Who is repping each team on the 2026 HOF ballot?

There are 27 players on the 2026 Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) Hall of Fame ballot, and their careers went in so many different directions.

Some were paragons of stability. Ryan Braun, Alex Gordon, Félix Hernández, Dustin Pedroia and David Wright each played for just one Major League team. Others were nomadic, even as they excelled. Carlos Beltrán, the top vote-getter returning from the 2025 ballot, suited up for seven MLB teams. Bobby Abreu, Edwin Encarnación and Omar Vizquel all suited up for six.

So it follows that regardless of their chances to reach Cooperstown someday, some names are going to show up a lot more than others in this story, which goes team by team and looks at which player(s) on this ballot represented that club during their careers.

Note that this only counts teams a player actually appeared for in the Majors. So Encarnación does not count for the Rangers, who drafted him but traded him before he reached the big leagues. Fellow newcomer Cole Hamels does not count for the Dodgers or Padres, teams he signed with at the end of his career without ever making it back to an MLB mound.

Here is a closer look at all 30 teams’ representatives on the ballot (actually, 28 teams’ representatives, with two exceptions). For each team, players are listed alphabetically with the seasons they played there in parentheses.

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AL EAST

Blue Jays (3)
Mark Buehrle (2013-15), Edwin Encarnación (2009-16), Omar Vizquel (2012)

Encarnación’s late-blooming breakout with the Blue Jays only came after the team acquired him from the Reds in the Scott Rolen trade (July 2009), lost him on waivers to the A’s (November 2010), then signed him back as a free agent (December 2010). He went on to become one of the game’s top sluggers, ranking second in the Majors in homers (193) and RBIs (550) over a five-season span (2012-16). In the last two of those seasons, Toronto made its first playoff appearances since 1993.

Orioles (2)
Nick Markakis (2006-14), Francisco Rodríguez (2013)

Markakis becomes the second Baltimore cornerstone to reach the ballot in as many years, after Adam Jones went one and done in 2025. Thanks to his nine seasons as an Oriole before leaving as a free agent, Markakis ranks eighth in franchise history in hits (1,547), including seventh in doubles (316). The No. 7 overall pick in the 2003 Draft is one of the most successful first-round picks in Orioles history.

Rays (1)
Manny Ramirez (2011)

On April 2, 2011, the Rays hosted the Orioles and were trailing 3-0 in the eighth inning when Ramirez stepped to the plate with two runners on base and two outs against Koji Uehara. He bounced a ground ball through the left side for an RBI single. It was the 2,574th hit of Ramirez’s storied career -- and the only one that came with Tampa Bay. Soon after, Ramirez opted to retire -- after just five games with the Rays -- rather than serve a 100-game PED suspension.

Red Sox (3)
Dustin Pedroia (2006-19), Rick Porcello (2015-19), Manny Ramirez (2001-08)

The 2016 AL East champion Red Sox had Pedroia manning second base and delivering a 5.4 WAR season (per Baseball-Reference). There was nothing too surprising about that -- Pedroia had been doing that in Boston for 10 years by that point. What was surprising, though? His teammate, Porcello, winning the AL Cy Young Award after a 22-4, 3.15 ERA season. Porcello pitched in 11 other MLB seasons and in none of those did he even receive a Cy Young vote.

Yankees (6)
Bobby Abreu (2006-08), Carlos Beltrán (2014-16), Edwin Encarnación (2019), Andruw Jones (2011-12), Andy Pettitte (1995-2003, 2007-13), Alex Rodriguez (2004-16)

Abreu, Beltrán, Encarnación and Jones all arrived in the Bronx after their primes, and while each was by that point diminished to at least some degree, each also enjoyed at least some success there. Abreu posted a .378 OBP and 120 OPS+ over three seasons, Beltrán made the last of his nine All-Star teams in 2016, Encarnación slugged .531 in a 44-game cameo after the 2019 Trade Deadline, and Jones slugged .495 with a 126 OPS+ in a part-time role in 2011.

AL CENTRAL

Guardians (4)
Shin-Soo Choo (2006-12), Edwin Encarnacion (2017-18), Manny Ramirez (1993-2000), Omar Vizquel (1994-2004)

Choo was one of the better trade acquisitions in recent Cleveland history, coming over from Seattle ahead of the 2006 Deadline for Ben Broussard. Just 24 at the time, Choo went on to bat .292/.383/.469 with 83 home runs, 85 stolen bases and 21.8 bWAR during his time in the organization. He also made a big impact on the way out of town, as part of a three-time, nine-player whopper of a trade in December 2012 that landed Trevor Bauer and Bryan Shaw, among others, in Cleveland.

Royals (2)
Carlos Beltrán (1998-2004), Alex Gordon (2007-20)

Beltrán was a homegrown star outfielder who got away from Kansas City, which dealt him to Houston at the 2004 Trade Deadline, when he was a 27-year-old pending free agent heading for a major payday with the Mets. Gordon, in contrast, was the homegrown star outfielder who stayed. The No. 2 overall pick in the 2005 Draft had some bumpy times early in his career, but he ultimately developed into an eight-time Gold Glove-winning left fielder with three All-Star selections who helped the Royals win back-to-back AL pennants and one World Series title from 2014-15. Gordon played every one of his 1,753 games (sixth most in franchise history) with the Royals.

Tigers (3)
Torii Hunter (2013-14), Rick Porcello (2009-14), Francisco Rodríguez (2016-17)

Porcello went from a high school mound to the big leagues in less than two years, debuting for the Tigers on April 9, 2009, at just 20 years old. He would finish third in the AL Rookie of the Year race that year, after posting a 3.96 ERA in 31 starts. The righty averaged 30 starts and 179 innings during his time in Detroit, and the team won four straight AL Central titles during that span (2011-14), making it to the ALCS three times and the World Series once. Hunter was a part of two of those teams as well and in 2013 hit .304 as a 37-year-old, making the last of his five All-Star teams.

Twins (1)
Torii Hunter (1997-2007, 2015)

The Twins drafted Hunter 20th overall in 1993 out of high school in Pine Bluff, Ark., and he became a beloved fixture in center field for the team. As Minnesota dug its way out of a tough stretch to become a perennial contender again in the 2000s, Hunter was right there in the middle of it, winning annual Gold Glove Awards in center field. He returned to finish his career in the Twin Cities in 2015.

White Sox (7)
Mark Buehrle (2000-11), Edwin Encarnacion (2020), Gio Gonzalez (2020), Andruw Jones (2010), Manny Ramirez (2010), Jimmy Rollins (2016), Omar Vizquel (2010-11)

On one hand, the White Sox are tied for the most representatives of any team. On the other hand, all but Buehrle -- a rotation stalwart on the South Side -- had blink-and-you-missed-it tenures. Encarnacion and Gonzalez both wrapped up their careers there during the pandemic-shortened season, and Chicago was also the final stop for Rollins, who was released midway through 2016. Jones, Ramirez and Vizquel each played for one more team after leaving, but all were near the end. In some ways, though, Gonzalez had the longest White Sox history. The team drafted him in 2004, traded him away in 2005, reacquired him in 2006, then traded him away one more time in 2008 … 11 years before he finally appeared in the big leagues for the franchise after signing as a free agent.

AL WEST

Angels (4)
Bobby Abreu (2009-12), Torii Hunter (2008-12), Howie Kendrick (2006-14), Francisco Rodríguez (2002-08)

The Angels enter 2026 riding an 11-season playoff drought, but things were much different when Kendrick and Rodríguez had their overlapping tenures. A rookie sensation during the 2002 Angels championship run, K-Rod went on to pitch in five different postseasons for the Halos. Kendrick, drafted by the team in the middle of that title-winning season, appeared in four different Angels playoff runs, including in three of his first four years in the big leagues.

Astros (4)
Bobby Abreu (1996-97), Carlos Beltrán (2004, ‘17), Hunter Pence (2007-11), Andy Pettitte (2004-06)

Abreu and Pence were both dynamic outfielders who were originally drafted or signed by the Astros and debuted with the team. But neither would remain in Houston for the long term. Abreu played just 74 games for the franchise before he was rather infamously lost to Tampa Bay in the 1997 Expansion Draft (and then flipped to Philadelphia). Pence was around for considerably longer, but with the club headed for 106 losses and a massive rebuilding cycle in 2011, he was shipped to the Phillies at the Trade Deadline.

Athletics (1)
Gio Gonzalez (2008-11)

In January 2008, Gonzalez was a key piece of the return the A’s got for trading Nick Swisher to the White Sox. His first two seasons in Oakland did not go smoothly, but the left-hander found his footing after that and went a combined 31-21 with a 3.17 ERA and 368 K’s in 65 starts from 2010-11, making the first of back-to-back All-Star teams in the latter year. The second of those did not come in Oakland, however. After the ‘11 season, the A’s traded him to the Nationals for a four-player package.

Mariners (5)
Shin-Soo Choo (2005-06), Edwin Encarnación (2019), Félix Hernández (2005-19), Alex Rodriguez (1994-2000), Omar Vizquel (1989-93)

Seattle was the Major League launching pad for four of these five players’ Major League careers, with only Encarnación arriving as an MLB veteran. Hernández and Rodriguez obviously became stars with the Mariners. But it took trades elsewhere for Choo and Vizquel to reach their full potential, with Choo playing only 14 games with Seattle before being shipped to Cleveland in the ill-fated swap for Broussard at the 2006 Trade Deadline. That was six years after Choo signed with the organization as an amateur free agent -- and 14 before he wrapped up his MLB career as the most successful Korean player in the league’s history.

Rangers (7)
Carlos Beltrán (2016), Shin-Soo Choo (2014-20), Cole Hamels (2015-18), Andruw Jones (2009), Hunter Pence (2019), Alex Rodriguez (2001-03), Omar Vizquel (2009)

The Rangers are tied for the most players on this ballot, though of these seven, only Choo spent a long chunk of his career with the club. (A-Rod was around for just three seasons, but he still ranks 14th in franchise history with 25.5 WAR and tied for ninth with 156 home runs.) The 2015-16 Rangers, who won back-to-back AL West titles, featured both Choo and Hamels, who was acquired from the Phillies at the 2015 Trade Deadline. A year later, it was Beltrán who arrived at the Deadline, in his case from the Yankees. Unfortunately for Texas, none of the three was at his best in a 2016 ALDS sweep at the hands of the Blue Jays.

NL EAST

Braves (4)
Cole Hamels (2020), Andruw Jones (1996-2007), Matt Kemp (2016-17), Nick Markakis (2015-20)

In 2017, 10 years after Jones last patrolled center field in Atlanta, the Braves’ corner-outfield combo was a 32-year-old Kemp in left and a 33-year-old Markakis in right. Neither player was in his prime by that point, however, and the club lost 90-plus games for the third year in a row -- just before beginning a run of six consecutive NL East titles from 2018-23. In the middle of that streak came the pandemic-shortened 2020 season, which featured Hamels (previously a longtime division nemesis in Philly) making his one and only Braves appearance on Sept. 16, in between stints on the injured list.

Marlins (1)
Mark Buehrle (2012)

The 2011-12 offseason saw the Marlins make some big moves as they prepared to move into Marlins Park. Ozzie Guillen took over as manager. And Buehrle arrived in a burst of free-agent activity that also included the acquisitions of shortstop José Reyes and closer Heath Bell. Buehrle came as advertised and posted pretty much the same exact season that he repeated over and over again throughout his ultra-consistent 16-year career: a 3.74 ERA over 31 starts and 202 1/3 innings, plus his fourth Gold Glove Award. However, the Marlins lost 93 games, and that November, Buehrle was traded to Toronto along with Reyes and three others.

Mets (6)
Bobby Abreu (2014), Carlos Beltrán (2005-11), Daniel Murphy (2008-15), Rick Porcello (2020), Francisco Rodríguez (2009-11), David Wright (2004-16, ‘18)

The 2008 season was the Mets’ last at Shea Stadium, and the team won 89 games but suffered September heartbreak for the second year in a row, finishing one game out of what was then the only NL Wild Card spot. It was a big year for three Hall candidates on this ballot, however. The 2008 Mets had both Beltrán and Wright at their absolute peaks, both playing in virtually every game while posting roughly 7 bWAR apiece. That season also saw the arrival of Murphy, a 13th-round pick in the 2006 Draft out of Jacksonville University who came up in early August and batted .313/.397/.473 the rest of the season, on his way to becoming a consistent Mets lineup cog for the next decade.

Nationals (3)
Gio Gonzalez (2012-18), Howie Kendrick (2017-20), Daniel Murphy (2016-18)

All three of these ballot newcomers were part of a disappointing 2018 Nationals club that dropped from 97 wins under Dusty Baker in ‘17 to just 82 in Davey Martinez’s debut at the helm. None of the three performed particularly well, either. But while Gonzalez and Murphy departed after that season, better things were ahead for the Nats, and for Kendrick. In 2019, the veteran absolutely raked in a part-time role (.344/.395/.572 with 17 homers in 370 plate appearances), as the team rallied from a sluggish start to win 93 games and nab a Wild Card spot. Kendrick proceeded to come up huge in October, too, posting a 1.012 OPS in the NLCS, then hitting a monumental, go-ahead homer late in Game 7 of the World Series that lifted the Nats to a championship.

Phillies (6)
Bobby Abreu (1998-2006), Cole Hamels (2006-15), Howie Kendrick (2017), Hunter Pence (2011-12), Jimmy Rollins (2000-14), Chase Utley (2003-15)

It’s not just that the Phillies have six players on the ballot. It’s that four of them were long-term, foundational pieces there. In terms of bWAR, Utley ranks fourth in the franchise’s long history, Rollins is ninth, Abreu is 10th and Hamels is 11th. And all but Abreu overlapped significantly with each other. From Hamels’ arrival in 2006 through Rollins’ final season in Philly in 2014, those two plus Utley were faces of the franchise. Within that span was a golden age of Phillies baseball. They won five consecutive NL East titles from 2007-11 and back-to-back NL pennants in 2008-09, with the first of those netting the franchise its first championship since 1980.

NL CENTRAL

Brewers (3)
Ryan Braun (2007-20), Gio Gonzalez (2018-19), Francisco Rodríguez (2011-15)

The top two players in Brewers history, by far, are Hall of Famers Robin Yount and Paul Molitor. A clear third behind them? Braun. His 47.2 bWAR in Milwaukee ranks behind only those two, and he is similarly situated on many of the franchise’s all-time leaderboards, not to mention a clear first in home runs (352). Braun was the NL Rookie of the Year in 2007, arriving as one of the best hitters in baseball just two years after the team drafted him fifth overall out of the University of Miami. The next season, the Brewers made their first playoff appearance in 26 years, and three years after that, they made another, with Braun taking home NL MVP honors.

Cardinals (1)
Carlos Beltrán (2012-13)

Despite being 35-36 years old at the time, Beltrán was an All-Star in both of his seasons in St. Louis. The Cardinals made it to Game 7 of the NLCS in 2012 and to the World Series in 2013, and while neither playoff run resulted in a ring, Beltrán certainly polished his resume as an elite postseason performer, hitting a combined .306/.410/.571 over 29 games.

Cubs (2)
Cole Hamels (2018-19), Daniel Murphy (2018)

The 2018 Cubs were looking to book the team’s fourth straight postseason trip, third straight NL Central title and second World Series championship in a three-year span. With a small division lead in hand during the summer, the club acquired Hamels from the Rangers in July to bolster a rotation that hadn’t matched expectations, then swung a deal to get Murphy from the Nationals in August, plugging him in at second base. Both players delivered down the stretch. Hamels had a 2.36 ERA in 12 starts, and Murphy hit .297 with an .800 OPS. However, after leading the division for more than two months straight, the Cubs fell into a tie with the Brewers at the very end of the season, lost a Game 163 tiebreaker to Milwaukee, then fell to the Rockies in the NL Wild Card Game.

Pirates (0)

Pittsburgh is one of just two teams shut out of this particular ballot, after catcher Russell Martin got just 2.3% of the vote on the 2025 ballot, going one and done. Will the Pirates’ drought also be one and done? Most likely. Todd Frazier, who finished his career in Pittsburgh in 2021, is among those eligible to arrive on the 2027 ballot and would seem to stand a good chance of making the cut. J.A. Happ and Joakim Soria (both 2015) are among the other players eligible to join who had brief Bucs tenures.

Reds (3)
Shin-Soo Choo (2013), Edwin Encarnación (2005-09), Matt Kemp (2019)

The Reds were in the Pirates’ boat a year ago, as the only team without a representative on the 2025 ballot. Now they are back in business. Choo was fantastic in his one season with the team, forming an epic pairing with Votto, who was the only NL hitter with a higher OBP than Choo’s .423. Kemp had the opposite experience, getting released in early May with a .493 OPS in 20 games. Encarnación is a more complicated case, as he never really found his footing in five seasons in Cincy before becoming a late-blooming star following a trade to the Blue Jays. However, that deal brought Scott Rolen to the Reds at the 2009 Deadline, and the club won two division titles with the Hall of Famer at the hot corner.

NL WEST

Diamondbacks (0)

Arizona is the other team that came up empty on this ballot, after Adam Jones went one and done a year ago. Theirs should also be a short-term absence, though. Asdrubal Cabrera and Josh Reddick (both members of the 2021 D-backs) are among those eligible to debut on the next ballot, and the likes of Justin Upton (2028 ballot), Zack Greinke (2029), Evan Longoria (2029), Madison Bumgarner (2029) and AJ Pollock (2029) will come along soon.

Dodgers (7)
Bobby Abreu (2012), Andruw Jones (2008), Howie Kendrick (2015-17), Matt Kemp (2006-14, ‘18), Manny Ramirez (2008-10), Jimmy Rollins (2015), Chase Utley (2015-18)

The Dodgers had a whopping eight players on the 2025 ballot and this time around are one of three clubs tied for the most, with seven. Two of those are newcomers: Kendrick and Kemp. The latter was the team’s sixth-round Draft pick in 2013 and became a bona fide star in Los Angeles, before injuries derailed him. His 2011 season -- when he narrowly lost the NL MVP race to Braun -- remains one of the best in franchise history: a 172 OPS+, 39 homers, 40 stolen bases and 8.0 bWAR. Kemp’s tenure stands in contrast to the other six, who all arrived as established veterans and had fairly short stays. That doesn’t mean they weren’t memorable, though, especially in the case of Ramirez, whose 1.012 OPS in parts of three seasons was the highest in Dodgers history (minimum 750 plate appearances) before Shohei Ohtani (1.025) came along.

Giants (3)
Carlos Beltrán (2011), Hunter Pence (2012-18, ‘20), Omar Vizquel (2005-08)

One year after the Giants landed Beltrán in the memorable Trade Deadline deal that cost them a pitching prospect named Zack Wheeler, they once again made a move for an outfielder at the end of July. This one did not leave them with regret over what they gave up. And while Beltrán was in and out, Pence stuck around. Not only that, but he became a quirky (and productive) fan favorite who was a key contributor to Giants championship teams in 2012 and ‘14. While the second of those titles is most remembered for Madison Bumgarner’s pitching heroics, Pence also batted .444 with a 1.167 OPS in that seven-game Fall Classic against the Royals.

Padres (1)
Matt Kemp (2015-16)

A.J. Preller was hired as the Padres’ GM in August 2014, and it wasn’t long before he began to establish his aggressive reputation. That December, he jumpstarted a busy offseason by swinging a deal with the Dodgers for Kemp. Justin Upton, James Shields, Craig Kimbrel and B.J. Upton would follow him to San Diego as Preller sought to build the Padres’ first playoff team since 2006. However, the 2015 Friars went 74-88, and it would be another five years after that before that goal came to fruition. Kemp wound up playing 254 games and hitting 46 homers for the team, then was traded to the Braves at the 2016 Deadline.

Rockies (2)
Matt Kemp (2020), Daniel Murphy (2019-20)

The Rockies made back-to-back playoff appearances in 2017-18 before falling off to 91 losses in 2019, but hopes of a rebound during the shortened 2020 season didn’t come to pass. This would prove to be Nolan Arenado’s final year in Colorado, and the team’s regular lineup included Kemp and Murphy, both in their age-35 seasons and both, at this point, a far cry from their peaks. Kemp was almost exclusively a DH and posted a .745 OPS in 43 games. Murphy was mostly a first baseman and had a .608 OPS. Neither played in the Majors again.