2023 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

The list of players appearing on the BBWAA ballot will be released in November 2022. There will be 14 players carried over from the 2022 ballot, who garnered at least 5% of the vote and are still eligible for election, as well as players whose last major league appearance was in 2017 and are chosen by a screening committee.[1] This will be the final ballot for Jeff Kent. A player must receive at least 75% of the votes cast to be elected.

Hall of Fame voting results for class of 2023 Player Votes Percent Change Year Scott Rolen 6th Todd Helton 5th Billy Wagner 8th Andruw Jones 6th Gary Sheffield 9th Alex Rodriguez 2nd Jeff Kent 10th Manny Ramirez 7th Omar Vizquel 6th Andy Pettitte 5th Jimmy Rollins 2nd Bobby Abreu 4th Mark Buehrle 3rd Torii Hunter 3rd

Key      Elected to the Hall of Fame on this ballot (named in bold italics).      Elected subsequently, as of 2022 (named in plain italics).      Renominated for the 2024 BBWAA election by adequate performance on this ballot.      Eliminated from annual BBWAA consideration by poor performance or expiration on subsequent ballots.      Eliminated from annual BBWAA consideration by poor performance or expiration on this ballot. † First time on the BBWAA ballot. * Eliminated from annual BBWAA consideration by poor performance on this ballot (not expiration). Carlos Beltrán (left) and Francisco Rodríguez are expected to debut on the ballot

Carlos Beltrán and Francisco Rodríguez are expected to appear on the ballot for the first time. Other players who will be eligible for the first time are Bronson Arroyo, Mike Avilés, Erick Aybar, Joaquín Benoit, Andrés Blanco, Joe Blanton, Craig Breslow, Jonathan Broxton, Matt Cain, Alejandro De Aza, R. A. Dickey, Stephen Drew, Jacoby Ellsbury, Yunel Escobar, Andre Ethier, Scott Feldman, Matt Garza, Jason Grilli, Jeremy Guthrie, Franklin Gutiérrez, Ryan Hanigan, J. J. Hardy, Aaron Hill, J. P. Howell, Ubaldo Jiménez, Kyle Kendrick, John Lackey, Adam Lind, Dustin McGowan, Michael Morse, Brandon Moss, Edward Mujica, Mike Napoli, Ricky Nolasco, Eric O'Flaherty, Mike Pelfrey, Jhonny Peralta, Glen Perkins, Chad Qualls, Ryan Raburn, Carlos Ruiz, Seth Smith, Geovany Soto, Huston Street, Jered Weaver, Rickie Weeks, Jayson Werth and Chris Young (pitcher).

The Today's Game Committee will meet in December at baseball's winter meetings to consider candidates from the era beginning in 1988, including both players who have been retired at least fifteen years and non-players who have been retired for at least five years or are over 65 years old. The 16-member committee, which was established in July 2016, previously met to consider candidates for the 2017 and 2019 classes of inductees. A ballot including ten names is expected to be announced in October.

Among the candidates who will be eligible for the first time are Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, Fred McGriff, Curt Schilling, Kenny Lofton, and manager Bruce Bochy.

Among the potential candidates to be considered for the ballot who have appeared on prior ballots are: Albert Belle (on 2017 & 2019 ballots), Will Clark (on 2017 & 2019 ballots), Orel Hershiser (on 2017 & 2019 ballots), Joe Carter (on 2019 ballot), Mark McGwire (on 2017 ballot), Davey Johnson (on 2008, 2017 & 2019 ballots), Charlie Manuel (on 2019 ballot), Lou Piniella (2017 w/ 7 votes & 2019 ballots w/ 11 votes), George Steinbrenner (on 2011, 2014, 2017 & 2019 ballots), and former National League President Bill White (on 2007 w/ 24 votes & 2010 ballots).

Among other potential candidates are Kevin Appier, Kevin Brown, Jose Canseco, David Cone, Cecil Fielder, Chuck Finley, Steve Finley, John Franco, Andrés Galarraga, Juan González, Dwight Gooden, Mark Grace, Randy Myers, John Olerud, Rafael Palmeiro, Bret Saberhagen, Fernando Valenzuela, Mo Vaughn, Robin Ventura, David Wells, John Wetteland, Bernie Williams and Matt Williams.

The 2023 Ford C. Frick Award will be presented on July 22 in the Awards Presentation. According to the rules last amended in 2016, the awardees will be considered from the "Current Major League Markets" category.

The 2023 BBWAA Career Excellence Award will also be presented July 22, honoring a baseball writer "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing".