New Hall of Fame Voting Rules

[HexsHeroes]

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My thoughts as a humble collector of baseball autographs. If first vote under the new rules occurs this year, given my age, I will likely only witness three such votes over the next 21 years. Doubt that I will still be collecting by the time that third vote occurs.

Also wonder if it more likely that a larger group (5-10 ?) of Veteran picks get elected each session, or will it be 1-3 new electees per session ?

One given; individual player and team stats will certainly not change for those from the period of 1871 to 1949. So what will be different during the next 20+ years to get ballplayers from those years elected, that is not present now ?


Personally, over the past 10 years or so, I too have put autographs of some “potentially” HOF qualified baseball-related individuals away. But I am not holding my breath that any of the, get elected, as I figured they would have been elected into the Hall of Fame by now any ways.

That said, I think collecting themes likely to continue to hold strong collector demand include baseball Hall of Fame members, and possibly World Series championship teams. Unfortunately, I get the impression that team-specific collectors, such as myself, are a dying breed.

[redalpha7]

Here are the rules

Four separate electorates considered by era will create a single composite ballot of managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players on rotating basis, with the Today's Game Committee candidates to be considered at the 2016 Winter Meetings for induction in 2017 and again at the 2018 Winter Meetings for induction in 2019; the Modern Baseball Committee candidates to be considered at the 2017 Winter Meetings for induction in 2018 and again at the 2019 Winter Meetings for induction in 2020; and the Golden Days and Early Baseball committees candidates to be considered at the 2020 Winter Meetings for induction in 2021. The cycle then repeats with the Today's Game and Modern Baseball committees each meeting twice every five years, the Golden Days Committee meeting once every five years and the Early Baseball Committee meeting once every 10 years

Today's Game (1988-2016)

Modern Baseball (1970-1987)

Golden Days (1950-1969)

Early Baseball (1871-1949)



My guess if Golden Days and Early Baseball players do not make the Hall in 2020 then they will never make it.

[perezfan]

What do the time frames (in parenthesis) mean?

Can you please clarify...

Is it the time frame in which the bulk of player's career occurred?

Is it the time frame in which the player started his career?

Is it the time frame in which the player retired?

A player (like Nolan Ryan, for example) could fall into the "Golden era" "Modern era" or "Today's Game", unless those dates are clarified.

And how would they classify a player who's contributions transcend his playing days (such as Lefty O'Doul, Gil Hodges and the like...)

Thanks in advance for clarifying,
Mark