Former player Rafael Palmeiro said he would vote for Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens for the Hall of Fame. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Former MLB player Rafael Palmeiro said other retired players Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens should be in the Hall of Fame.

You’re talking about, in my opinion, probably the best pitcher of all-time and the greatest player of all time,” Palmeiro told ESPNDallas.com. “Keep them out and then the Hall of Fame has no credibility.”

Palmeiro was suspended 10 games by Major League Baseball in 2005 after testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Clemens and Bonds have never tested positive for steroids.

Palmeiro received 11 percent of the ballots in his first attempt to get into the Hall of Fame in 2011 and 12.6 percent in 2012. Election to the Hall needs a 75 percent vote from members of the Baseball Writers Association of America.

Palmeiro, who finished his career with 569 home runs and 3,020 hits, said he’s proud of his career even if he never gets into the Hall.

“I put that behind me already,” Palmeiro said. “I know what kind of career I had. I’m good with it. I can look at myself in the mirror and feel good and proud of what I accomplished. The Hall of Fame would be icing on the cake, but if it doesn’t happen, I’m fine with it. I will accept that and move on and live with it.”

Former MLB player Barry Bonds says he is a Hall of Famer despite admitting taking steroids unknowingly. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

The numbers are undeniable. 762 career home runs, 1,996 RBI, 73 home runs in a season, 2,558 career walks and eight Gold Gloves.

Barry Bonds’ name will come up on the ballot for the Hall of Fame next year, but since his connections with performance enhancing drugs, some think his induction will never happen.

But Bonds says there is no question that he is a Hall of Famer.

“Oh, without a doubt. There’s not a doubt in my mind,” Bonds said to MLB.com. ”I respect the Hall of Fame, don’t get me wrong. I really, really, really respect the Hall of Fame. And I think we all do. I love the city of San Francisco and to me that’s my Hall of Fame. I don’t worry about it because I don’t want to be negative about the way other people think it should be run. That’s their opinion, and I’m not going to be negative.”

Bonds was convicted in 2011 conviction of one count of obstruction of justice when a grand jury investigated illegal steroids distribution in the BALCO case found that Bonds gave evasive answers to the jury.  He was to sentenced to 30 days of house arrest, two years’ probation and a $4,000 fine.

 ”You have to vote on baseball the way baseball needs to be voted on. If you vote on your assumptions or what you believe or what you think might have been going on there, that’s your problem,” Bonds said. “You’re at fault. It has nothing to do with what your opinion is. Period.”