Second baseman Jeff Kent was elected to the Hall of Fame by the Contemporary Baseball Era committee on Sunday. Seven other former Major League Baseball greats, including Kent's ex-teammate Barry Bonds, did not receive enough votes from the 16-member group.

"I've used all my cry rags already. I don't have any more," Kent said. "The emotions are overwhelming. Unbelievable. I didn't even expect it for me. There are so many quality guys. ...I'm grateful that they considered me and gave it a shot for putting me in."

Kent, who batted .290 with 377 home runs and 1,518 RBIs during his 17-year career split between the Toronto Blue Jays, New York Mets, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers, received 14 votes from the committee.

Twelve were required to gai

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