The 2020 Baseball Hall of Fame class will be revealed on Tuesday evening, and the baseball world is waiting to see if Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens will finally garner enough support to earn their spot in Cooperstown.
Derek Jeter is a lock to join the 2020 Hall of Fame class, and he could become just the second player in history to earn 100 percent of the vote. Fellow Yankees superstar Mariano Rivera became the first unanimous choice in 2019.
When will the voting results be announced, and how does the process work? We’re here to help.
The 2020 Hall of Fame voting results will be announced at 6:00 p.m. ET on MLB Network.
How voting works: Players are eligible to receive votes five years after the end of their career, provided they played for a minimum of 10 seasons. A Baseball Writers’ Association of America screening committee votes to determine which players who become eligible each year will make the ballot. A BBWAA voter can vote for a maximum of 10 players to make the Hall of Fame each year.
Players who earn at least five percent of votes each year will be included on the next year’s ballot, up to a maximum of 10 years of eligibility. To earn election into the Baseball Hall of Fame, a player must be named on 75 percent of all ballots cast.
Players on the ballot for the first time in 2020 (via baseballhall.org):
Derek Jeter, Bobby Abreu, Jason Giambi, Cliff Lee, Josh Beckett, Heath Bell, Eric Chávez, Adam Dunn, Chone Figgins, Rafael Furcal, Raúl Ibañez, Paul Konerko, Carlos Peña, Brad Penny, J.J. Putz, Brian Roberts, Alfonso Soriano and José Valverde.
Returning players on the ballot:
- Curt Schilling (60.9% in 2019)
- Roger Clemens (59.5% in 2019)
- Barry Bonds (59.1% in 2019)
- Larry Walker (54.6% in 2019)
- Omar Vizquel (42.8% in 2019)
- Manny Ramirez (22.8% in 2019)
- Jeff Kent (18.1% in 2019)
- Scott Rolen (17.2% in 2019)
- Billy Wagner (16.7% in 2019)
- Todd Helton (16.5% in 2019)
- Garry Sheffield (13.6% in 2019)
- Andy Pettite (9.9% in 2019)
- Sammy Sosa (8.5% in 2019)
- Andruw Jones (7.5% in 2019)
