2024 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2024 will be conducted according to the rules most recently amended in 2022. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) will vote by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with the results announced in January. This is the final ballot for Gary Sheffield.[1]

2024 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Induction dateJuly 21, 2024

Inductees, if any, will be honored in a ceremony at the Clark Sports Center on Sunday July 21, 2024.[2]

BBWAA ballot

The following players will appear on the 2024 ballot.[3]

Players who are eligible to appear on the ballot for the first time are José Bautista, Matt Belisle, Adrián Beltré, Gregor Blanco, Blaine Boyer, Santiago Casilla, Brett Cecil, Bartolo Colón, Jorge de la Rosa, Brian Duensing, A. J. Ellis, Doug Fister, Yovani Gallardo, Jaime García, Craig Gentry, Chris Gimenez, Adrián González, Jason Hammel, Chase Headley, Matt Holliday, Phil Hughes, Kevin Jepsen, Jim Johnson, Boone Logan, Ryan Madson, Víctor Martínez, Joe Mauer, Brandon McCarthy, Miguel Montero, Brandon Morrow, Peter Moylan, Bud Norris, Cliff Pennington, Brandon Phillips, Colby Rasmus, José Reyes, Adam Rosales, Marc Rzepczynski, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, James Shields, Denard Span, Chris Stewart, Chris Tillman, Chase Utley, David Wright, Chris Young, Eric Young Jr. and Brad Ziegler.[4][5]

Contemporary Baseball Committee

The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will meet in December 2023 to consider the election of eight managers, executives or umpires who have made their greatest impact on the game since 1980.[6] The final ballot was announced on October 19, 2023.[7]

Candidate Role Votes Percent
Cito Gaston Manager
Davey Johnson Manager
Jim Leyland Manager
Ed Montague Umpire
Hank Peters Executive
Lou Piniella Manager
Joe West Umpire
Bill White Executive

Those eligible that were not selected include:

Managers: Tom Kelly (on 2010 ballot), Charlie Manuel (on 2019 ballot), Felipe Alou, Roger Craig, Jim Fregosi, Ron Gardenhire, Mike Hargrove, Art Howe, Dick Howser, Clint Hurdle, Joe Maddon, Jack McKeon, Johnny Oates, Mike Scioscia, Bobby Valentine, Ned Yost, Don Zimmer[8]

General managers: Dan Duquette, John Hart, Walt Jocketty

Owners: George Steinbrenner (on 2011, 2014, 2017 & 2019 ballots), George W. Bush, Peter O'Malley, Ted Turner

Other executives: Bobby Brown

Umpires: Larry Barnett, Joe Brinkman, Derryl Cousins, Jerry Crawford, Bob Davidson, Jim Evans, Bruce Froemming, Rich Garcia, Randy Marsh, Tim McClelland, Larry McCoy, John McSherry, Steve Palermo, Dave Phillips, Mike Reilly, Tim Welke, Harry Wendelstedt[9]

Ford C. Frick Award

The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball" and has been presented annually since 1978. The 2024 award will be a composite ballot of local and national voices. The ten nominees for the Frick Award are:[10]

  • Joe Buck (born 1969), Fox Sports broadcaster, former St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster
  • Joe Castiglione (born 1947), Boston Red Sox broadcaster
  • Gary Cohen (born 1958), New York Mets broadcaster
  • Jacques Doucet (born 1940), former Montreal Expos and Toronto Blue Jays broadcaster
  • Tom Hamilton (born 1954), Cleveland Guardians broadcaster
  • Ernie Johnson Sr. (1924–2011), Atlanta Braves broadcaster, MLB player 1950, 1952–1959
  • Ken Korach (born 1952), Oakland Athletics broadcaster, former Chicago White Sox broadcaster
  • Mike Krukow (born 1952), San Francisco Giants broadcaster, MLB player 1978–1989
  • Duane Kuiper (born 1950), San Francisco Giants broadcaster, former Colorado Rockies broadcaster, MLB player 1974–1985
  • Dan Shulman, broadcaster for Sportsnet and ESPN, former broadcaster for the Toronto Blue Jays

BBWAA Career Excellence Award

The BBWAA Career Excellence Award honors a baseball writer (or writers) "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing" and is presented during Hall of Fame Weekend by that year's President of the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA). The award is voted upon annually by the BBWAA.

References
  1. Bengel, Chris. "Gary Sheffield believes that he should be in the Hall of Fame, says 'It's good to get all the facts straight'". CBS Sports. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  2. "Future Eligibles". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 28 April 2023.
  3. "2024 Potential Hall of Fame Ballot". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  4. "2018 Major League Baseball Retirements". baseballreference.com. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  5. "Future Eligibles". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
  6. "Era Committees". National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. "Contemporary Baseball Era Committee HOF candidates announced". mlb.com. October 19, 2023. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  8. Baseball-Reference Manager's Records https://www.baseball-reference.com/managers/index.shtml
  9. All regular-season totals of overall games and games as a home plate umpire are taken from Project Retrosheet's Directory of Umpires. Accessed 2019-11-01.
  10. "10 broadcasters up for Hall of Fame's Frick Award". MLB.com. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
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