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As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results were announced on January 22, 2019, [1] with the BBWAA electing Mariano Rivera, Roy Halladay, Edgar Martínez, and Mike Mussina to the Hall of Fame. Rivera and Halladay were elected in their first ...
Notes: Various groups of Hall of Fame members and others charged with the induction of players who were not voted in by the BBWAA, as well as Negro League players and non-playing personnel (including managers, owners, and executives). To be enshrined, players must be named on at least 75% of the Committee members' ballots.
RkNameYobVotes11st42521st363310th36346th326Jan 22, 2019 · Complete 2019 Hall of Fame election results. January 22nd, 2019. Below are the results of the Baseball Writers' Association of America vote to elect the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2019, with vote totals and percentages. A total of 425 ballots were cast, with 319 required for election. Mariano Rivera: 425 votes (100%) -- 1st year on ballot.
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Eligible members of the Baseball Writers Association of America voted on a ballot comprising holdover candidates from the 2018 Hall of Fame Election and players who played their last major league game in 2013, for a total of 35 names. The composition of the ballot was announced on November 19, 2018. Four players were elected: Mariano Rivera by unan...
The Veterans Committee, consisting of 16 members, voted on players and officials from the "Today's Game" era (from 1988 to the present). The ballot consisted of ten candidates: Harold Baines, Albert Belle, Joe Carter, Will Clark, Orel Hershiser, Davey Johnson, Charlie Manuel, Lou Piniella, Lee Smith and George Steinbrenner. Baines, Belle, Carter, C...
The 2019 induction ceremony took place on July 21st in Cooperstown, NY. Five of the six honored players were present, with Roy Halladay, who had passed away in a plane crash in November 2017 being represented by his widow, Brandy, who made a short, but very emotional speech on behalf of her late husband. Fittingly, Mariano Rivera was given the oppo...
The winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious service in baseball reporting was Jayson Stark, who made his reputation as a writer for ESPN. The winner of the Ford Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting was Al Helfer, who was honored posthumously.
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Jan 22, 2019 · January 22nd, 2019. Anthony Castrovince. Mariano Rivera stands alone in National Baseball Hall of Fame history as the only player ever voted in unanimously by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. But he'll be far from alone on the induction day dais, as the BBWAA has selected four players for entry into the hallowed Hall.
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Jul 21, 2019 · Even the most recognizable riff of Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” was sprinkled within a “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” performance by former Rivera teammate Bernie Williams and his electric guitar. • Full Hall of Fame video coverage. Those were the hallmarks of the commemoration of the Class of ’19 one mile south of the hallowed Hall.
