2018 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot
Players can only stay on the ballot for 10 years or until they receive less than 5 percent of the vote. Once they fail to get 5 % in any year they are removed from the ballot.
75 percent of the vote is needed to be elected.
There are a few notable holdovers to watch. Edgar Martinez and Fred McGriff are on their last year on the ballot
Holdovers on the ballot from previous year ( number of years on ballot - percentage of votes last year. )
Barry Bonds (6th, 53.8 %)
Roger Clemens (6th, 54.1)
Vladimir Guerrero (2nd, 71.1)
Trevor Hoffman (3rd, 74.0)
Jeff Kent (5th, 16.7)
Edgar Martinez (9th, 58.6)
Fred McGriff (9th, 21.7)
Mike Mussina (5th, 51.7)
Manny Ramirez (2nd, 23.7)
Curt Schilling (6th, 45.0)
Gary Sheffield (4th, 13.3)
Sammy Sosa (6th, 8.6)
Billy Wagner (3rd, 10.2)
Larry Walker (8th, 21.9)
New on Ballot in 2018
Chris Carpenter
Johnny Damon
Livan Hernandez
Oliver Hudson
Aubrey Huff
Jason Isringhausen
Andruw Jones
Chipper Jones
Carlos Lee
Brad Lidge
Hideki Matsui
Kevin Millwood
Jamie Moyer
Scott Rolen
Johan Santana
Jim Thome
Omar Vizquel
Kerry Wood
Carlos Zambrano
Vlad will definitely get in this year after just missing last year. Of the new guys Chipper Jones and Thome are probably the only sure things, Scott Rolen is a boater line guy but was not a nice guy with the media so will probably never get in.