Hall of Fame

Fourteen newcomers join 2025 Hall of Fame ballot

Two players who matched records for winning both Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player Awards, two former Cy Young Award winners and two former batting champions are among a group of 14 new candidates appearing on the 2025 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot that is being mailed…


Adrián Beltré, Todd Helton, Joe Mauer elected to Baseball Hall of Fame

Adrián Beltré, a five-time Gold Glove winner and four-time Silver Slugger recipient at third base, and former batting champions Todd Helton and Joe Mauer were elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday in the 80th balloting conducted by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and tabulated by Ernst…


Twelve newcomers join 2024 Hall of Fame ballot

A former Most Valuable Player Award winner and three-time batting champion, another batting titlist, three MVP runners-up, a Cy Young Award winner, a World Series home-run record holder and the only pitcher to total double-digit complete games in a season this century are among a group of 12 new candidates…



Red Sox slugger David Ortiz elected to Hall of Fame

David Ortiz, the slugging designated hitter-first baseman known as “Big Papi” and who was a central force on Boston Red Sox teams that won three World Series, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday in balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and verified by Ernst…


No candidates elected to Hall of Fame for 2021

For the ninth time in 77 years of balloting by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America for the National Baseball Hall of Fame, no candidate received the amount of votes necessary to gain election to the game’s shrine. Players are elected to the Hall provided they are named on 75…


Derek Jeter, Larry Walker elected to Hall of Fame

Derek Jeter received the second-highest plurality in the history of Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in being elected Tuesday along with Larry Walker in the 2020 balloting verified by Ernst & Young. Of the 397 ballots cast by select 10-year members of…