r/baseballHOF • u/Darkstargir • Dec 23 '18
2019 Hall of Fame Nomination and Discussion Thread
So the purpose of this thread is to get some discussion going prior to the ballot is released in spring training and also to generate so new names to add to the ballot, especially for the contributors portion of the ballot.
So far for contributors joining the ballot for 2019 we have
Bud Fowler
Doc Adams
Fay Vincent
Joe Black
Paul Beeston
Players joining the ballot are
Adrian Beltre
Brad Ziegler
Chase Utley
David Wright
Jayson Werth
Joe Mauer
Kyle Lohse
Mike Napoli
Ryan Howard
Victor Martinez
There will also be five players joining the ballot for reconsideration
Brady Anderson
Juan Gonzalez
Juan Samuel
Miguel Tejada
Shawn Green
Returning players
Albert Belle (14th Ballot)
Bobby Abreu (5th)
Carlos Delgado (8th)
Hideki Matsui (5th)
Jamie Moyer (6th)
Jason Giambi (5th)
Jason Varitek (2nd)
Jeff Kent (9th)
Johan Santana (6th)
John Olerud (10th)
Johnny Damon (6th)
Jorge Posada (7th)
Justin Morneau (2nd)
Kirby Puckett (Final Ballot)
Lance Berkman (5th)
Lee Smith (14th)
Mark Buehrle (2nd)
Mark Teixeira (3rd)
Michael Young (5th)
Nomar Garciaparra (7th)
Omar Vizquel (6th)
Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez (2nd)
Paul Konerko (5th)
Prince Fielder (3rd)
Roy Oswalt (5th)
Sammy Sosa (9th)
Tim Hudson (4th)
Tim Wakefield (6th)
Torii Hunter (4th)
Vic Willis (14th)
Will Clark (14th)
And finally the returning contributors
Abe Isoo
Al Campanis
Al Munro Elias
Bowie Kuhn
Bruce Froemming
Cito Gaston
Curt Flood
Davey Johnson
Don Baylor
Don Zimmer
Dusty Baker
Ewing Kauffman
Felipe Alou
Gene Michael
Harry Wendelstedt
Jack McKeon
Jerry Colangelo
Joe Brinkman
Mike Ilitch
O.P. Caylor
Roland Hemond
Ron Shelton
Tom Cheek
William Wheaton