September 25, 2020

From National Baseball Hall of Fame Around the Horn Newsletter

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced Aug. 24 that its Board of Directors has voted unanimously to reschedule this winter’s two Era Committee elections –the Golden Days Era Committee and the Early Baseball Era Committee – as a result of uncertainties associated with the COVID-19 pandemic

The Golden Days Era Committee and Early Baseball Era Committee were established by the Board of Directors in 2016 as part of a restructuring of the Era Committee process.

The Golden Days Era Committee considers Hall of Fame candidates whose primary contributions to the game came from 1950 to 1969, and the Early Baseball Era Committee considers candidates whose primary contributions came prior to 1950.

Each committee will consider a ballot of 10 candidates, compiled by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s Historical Overview Committee, which will be announced in the autumn of 2021. Both committees, which are reconstituted each time they meet, will consider these ballots later that year. Any candidates elected will be enshrined as part of the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022.

The updated schedule of Eras Committee meetings is as follows:

Golden Days Era Committee and Early Baseball Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2021 for the Class of 2022

Today’s Game Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2022 for the Class of 2023

*Considering candidates whose primary contribution came from 1988 to the present

Modern Baseball Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2023 for the Class of 2024

*Considering candidates whose primary contribution came from 1970 to 1987

Today’s Game Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2024 for the Class of 2025

Modern Baseball Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2025 for the Class of 2026

Golden Days Era Committee

To meet in fall of 2026 for the Class of 2027

Candidates from the Today’s Game Era and the Modern Baseball Era are each considered twice in a five-year period, with the Golden Days Era candidates considered once every five years and the Early Days Era candidates considered once every 10 years.

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