The Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot for the 2026 Hall of Fame election was released on Monday, with 12 new names joining a group of 15 holdovers from the 2025 voting cycle. In both of the past two years, the BBWAA has elected three players, two of whom were

Since 2014, there have been 18 players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in their first year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot. Will anyone in this next class go straight from the ballot to the Hall? The BBWAA unveiled its 2026 Hall of Fame ballot on

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are among the eight players on this year’s Era Committee ballot unveiled on Nov. 3 by the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Bonds, Clemens, Carlos Delgado, Jeff Kent, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Gary Sheffield and Fernando Valenzuela comprise the Contemporary Baseball Era player ballot, which

Of the 28 players on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s 2025 Hall of Fame ballot, three wound up being inducted in Cooperstown in July: Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner. That trio also represents the differing paths Hall of Famers take to get to that point. While Suzuki

The 2026 Baseball Writers' Association of America Hall of Fame ballot is here! There are 27 players on the ballot -- 15 returnees and 12 newcomers. Here are seven storylines to follow before the Class of 2026 is announced on Jan. 20, 2026 on MLB Network.

The Hall of Fame's 2026 Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) ballot has been revealed. Carlos Beltrán and Andruw Jones lead the way among returning players, while Cole Hamels figures to be at the front of the pack among first-year candidates. As we wait to see who enters Cooperstown as

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Rain threatened the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 Induction Ceremony, with the unfortunate possibility of the event being forced to a small, indoor venue. But thankfully, the weather and baseball gods didn’t let that happen to this large, diverse and historically significant class and

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- There he was, in the flesh, at the Otesaga Resort Hotel on the eve of his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame: Ichiro Suzuki himself. So strong is Ichiro’s aura that even two of the game’s all-time greats -- Mike Schmidt and Carlton Fisk --

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- CC Sabathia might be a first-ballot Hall of Famer. But that doesn’t mean he didn’t get here without a wait. First, there was the family car trouble -- hilariously chronicled on social media -- that delayed Sabathia’s arrival to this village that serves as baseball’s mecca. “It

Eight people enshrined in Cooperstown wore a Marlins uniform at some point. That number could increase at 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, when the results are unveiled for the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee ballot. Candidates need to receive votes on 75% of the ballots cast by the 16-member committee to

The National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., is where the sport's legends live forever. But how do those legends make it to Cooperstown in the first place? There are two ways: Players can be elected to the Hall of Fame via the Baseball Writers' Association of America ballot

ATLANTA -- Dale Murphy finds himself incredibly thankful for all that baseball has provided him and his family. This includes the incredible amount of support he has received from countless fans who are hoping he is elected to Baseball’s Hall of Fame when the Era Committee ballot results are announced

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NEW YORK -- Carlos Beltrán, one of the most accomplished center fielders in recent Major League history, could be two months away from earning his place in Cooperstown. This marks Beltrán’s fourth year on the National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot, which the Hall revealed in its entirety on Monday.

ATLANTA -- Andruw Jones has watched each of the past eight Baseball Hall of Fame election results shows while sitting at the same sushi bar in Buckhead. Each of the past few years, he has rolled out of the establishment feeling more optimistic.

• Making the case for Andruw Jones'

There have been 147 Mexican-born players in MLB history. The greatest among them was the legendary Fernando Valenzuela, who became an instant sensation with the Dodgers in the early 1980s and the only pitcher in Major League history to win both a Rookie of the Year Award and a Cy

The Dodgers departed Toronto and headed home to Los Angeles on Saturday night as back-to-back World Series champions. But not everything that was a part of their title triumph went west with them. Instead, some of the Dodgers’ history-making gear went to Cooperstown. Here is the list of things that

Ten of the National Pastime’s most honored and respected voices have been named as the finalists for the 2026 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. This ballot will mark the fourth of four consecutive elections featuring

Baseball is a sport with a long history of superstition, the two often deeply intertwined, as players have engaged in sometimes elaborate routines believed to positively influence their play on the diamond. Arguably the national pastime’s top practitioner of these ritualistic behaviors was Wade Boggs, a legendary hitter who claimed

Their journeys to baseball immortality were the talk of the weekend -- in more ways than one. For CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner, induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame marked the culmination of careers that spanned generations and crossed continents. But even before the festivities began,

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Dick Allen's family members, former teammates and coaches have long considered him a Hall of Famer, despite the honor somehow eluding him for decades. The wait came to an end on Sunday, when Allen was posthumously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y.,

ANAHEIM -- When Bryan Woo gets to the field every day, Ichiro Suzuki is already there. Taking batting practice. Shagging fly balls. Playing catch. He hangs around after too, offering any advice he can to the current generation of Mariners players. Other times, he just talks with them about anything

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Dave Parker’s likeness was all over the place for induction weekend, from shop windows and lampposts on Main Street to the Clark Sports Center, site of the ceremony just outside the village. But nowhere is it more prominent than in his son David Parker II, the spitting