National Baseball Hall of Fame election process

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baseball award selection process election process

The National Baseball Hall of Fame election process is the formal system by which players, managers, umpires, and other contributors to baseball are evaluated and selected for induction into the Hall of Fame.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
BBWAA election	1
Hall of Fame rules for era committees	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball award selection process ⓘ election process ⓘ
administeredBy	National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ
announcesResultsIn	January ⓘ
appliesTo	National Baseball Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ
BBWAAEligibilityWindow	10 years on the ballot ⓘ
BBWAAEligibleVotersRequirement	10 consecutive years of BBWAA membership ⓘ
BBWAAMinimumVoteShareToRemain	5 percent of votes cast ⓘ
BBWAAThreshold	75 percent of votes cast ⓘ
BBWAAWaitingPeriod	5 years after last major league game ⓘ
considers	character ⓘ contributions to teams ⓘ integrity ⓘ on-field performance ⓘ sportsmanship ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
elects	executives ⓘ managers ⓘ other contributors to baseball ⓘ players ⓘ umpires ⓘ
eligibilityRequirement	player must be retired ⓘ player must have at least 10 major league seasons ⓘ waiting period after retirement ⓘ
eraCommitteeComposition	Hall of Fame members NERFINISHED ⓘ executives ⓘ media members ⓘ
eraCommitteeSize	small panel of voters ⓘ
eraCommitteesUsedFor	executives ⓘ managers ⓘ players no longer eligible on BBWAA ballot ⓘ umpires ⓘ
eraCommitteeThreshold	75 percent of committee votes ⓘ
firstBBWAAElectionYear	1936 GENERATED ⓘ
goal	select inductees to the National Baseball Hall of Fame ⓘ
hasHistoricalPredecessor	Veterans Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
includesVoters	Baseball Writers’ Association of America GENERATED ⓘ Era-based committees GENERATED ⓘ special selection committees GENERATED ⓘ
inductionsHeldIn	July ⓘ
location	Cooperstown, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
overseenBy	Hall of Fame Board of Directors NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryBallotBody	Baseball Writers’ Association of America GENERATED ⓘ
restructured	into era-based committees ⓘ
subjectArea	Major League Baseball history ⓘ
usesBallot	BBWAA Hall of Fame ballot NERFINISHED ⓘ Era Committee ballot ⓘ special election ballot ⓘ
voteType	secret ballot ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Modern Baseball Committee → governsEligibilityBy → National Baseball Hall of Fame election process ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hall of Fame rules for era committees

Ozzie → hallOfFameInductionType → National Baseball Hall of Fame election process ⓘ

subject surface form: Ozzie Smith

this entity surface form: BBWAA election

Baseball Hall of Fame ballot → partOf → National Baseball Hall of Fame election process ⓘ