The greatest hitter in Canadian Baseball history and 2009 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductee Larry Walker has started his climb up the Cooperstown voting ladder. In his first year on the ballot in 2011 he received 118 votes or 20.3% and this year he received 131 votes or 22.9%.
Currently, the only Canadian in Cooperstown is legendary Fergie Jenkins who was inducted in 1991.
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Other Canadians to receive votes for Cooperstown include:
Jimmy Archer (1937 – 6 votes, 1938 – 7 votes, 1939 – 3 votes)
Larry McLean (1937 – 1 vote)
George Selkirk (1948 – 1 vote, 1949 – 1 vote, 1950 – 1 vote, 1951 – 2 votes, 1952 – 1 vote, 1953 – 1 vote)
John Hiller (1986 – 11 votes)
Fergie Jenkins (1991 – 334 votes – INDUCTED, 1990 – 296 votes, 1989 – 234 votes)
Terry Puhl (1997 – 1 vote).
