Cobb Reporter

Even though the previous four years on the Hall of Fame ballot were disappointing for Andruw Jones, he is hoping to make it to the induction in his fifth year.

"After Jones had collected a decade's worth of Gold Glove Awards and positioned himself for a realistic shot to join the 500-homer club, it would not have been outlandish to project him to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer," the team said on its website.

Jones' trajectory has been on the rise, with the veteran outfielder receiving a high of nearly 34% in 2019.

During his 17-year career, Jones batted .254, tallied 434 home runs, and constructed an .823 OPS that included 10 Gold Gloves and five All-Star appearances. So, despite the fact that Jones's career somewhat went on a downward spiral after he turned 30, it cannot be ignored how outstanding he was in the first decade of his career.

A player needs 75% of votes in any year of eligibility to be elected. 

In the first two years of his ballot, he received 7.3% and 7.5% of the votes, which are far from 75%. However, in 2019, this number jumped to 19.4%, and the most surprising jump was a year later when it became 33.9%. 

At that time, Jones had said in The Athletic, "You know, if I were to get that (Hall of Fame election) accomplished, I probably wouldn't have a lot of words because I would be so humble and grateful to be there with so many people that I idolized and that I played with, to be in that stage and to be in the Hall of Fame. But right now I just look at it as, it is what it is. I'll wait to give a full statement when the day comes, on what it is to be there or not to be there."