Former Royal and Cardinal Carlos Beltrán will make his way to Cooperstown.

Beltrán was one of two players who received enough votes from the Baseball Writers Association of America to earn enshrinement in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The center fielder picked up 358 out of 425 votes, nearly ten percent more than what was needed to earn the honor, in his fourth year of eligibility. Fellow center fielder Andruw Jones also picked up enough votes to enter the hall.

Beltrán was drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the second round of the 1995 MLB Draft, making his big league debut in September 1998. The following year he was the American League Rookie of the Year, playing in 156 games and hitting 22 home runs among his 194 hits. His time in Kansas City would end when he was traded to Houston in 2004, which was also his first of nine All-Star Game appearances.

Beltrán would then spend seven seasons with the New York Mets.  That included the 2006 season where Adam Wainwright struck him out looking to record the final out in Game Seven of the National League Championship Series, allowing the Cardinals to advance to and eventually win the World Series.  Beltrán would join the Cardinals in 2012 for two seasons before finishing his career with stints in New York, Texas, and the 2017 World Series Champions Houston.

Beltrán and Jones will join Jeff Kent in Cooperstown, who was elected last month by a vote of the Contemporary Era Committee. While Beltrán received enough votes for enshrinement, another Royal will miss out after appearing on the ballot for the first time this year. Alex Gordon was named on just one ballot, well short of the five percent required to remain eligible for consideration next year.