Baseball Hall of Fame announces 2023 Contemporary Baseball Era ballot

National Baseball Hall of Fame (JACOB POMRENKE)NOVEMBER 7, 2022 — The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum announced the eight-player ballot that will be considered by its Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2023. The Contemporary Era Committee will meet on December 4 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in San Diego, California.

Albert Belle, Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Don Mattingly, Fred McGriff, Dale Murphy, Rafael Palmeiro, and Curt Schilling are the candidates the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee will consider for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2023. All candidates are living.

Any candidate who receives votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast by the 16-member Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee will earn election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 23, 2023, along with any electees who emerge from the 2023 Baseball Writers’ Association of America election, to be announced on January 24, 2023.

Click on a link above to read SABR biographies for these players.



Originally published: November 7, 2022. Last Updated: November 7, 2022.