2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

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2023 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot

28 players were featured on the ballot, including 14 new additions to this year's ballot, each in their first year of eligibility.

Jeff Kent is the only player on the ballot entering his final year of candidacy, from the BBWAA vote.

In order for a player to make the Hall of Fame via the BBWAA vote, a player must received a vote from at least 75% of the baseball writers. Writers can vote for a maximum of ten players on their ballot.

The class National Baseball Hall of Fame class of 2023 will be announced Tuesday, Jan. 24.

Here's a look at the 2023 ballot:


Bobby Abreu (4th year on ballot — 8.6% in 2022)

Bronson Arroyo (1st year)

Carlos Beltran (1st year)

Mark Buehrle (3rd year — 5.8% in 2022)

Matt Cain (1st year)

R.A. Dickey (1st year)

Jacoby Ellsbury (1st year)

Andre Ethier (1st year)

J.J. Hardy (1st year)

Todd Helton (5th year — 52% in 2022)

Torii Hunter (3rd year — 5.3% in 2022)

Andruw Jones (6th year — 41.4% in 2022)

Jeff Kent (10th year — 32.7% in 2022)

John Lackey (1st year)

Mike Napoli (1st year)

Jhonny Peralta (1st year)

Andy Pettitte (5th year — 10.7% in 2022)

Manny Ramirez (7th year — 28.9% in 2022)

Alex Rodriguez (2nd year — 34.3% in 2022)

Francisco Rodriguez (1st year)

Scott Rolen (6th year — 63.2% in 2022)

Jimmy Rollins (2nd year — 9.4% in 2022)

Gary Sheffield (9th year — 40.6% in 2022)

Huston Street (1st year)

Omar Vizquel (6th year — 23.9% in 2022)

Billy Wagner (8th year — 51% in 2022)

Jered Weaver (1st year)

Jayson Werth (1st year)

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2023 Hall of Fame  voting Results.

Only 1 player elected, former Phillies Third Baseman Scott Rolen. 
Fred McGriff had previously been elected by the HOF Veterans Committee, so those two will be enshrined in Cooperstown this Summer.

Jeff Kent didn't make it in his 10th and final year on the ballot.  He will drop off the HOF yearly ballot
He'll now go to the Veterans Committee which votes every 5 years.

Players receiving less than 5% of the votes also drop off the HOF yearly ballot permanentley.


Candidates needed 292 votes ( 75 % )to be elected. Full BBWAA ballot results are below:

Scott Rolen: 297 votes, 76.3%
Todd Helton: 281 votes, 72.2%
Billy Wagner: 265 votes, 68.1%
Andruw Jones: 226 votes, 58.1%
Gary Sheffield: 214 votes, 55%
Carlos Beltrán: 181 votes, 46.5%
Jeff Kent: 181 votes, 46.5% (final year on ballot)
Alex Rodriguez: 139 votes, 35.7%
Manny Ramirez: 129 votes, 33.2%
Omar Vizquel: 76 votes, 19.5%
Andy Pettitte: 66 votes, 17%
Bobby Abreu: 60 votes, 15.4%
Jimmy Rollins: 50 votes, 12.9%
Mark Buehrle: 42 votes, 10.8%
Francisco Rodriguez: 42 votes, 10.8%
Torii Hunter: 27 votes, 6.9 percent

(Players receiving less than 5% will drop off future ballots)

Bronson Arroyo: 1 vote, 0.3%
R.A. Dickey: 1 vote, 0.3%
John Lackey: 1 vote, 0.3%
Mike Napoli: 1 vote, 0.3%
Huston Street: 1 vote, 0.3%
Matt Cain: 0 votes, 0%
Jacoby Ellsbury: 0 votes, 0%
Andre Ethier: 0 votes, 0%
J.J. Hardy: 0 votes, 0%
Jhonny Peralta: 0 votes, 0%
Jered Weaver: 0 votes, 0%
Jayson Werth: 0 votes, 0%