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| Hall of Fame and Museum | |
| Induction date | July 26, 2026 (scheduled) |
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2026 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.
The following players will appear on the 2026 ballot. There will be 15 players carried over from the 2025 ballot, who garnered at least 5% of the vote and are still eligible for election, as well as a selection of players whose last major league appearance was in 2020, played at least 10 seasons of Major League Baseball, and chosen by a screening committee. [1] This will be the final ballot for Manny Ramirez. [2]
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L-R: Ryan Braun and Cole Hamels are expected to debut on the ballot this year |
Players who are eligible to appear on the ballot for the first time are: [3] [4]
The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will meet in December 2025 at baseball's winter meetings to consider candidates from the era beginning in 1980, players who have been retired at least fifteen years and played most of their careers after 1980. The 16-member committee will consider a ballot including eight former players.
Starting with this year's ballot, any candidate who does not receive at least five votes will be ineligible for consideration in the next ballot (for example, Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Rafael Palmeiro all received less than five votes on the 2023 ballot, therefore they would all be ineligible for this year's ballot had the rule existed then). In addition, any candidate who does not receive at least five votes in multiple ballots will be permanently ineligible for all future ballots. [5] [6]
