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- To be enshrined, a player must be named on at least 75% of the voters' ballots. Currently, players are removed from the ballot if they are named on fewer than 5% of ballots or have been on the ballot 15 times without election. Changed to 10 times prior to the 2015 election.
Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2021 proceeded according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players.
Jan 26, 2021 · For the first time since 1960 -- and just the seventh time since the first election in 1936 -- the National Baseball Hall of Fame will not have a new group of electees in 2021. Yet because the Class of 2020’s induction was pushed back a year by the coronavirus.
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Jan 25, 2022 · The lasting impact of six former players was finally, formally recognized on Dec. 5 with their small-committee selections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022. Gil Hodges, Jim Kaat, Minnie Miñoso and Tony Oliva were elected by the Golden Days Era Committee, and Bud Fowler and Buck.
- Anthony Castrovince
2021 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Find Full Vote Totals and Statistics for all Players Who Were on the Ballot.
RkNameYobVotes19th28529th24839th2474Scott Rolen HOF4th212There are two paths to being elected to the Hall of Fame. The annual BBWAA election considers recently retired Major League players. The Era Committees consider retired Major League players no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA, along with managers, umpires and executives.
Sep 9, 2021 · The results of the 2021 Hall of Fame Election were announced on January 26, 2021. For only the fourth time since the BBWAA moved to a single ballot with no run-off in 1968, no one gained election through the writers' ballot.
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General Summary: Each voting cycle, qualified members of the BBWAA name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of Hall of Fame honors. To be enshrined, a player must be named on at least 75% of the voters' ballots.
