TREVOR TIME! Hoffman will be next Padre inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame

SAN DIEGO -- Sports fans across San Diego can celebrate for the next six months as one of its own will be honored with one of baseball's highest honors.

On Wednesday afternoon, Major League Baseball announced that San Diego Padres pitcher Trevor Hoffman will be a part of the 2018 Baseball Hall of Fame induction class. Hoffman received the official call from his home in San Diego surrounded by family and close friends.

Hoffman, who's a beloved figure in the San Diego community, fell just one point shy of the required 75 percent votes in 2016. On Wednesday, it was announced that Hoffman received 79.9 percent of the votes to secure his place in baseball history.

Shortly after the announcement, the Padres' Executive Chairman Ron Fowler and General Partner Peter Seidler released the following statement:

“On behalf of the entire Padres family, we would like to send our heartfelt congratulations to Trevor Hoffman and the Class of 2018 on being elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Since 1993, when he first donned a Padres uniform, Trevor has represented our organization and the City of San Diego with an incredible sense of class and dignity.  Not only is Trevor the all-time National League saves leader, he is an even better human being, and we are thrilled that he will be enshrined in Cooperstown as a Padre next to the greatest players in the history of baseball.”

Hall of Fame Weekend 2018 will be held the final July 27-29 in Cooperstown, with the induction ceremony on Sunday, July 29.

Hoffman was a 7-time MLB All-Star selection and retired with 601 career saves, which was the MLB record at the time. In 2014, Major League Baseball named the NL Reliever of the Year Award after Trevor Hoffman, with the AL award named after Mariano Rivera.

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