playing among the accused is apparently sufficient guilt.
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Craig Biggio was the leading vote-getter, having been named on 68.2 percent of the ballots, but fell 39 votes shy of the required 75% for election.
The top vote-getter on the 2013 ballot was longtime Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio, who racked up more than 3, 000 hits in a two-decade career.
Former Houston Astros second baseman Craig Biggio received the most votes, appearing on 68.2% of the 569 ballots cast, but still fell short of the 75% needed for induction.
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In 20 seasons with the Houston Astros, Biggio put put up over 3, 000 hits, nearly 1, 200 RBIs, more than 400 stolen bases and 668 doubles, good for fifth-most all-time.
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Fans who watched Biggio play will remember him for his rare combination of speed, power and an interminable work ethic constantly on display both at the plate and in the field.
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But even beyond that issue, I believe that Biggio, Bagwell, Piazza, Clemens and Bonds would all deserve a place in the Hall of Fame even if we had definitive proof that they used steroids.
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"All I know is that for this organization I did everything they ever asked me to do and I'm proud about it, so hopefully, the writers feel strongly, they liked what they saw, and we'll see what happens, " Biggio said on Nov. 28, the day the ballot was announced.
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