Andruw Jones Still Hoping To Make Hall of Fame ‘One Day’ Despite 2024 Snub

Andruw Jones is staying upbeat regardless of being snubbed for the Hall of Fame but once more this yr … telling TMZ Sports activities he is nonetheless bought hope that he’ll get in “one day.”

The previous Atlanta Braves celebrity appeared on 61.6 % of the writers’ ballots within the newest spherical of HOF voting final month … up from 58.1 % final yr.

However, with gamers needing not less than 75 % so as to formally get a plaque in Cooperstown, he fell quick for the seventh straight yr.

Nevertheless, after we spoke with the 10-time Gold Glover out at Tremendous Bowl week in Las Vegas earlier this month … he informed us he wasn’t sweating issues one bit.

Clearly, he’d like to get in … however he defined, “If I don’t make it, I will be the same person.”

Jones definitely has a deserving resume. In his 17 Large League seasons, he made 5 All-Star groups and smacked 434 residence runs with a .254 batting common. He additionally tallied 1,933 hits and 1,289 RBIs.

“I’m gracious that I’m still on [the ballot],” mentioned Jones, who has three years left of eligibility. “Hopefully I can say one day I make it.”

In the meantime, Jones’ son, Druw Jones, is attempting to start constructing a Hall of Fame resume of his personal sooner fairly than later after the Arizona Diamondbacks took him with the No. 2 general choose within the 2022 draft.

Andruw says he is hoping his boy has a greater profession than he had … though he made certain to say he will not be bothered if the youthful Jones by no means fits up for his beloved Braves.