ORLANDO, Fla. -- Hard-nosed to his core and one of the most prolific run producers the second-base position has ever seen, Jeff Kent spent years wondering if Cooperstown would take notice. On Sunday, the answer finally arrived. A slugger who defined what middle-infield offense could look like, Kent is now

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

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

ORLANDO, Fla. -- Not long after seeing a call come in from the Cooperstown, N.Y., area code, Joe Buck’s "heart felt like it stopped" and his thoughts drifted straight to his late father, Jack Buck, upon learning that he would be the 2026 recipient of the National Baseball Hall of

You probably could name most of the cities that have produced the most Hall of Famers: New York. Los Angeles. San Francisco. … and St. Paul? Yes, St. Paul. Four members of the Baseball Hall of Fame list St. Paul, Minn., as their birthplace, a number topped only by New

ORLANDO, Fla. -- It’s called the “Hawk Call.” For decades, a highlight of the experience of covering baseball games at old Cleveland Municipal Stadium or Progressive/Jacobs Field was that midgame moment when Paul Hoynes, the Indians/Guardians beat reporter for the Plain Dealer and then Cleveland.com, would suddenly spring to his

ORLANDO, Fla. -- A little over a month after he became the new general manager of the Giants, Brian Sabean pulled off a trade that made him Public Enemy No. 1 in San Francisco. On Nov. 13, 1996, Sabean dealt All-Star third baseman Matt Williams and a player to be

Félix Hernández is back on the ballot for the Baseball Hall of Fame. The talented right-hander received 20.6% of the vote for the Class of 2025, his debut year on the BBWAA ballot, and he has a long way to go to reach the 75% threshold for induction. Now in

Now in his fourth year on the Hall of Fame ballot -- after moving to the precipice of election with 70.3 percent last time around -- Carlos Beltrán's candidacy remains rather polarizing. On merit alone, the longtime center fielder has one of the best cases for election among the players

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

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. The voting results will be announced live tonight on MLB Network at 7:30 ET, with coverage beginning at 7. It will also be

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

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