Henderson was able to get in on his first time on the ballot, while Rice got in on his final time on the ballot. They will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame in July in Cooperstown, New York.

Here is the final voting numbers for the 2009 Hall of Fame:

Rickey Henderson – 511 votes – 94.8%
Jim Rice – 412 – 76.4%
Andre Dawson – 361 – 67.0%
Bert Blyleven – 338 – 62.7%
Lee Smith – 240 – 44.5%
Jack Morris – 237 – 44.0%
Tommy John -171 – 31.7
Tim Raines – 122 – 22.6%
Mark McGwire – 118 – 21.9%
Alan Trammell – 94 – 17.4%
Dave Parker – 81 – 15.0%
Don Mattingly – 64 – 11.9%
Dale Murphy – 62 – 11.5%
Harold Baines – 32 – 5.9%
Mark Grace – 22 – 4.1%
David Cone – 21 – 3.9%
Matt Williams – 7 – 1.3%
Mo Vaughn – 6 – 1.1%
Jay Bell – 2 – 0.4%
Jesse Orosco – 1 – 0.2%

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