 National Baseball | |
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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 list of players appearing on the BBWAA ballot was released on November 17, 2025. [1] 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 12 players whose last major league appearance was in 2020, played at least 10 seasons of Major League Baseball, and chosen by a screening committee. [2] This will be the final ballot for Manny Ramirez. [3] [4]
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L-R: Ryan Braun and Cole Hamels made their debuts on the ballot this year |
Players who met first-year eligibility requirements but were not selected by the screening committee for inclusion on the ballot were: Homer Bailey, Emilio Bonifácio, Francisco Cervelli, Chris Davis, Tyler Flowers, Logan Forsythe, Kelvin Herrera, Jared Hughes, Jeremy Jeffress, Jason Kipnis, Erik Kratz, Logan Morrison, Juan Nicasio, Iván Nova, Eduardo Núñez, Sean Rodriguez, Jeff Samardzija, Justin Smoak, Edinson Vólquez, Neil Walker, and Matt Wieters. [5] [6]
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. The full ballot was announced on November 3, 2025, and the voting will be held on December 7. [7]
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. In addition, any candidate who does not receive at least five votes in multiple ballots will be permanently ineligible for all future ballots. [8] [9]
| Candidate | Votes | Percent |
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| Barry Bonds | ||
| Roger Clemens | ||
| Carlos Delgado | ||
| Jeff Kent | ||
| Don Mattingly | ||
| Dale Murphy | ||
| Gary Sheffield | ||
| Fernando Valenzuela |
| Elected to the Hall of Fame on this ballot (named in bold italics). | |
| Elected subsequently, as of 2025 [update] (named in plain italics). | |
| Ineligible for the 2029 Veterans Committee election by poor performance on this ballot and has not subsequently been eliminated. | |
| Eliminated from triennial Veterans Committee consideration by poor performance on subsequent ballots. | |
| Eliminated from triennial Veterans Committee consideration by poor performance on this ballot. |
The Ford C. Frick Award is presented annually to a broadcaster for "major contributions to baseball" and has been presented annually since 1978. The 2026 award will be a composite ballot of local and national voices, as per the rules most recently amended in 2023. [10] The 2026 finalists, and the teams they are best known as broadcasters for, are: [11]
