Fred McGriff elected to Baseball Hall of Fame by Contemporary Era Committee
DECEMBER 4, 2022 — Five-time All-Star and 1995 World Champion Fred McGriff earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee process.
McGriff was the only candidate elected from the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Players Ballot, which was considered by a 16-member committee, including SABR member Steve Hirdt of the Elias Sports Bureau, that held meetings in San Diego. The eight-person ballot was comprised of candidates whose primary contribution to the game came from 1980 to the present.
McGriff was named on all 16 ballots as the only candidate to reach the 75-percent threshold necessary for election. Click here to learn more about McGriff’s life and legacy in baseball from the SABR BioProject.
McGriff, 59, will be joined in the Hall of Fame Class of 2023 by any electees who emerge from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, which will be announced on Tuesday, January 24.
Click here to read the full announcement at BaseballHall.org.
Originally published: December 4, 2022. Last Updated: December 9, 2022.