Who Are The Baseball Hall Of Fame Voters and What Do They Look For?

The Baseball Hall of Fame is a sacred institution. Who are the voters and what do they look for when choosing inductees?

Who are the Baseball Hall of Fame voters?

The Baseball Hall of Fame voters are a group of around 475 baseball media personnel who have been approved by the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors to cast ballots for the Hall of Fame induction. Any baseball writer or broadcaster who has been active for at least 10 years is eligible to be a voter.

What do the Baseball Hall of Fame voters look for?

The Baseball Hall of Fame voters are a group of 10 experienced baseball journalists who vote for the induction of new members to the Hall of Fame. To be eligible for induction, a player must have played in at least 10 major league seasons, and have been retired for five years.

Players can be inducted into the Hall of Fame by receiving 75% or more of the votes. A player who receives less than 5% of the vote is dropped from future ballots. The Baseball Hall of Fame voters consider several factors when selecting new members, including a player’s:
-Statistics
-Personal character
-Playing ability
-Contributions to the team
-Contributions to the game

How do the Baseball Hall of Fame voters make their decisions?

The Baseball Hall of Fame relies on a group of over 500 voters to elect new members each year. The voting process is administered by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Any writer who has been a BBWAA member for 10 years or more is eligible to vote.

The voting process begins with each voter submitting a ballot with their choices for who they think should be inducted into the Hall of Fame. A player needs to appear on 75% of the ballots to be elected. The BBWAA does not release how individual members voted, but they do release the overall results of the voting.

The criteria for induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame are as follows: “Candidates must have been active as players in the Major Leagues for a minimum of 10 years. Players who are on Major League baseball’s ineligible list, including those players who were declared permanently ineligible by Major League Baseball’s Integrity Committee, are not eligible for election by the BBWAA. To be eligible for election, a player must have been retired from active play for at least five years.”

Players can also be inducted based on their careers in other areas related to baseball such as coaching, managing, or umpiring. They can also be inducted posthumously.