The Committee is named for the Contemporary Ballot

Halls of Fames struggle with transparency, but the Baseball Hall does a very good job telling you who are the voters and what the results were.

We now know the 16-person group who comprise the Contemporary Committee. 

The voters will comprise of five Hall of Fame players (Jeff Bagwell, Tom Glavine, Chipper Jones, Ted Simmons and Jim Thome), Hall of Fame Manager, Joe Torre, and Hall of Fame Commissioner Bud Selig.  Also included are Executives Sandy Alderson, Bill DeWitt, Michael Hill, Ken Kendrick, Andy MacPhail and Phyliss Merhige and media members/historians, Sean Forman, Jack O’Connell and Jesus Ortiz.

The group will be voting on Managers, Cito Gaston, Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland and Lou Piniella, Umpires Joe West and Ed Montague, Executive Bill White and Executive Hank Peters.

To enter the Baseball Hall of Fame, a candidate needs at least 75% for election.  Should the Committee induct any of the candidates they will be elected inducted on July 21, 2024.