Veterans Committee

The Veterans Committee ( official name: National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans ) is a committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame, which selects each year, which players, coaches, referees or conveyors are included in baseball 's Hall of Fame.

History

For decades the Veterans Committee consisted of 15 members, each having unique 6 years tenure and changed regularly. The electoral system before then saw that a year in the categories of players, coaches, referees and sponsors (usually Presidents and Patrons) only those subjects were included who won the election in their category and received at least 75 % of all votes. The election result remained secret.

In 2001, this system was radically changed. Instead of the 15 members are all members of the Hall of Fame now could always dial plus all recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award ( prize for baseball radio commentators ) or the JG Taylor Spink Award ( prize for baseball journalists). The choice was now public.

In 2007 there were a further reform. Since then, the Frick and Spink Award winners are not eligible to vote. For this you must now select up to four people per list. Therefore, those individuals can be included that did not win their choice in their category, but 75 percent of the vote and received more.