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The 1988 Eurasian Professional Baseball Hall of Fame ballot saw no players inducted for the first time since 1978. Starting pitcher Serhiy Belov was the closest to reaching the 66% threshold with 63.1% on his fourth try. Three others were above 50% with SP Eryk Wozniak at 53.5% on his final attempt, closer Marius Patrascu at 50.6% in his third go, and SP Artyom Rudsaev at 50.2% on his tenth and final ballot.



For Wozniak, he had a 15 year career primarily with Minsk and got as close as 65.5% on his second ballot. He had a 219-108 record, 2.56 ERA, 3266.2 innings, 3234 strikeouts, and 64.5 WAR. Wozniak won two titles with the Miners and had a 2.85 ERA over 211.2 playoff innings, but he was never a league leader or award winner, which banished him to the Hall of Good despite a fine career.

Rudasev pitched 15 years with Kazan and also got tantalizingly close with 64.7% on his debut ballot. He was the 1968 Pitcher of the Year and posted a 193-106 record, 2.24 ERA, 2822 innings, 2929 strikeouts, and 91.2 WAR. Rudasev’s advanced stats (FIP- of 64, ERA 145) make a stronger case that he was a snub and he won two rings with the Crusaders. The totals just weren’t high enough though for enough voters to keep him on the outside.