The BBWAA has elected only two players to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the last three years, but that trend is likely to change with Tuesday’s announcement of Cooperstown’s latest class.
After David Ortiz (2022) and Scott Rolen (2023) got announcement night all to themselves in recent years, a strong crop of first-year candidates, as well as some high-profile names who didn’t make the cut a year ago, are expected to round out a class that could range anywhere from two to four players.
Former Rangers third baseman Adrian Beltre is the headliner, as he’s hoping to punch his ticket to Cooperstown after a 3,166-hit career. The status of former Twins catcher Joe Mauer is not quite as certain, while former Rockies first baseman Todd Helton and longtime MLB closer Billy Wagner are both expected to be near the all-important 75 percent cut line when the results are revealed.
This year also marks the final year of eligibility for Gary Sheffield, while Andruw Jones and Carlos Beltran are among candidates at least hoping to make sizable leaps from last year’s ballot.
Any players elected Tuesday will join World Series-winning manager Jim Leyland, who was elected by the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee in December.
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Here are the latest updates and results as the 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame class is revealed.
Baseball Hall of Fame 2024 announcement updates
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5:20 p.m. — Gary Sheffield faces a tough road to election tonight, but he spoke to MLB Network about his journey as he prepares to exit the ballot.
“I always believed, since the age of 8, I was going to be the best player in the world.”
Through 22 MLB seasons and 10 years on the Hall of Fame ballot, Gary Sheffield’s confidence in himself has never wavered. pic.twitter.com/dFMFdvPafZ
— MLB Network (@MLBNetwork) January 23, 2024
Baseball Hall of Fame 2024 voting results
There are 26 players on this year’s Hall of Fame ballot, including 12 players in their first year of eligibility.
Candidates who receive at least 75 percent of the vote are elected, while candidates who receive less than five percent of the vote will fall off the ballot in 2025.
Player Year on ballot 2024 %
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Alex Rodriguez Hall of Fame results
Rodriguez has some of the most impressive raw numbers of any position player in MLB history, but multiple steroid suspensions and other controversies severely damaged his Hall of Fame candidacy.
The three-time MVP receive 34.3 percent of the vote in his first year on the ballot and only saw his percentage increase to 35.8 in 2023. Rodriguez faces a tough road to election at any point, considering Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens weren’t able to hit the 75 percent mark, but results show there is at least some support for his candidacy.
Manny Ramirez Hall of Fame results
Ramirez faces a similar challenge as Rodriguez, as he was suspended twice for steroid use near the end of an otherwise outstanding career.
555 home runs and a career .996 OPS will grab any Hall of Fame voter’s attention, but Ramirez garnered only 23.8 percent of the vote in his first year of eligibility in 2017 and only reached 33.2 percent last year, his seventh year of eligibility.
Ramirez now only has two years of eligibility remaining, with 75 percent a seemingly impossible mark to hit,
2025 Baseball Hall of Fame candidates
The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame ballot will first include all candidates from this year’s ballot who received less than 75 percent but more than five percent of the vote, with the exception of Gary Sheffield, who is in his final year of eligibility.
Joining that group will be a handful of first-year candidates, headlined by Ichiro Suzuki and CC Sabathia. Suzuki is expected to be a first-ballot Hall of Famer, while Sabathia’s outlook in year one is far less certain.
Dustin Pedroia is likely the most notable first-year candidate beyond Suzuki and Sabathia in 2025, along with Brian McCann, Felix Hernandez, Ian Kinsler and Hanley Ramirez.
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When is the Baseball Hall of Fame announcement for 2024?
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 23Time: 6 p.m.
The Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2024 will be revealed near 6 p.m. ET on MLB Network. The network’s coverage of the announcement will begin at 4 p.m. ET.
What channel is the Baseball Hall of Fame announcement?
TV channel: MLB NetworkLive stream: Fubo
The 2024 announcement ceremony for the Baseball Hall of Fame will be broadcast on MLB Network. The broadcast can be streamed via Fubo, which offers a free trial.