1. BBWAA election

2. Modern Baseball Era Committee

3. J. G. Taylor Spink Award

4. Ford C. Frick Award

5. Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award

6. References

7. External links

Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame for 2020 will proceed according to rules most recently amended in 2016. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) will vote by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results are expected to be announced in late January 2020.^[1]

The Modern Baseball Era Committee, one of four voting panels that since 2016 have taken over the role of the more broadly defined Veterans Committee,^[2][3] will convene at the Major League Baseball Winter Meetings in December 2019 to select from a ballot of retired players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport in the 1970–1987 period.^[3] The formal induction ceremony will be held at the Hall's facilities in Cooperstown, New York on July 26, 2020.^[4][5]

BBWAA election

The BBWAA election rules are expected to remain identical to those that were in effect for the most recent elections. The most recent change to BBWAA voting rules, announced in 2015, tightened the qualifications for the BBWAA electorate. Beginning with the 2016 election, eligible voters must not only have 10 years of continuous BBWAA membership, but also be currently active members, or have held active status within the 10 years prior to the election. A BBWAA member who has not been active for more than 10 years can regain voting status by covering MLB in the year preceding the election.^[6]

Larry Walker will be on his 10th and final year of eligibility.

The ballot will include two categories of players:

• Candidates from the 2019 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, as long as they first appeared on the BBWAA ballot no earlier than 2010.
• Selected individuals, chosen by a screening committee, whose last MLB appearance was in 2014.

The following players, listed in order of votes received in the 2019 balloting, have qualified for the 2020 ballot:^[1]

Players newly eligible for the 2020 ballot, should they remain retired, include Bobby Abreu, Josh Beckett, Eric Chavez, Adam Dunn, Rafael Furcal, Jason Giambi, Derek Jeter, Paul Konerko, Cliff Lee, and Alfonso Soriano.^[4] The Hall itself is apparently treating Jeter's induction as a foregone conclusion; since shortly after Jeter's retirement, it has maintained a page on its official website that includes the following statement:

While nothing is ever assured when it comes to election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (after all, it is the responsibility of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America to vote on each year’s candidates), who among us would doubt that Jeter is a sure-fire first-ballot choice when he becomes eligible in 2020?^[7]

Modern Baseball Era Committee

On July 23, 2016, the Hall of Fame announced changes to the Era Committee system, which had originally been established in 2010. The system's timeframes were restructured to place a greater emphasis on the modern game, and to reduce the frequency at which individuals from the pre-1970 game (including Negro Leagues figures) will have their careers reviewed.^[3]

Separate 16-member subcommittees continue to vote on individuals from different eras of baseball, with candidates still being classified by the time periods that cover their greatest contributions:

• Early Baseball (1871–1949)
• Golden Days (1950–1969)
• Modern Baseball (1970–1987)
• Today's Game (1988 and later)

All committees' ballots include 10 candidates. At least one committee convenes every December, in the calendar year before the induction ceremony in July. The Early Baseball committee will convene decennially in years ending in 0, and the Golden Days committee will convene every five years, in years ending in 0 and 5. The Today's Game and Modern Baseball committees alternate their meetings in that order, skipping years in which the Golden Days and Early Baseball committees meet.^[3]

Accordingly, the committees will meet in the following years as part of the elections for the next calendar year:

• Today's Game – 2021, 2023, 2026
• Modern Baseball – 2022, 2024, 2027
• Golden Days – 2020, 2025
• Early Baseball – 2020

The criteria for committee eligibility differ for players, managers, and executives.^[8]

• Players: Must be retired for at least 15 seasons. This means that no player will be eligible for committee consideration until a minimum of 10 years after he first becomes eligible to appear on the BBWAA ballot, regardless of whether or not he appears on a ballot.
  • The Hall has not yet established a policy on the timing of eligibility for committee consideration for players who die while active or during the standard 5-year waiting period for BBWAA eligibility. In these instances, the standard waiting period for BBWAA eligibility of 5 years from retirement is shortened to 6 months from death.
• Managers and umpires: Must have at least 10 years of service in that role, and either be (1) retired for at least 5 years or (2) at least age 65 and retired for 6 months.
• Executives: Must be retired for at least 5 years, or be at least age 70. Executives who meet the age cutoff will be considered regardless of their positions in an organization or their currently active statuses.

The committee will consist of a combination of Hall of Famers, executives, and media and historians, chaired by a non-voting member who is traditionally the Hall of Fame chairman.^[9]

If the Hall follows the schedule of the elections for 2019 induction, it will announce the 10 candidates for the Modern Baseball Era Committee ballot in early November 2019,^[10] with the committee scheduled to meet and vote at the 2019 winter meetings in December. Voting results will be announced immediately after the committee meeting adjourns.^[9] The cutoff for election and induction remains the standard 75%, or 12 of 16 votes.

J. G. Taylor Spink Award

The J. G. Taylor Spink Award has been presented by the BBWAA at the annual summer induction ceremonies since 1962.^[11] Through 2010, it was awarded during the main induction ceremony, but is now given the previous day at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation. It recognizes a sportswriter "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing".^[12] The recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are featured in a permanent exhibit at the National Baseball Museum.

The three finalists for the 2020 award are expected to be announced during the All-Star break in July 2019.^[13]

Ford C. Frick Award

Various changes in July 2016 were also made to the annual Ford C. Frick Award elections, presented annually to a preeminent baseball broadcaster since 1978. According to the Hall, the new criteria for selection are "Commitment to excellence, quality of broadcasting abilities, reverence within the game, popularity with fans, and recognition by peers."

Additionally, a ballot of eight candidates is now set, down from 10 in years past. The three ballot slots previously determined by fan voting on Facebook are now filled by a committee of historians.

A new election cycle has been established, rotating annually between Current Major League Markets (team-specific announcers) with the 2017 Frick Award; National Voices (broadcasters whose contributions were realized on a national level) with the 2018 Frick Award; and Broadcasting Beginnings (early team voices and pioneers of baseball broadcasting) with the 2019 Frick Award. Since this cycle repeats every three years, all finalists for the 2020 award will be team-specific announcers.^[3]

The Hall is expected to announce the finalists for the 2020 Ford C. Frick Award in October 2019.^[14]

Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award

Another Hall of Fame honor, the Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award, is expected to be presented at the 2020 Awards Presentation. The award was created in 2008 in honor of Buck O'Neil, a Negro leagues star who went on to become one of baseball's leading ambassadors until his death in 2006. The first award was presented posthumously to O'Neil at the 2008 induction ceremony, and has since been presented three additional times, most recently to Rachel Robinson in 2017. According to the Hall,

The Buck O'Neil Lifetime Achievement Award is presented by the Hall of Fame's Board of Directors not more than once every three years to honor an individual whose extraordinary efforts enhanced baseball's positive impact on society, broadened the game's appeal, and whose character, integrity and dignity are comparable to the qualities exhibited by O'Neil.^[15]

As with the media awards, recipients are not members of the Hall of Fame but are permanently recognized by the Hall. In this case, the recipients are listed alongside a life-size statue of O'Neil that stands at the entrance to the museum. Written nominations for the award are accepted by mail at any time; the nomination must specifically state how the nominee meets the traits exemplified by O'Neil.^[15]

References

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• National Baseball Hall of Fame official website
• BBWAA rules for election to the Hall of Fame

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