In order to be elected, an Era Committee candidate must receive 12 of 16 votes. The voting panel generally consists of longtime coaches and executives, as well as Hall of Fame players. The smaller ...
2017: Jeff Bagwell, Tim Raines and Ivan Rodriguez are elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA. Bagwell makes it in on his seventh ballot, while Raines was in his 10th and final year. Rodriguez ...