Mariano Rivera's dominance as an MLB player is clear from the fact that he is the only player in history to have achieved a Unanimous Hall of Fame Induction.

Being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame is the most prestigious honor any player can receive. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) holds an annual election to elect retired baseball players into baseball immortality,

The identity of the writer has not been revealed and may never be. BBWAA members who vote for the Hall of Fame have to be in the association for 10 years. They have the option of making their ballots public. The public ballots for this election will be released by the Hall of Fame on Feb. 4.

If that remains the case when the final results are released by the Baseball Writers Association of America on Tuesday, Ichiro will be the first Japanese-born player in the Hall of Fame and just the second player ever to be unanimously elected to Cooperstown.

Other bits of intrigue ahead of Tuesday's 6 p.m. announcement: Will CC Sabathia be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, and is this the year Billy Wagner gets in?

Ichiro Suzuki became the first Japanese player chosen for baseball's Hall of Fame, voted in Tuesday along with CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner.

Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America ... Yankees legendary closer Mariano Rivera remains the only player ever to be voted ...

If Jones was one of the best players of his generation, he would have had serious support right from the start. Instead, he was basically ignored. How did he become worthy of Cooperstown in that short span of time?

BBWAA: Elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America ... ME: Marvin Miller, Ted Simmons. 2019 — BBWAA: Mariano Rivera, Edgar Martinez, Roy Halladay, Mike Mussina. TGE: Lee Smith, Harold Baines. 2018 — BBWAA: Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman ...