AROUND THE HORN. News & Notes from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum World Series Edition. Oct. 27, 2015 volume 22, issue 9

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1 NEWS NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME AND MUSEUM, INC. 25 Main Street, Cooperstown, NY Phone: (607) Fax: (607) Website Address baseballhall.org Brad Horn, Vice President, Communications & Education Craig Muder, Director, Communications Matt Kelly, Communications Specialist P R E S E R V I N G H I S T O R Y. H O N O R I N G E X C E L L E N C E. C O N N E C T I N G G E N E R A T I O N S. AROUND THE HORN News & Notes from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum World Series Edition Oct. 27, 2015 volume 22, issue 9 C H A M P I O N S TO BE H O N O R E D The 2015 World Series champions will be celebrated in Cooperstown in Autumn Glory, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum s exhibit that chronicles the postseason The 2015 edition of Autumn Glory will be unveiled in mid-november on the Museum s third floor and feature artifacts from the 2015 postseason The exhibit will run through the 2016 Major League Baseball postseason Artifacts from the 2014 postseason, like the cap worn by Most Valuable Player Madison Bumgarner and the bats used throughout the World Series by the Giants Hunter Pence and Pablo Sandoval, are currently on exhibit in Autumn Glory The Museum collections contain many artifacts documenting the entire history of World Series and postseason play, including Don Larsen s cap and Yogi Berra s mitt from Larsen s 1956 perfect game; Joe Carter s bat from his 1993 Series-ending blast; and World Series rings from the last century of Fall Classic competition. PARTY LIKE IT S 1985: The Royals won the franchise s first World Series title in 1985 in just their 17 th year of existence, capping a 10-year run that included seven postseason appearances and two American League pennants The Museum collected several historic treasures from the 1985 team, including: George Brett s 1985 All-Star Game cap; a bat used by Brett during the ALCS (where he was named Most Valuable Player) and the World Series; the cap worn by World Series MVP Bret Saberhagen; the bat used by Darryl Motley to hit two home runs in Game 7 of the World Series; and a ball signed by the 1985 Royals. Several artifacts from the Royals 2014 postseason run are currently on exhibit in Autumn Glory, including: A jersey worn by Royals manager Ned Yost in Game 4 of the ALCS when Yost became the first manager to win his first eight postseason games; a cap worn by pitcher Brandon Finnegan in Game 3 of the World Series when he became the first player to appear in the College World Series and the MLB World Series in the same year; and a cap worn by pitcher Yordano Ventura featuring a tribute to the Cardinals Oscar Taveras during Ventura s victory in Game 6 of the World Series. MEET THE METS: The Mets are making their first World Series appearance in 15 years and are aiming to claim their third World Series championship after previously capturing the title in 1969 and 1986 The Museum collected artifacts from each of those Amazin teams, including: 1969: A glove used by outfielder Tommy Agee; jersey, cap and glove worn by pitcher Jerry Koosman. 1986: Batting helmets worn by catcher Gary Carter and third baseman Ray Knight.

2 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 2 ALREADY IN COOPERSTOWN: Several members of the 2015 Mets and Royals are represented in the Museum s collection beyond those listed above, including: Yoenis Cespedes of the Mets, who donated his jersey from when he became the first player in major league history to record three home runs, five hits, seven runs batted in and one steal in the same game on Aug. 21, 2015 against the Rockies. Bartolo Colon of the Mets, who donated the cap he wore while pitching six shutout innings for the Dominican Republic against Cuba in the semifinal of the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Michael Cuddyer of the Mets, who donated the bat he used to complete the cycle with a triple for the Twins on May 22, Two donated items from Curtis Granderson of the Mets: A jersey worn on July 27, 2014 featuring the Hall of Fame s 75 th anniversary patch, and a bat he used as one of three Yankees players (along with Robinson Cano and Russell Martin) to hit grand slams on Aug. 25, 2011 against the Athletics. Matt Harvey of the Mets, who signed a baseball after pitching in an exhibition game for Team USA against Japan on Aug. 30, 2006 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown. David Wright of the Mets, who donated a bat he used to drive in the winning run for Team USA against Puerto Rico in the 2009 World Baseball Classic. Joba Chamberlain of the Royals, who donated a Yankees cap he wore during September Jonny Gomes of the Royals, who donated the bat he used to hit a home run for the Red Sox in Game 4 of the 2013 World Series. Kendrys Morales of the Royals, who donated a bat he used to record two home runs for the Angels in the same inning from opposite sides of the plate in a game on July 30, Alex Rios of the Royals, who donated a game-used baseball he hit for one his AL record-tying five singles for the Blue Jays on July 9, T H E F A L L C L A S S I C 21 ST CENTURY FALL CLASSIC GEMS IN COOPERSTOWN: The Museum collections contain many artifacts documenting the history of World Series and postseason play...among the most recent: From 2014, the cap worn by World Series MVP Madison Bumgarner and the spikes worn by the Giants Game 7 winner Jeremy Affeldt; From 2013, the bat used by World Series MVP David Ortiz of the Red Sox in Game 5 and the spikes worn by Boston s Koji Uehara throughout the World Series; From 2012, the bat used by the Giants Pablo Sandoval to hit the first two of his three home runs in Game 1; From 2011, the game-worn Game 6 jersey from World Series MVP David Freese along with the bat the Cardinals third baseman used to hit his game-winning home run in Game 6, and the spikes worn by the St. Louis Albert Pujols when he hit three home runs in Game 3; From 2010, the road jersey from the Giants Tim Lincecum from Game 5, and the bat used by World Series MVP Edgar Renteria to hit his game-winning home run in Game 5; And from 2009, the Game 6 bat from World Series MVP Hideki Matsui when the Yankees slugger drove in a record-tying six runs, and the spikes from Johnny Damon s double steal in Game th and 19 th CENTURY FALL CLASSIC ARTIFACTS HERE TOO: The Museum collections contain many artifacts documenting the entire history of World Series and postseason play...the first and last pitched baseballs from the original modern day World Series in 1903; Don Larsen s cap and Yogi Berra s mitt from Larsen s 56 gem; Joe Carter s (1993) bat from his Seriesending blast The gloves worn by Al Gionfriddo (1947), Willie Mays (1954) and Brooks Robinson (1970) Babe Ruth s bat from one of his two 3-HR games (1928) and the radio given to the 1940 Reds as the World Series share for winning The Temple Cup, presented to the top two NL teams from , is in Cooperstown, as is the Hall Championship Cup, presented to the 1888 World Champion New York Baseball Club. ERNIE BANKS IS NOT ALONE: Of the 50 Hall of Fame major league players who did not appear in a World Series, 23 played prior to the first Fall Classic in 1903 The other 27 played at least five years after The unlucky 27 by position: C: Rick Ferrell...1B: Jake Beckley, George Sisler, Frank Thomas...2B: Rod Carew, Nap Lajoie, Ryne Sandberg...SS: Luke Appling, Ernie Banks, Bobby Wallace...3B: George Kell, Ron Santo...LF: Joe Kelley, Ralph Kiner, Billy Williams...CF: none...rf: Andre Dawson, Elmer Flick, Harry Heilmann, Willie Keeler...Pitchers: Jim Bunning, Jack Chesbro, Ferguson Jenkins, Addie Joss, Ted Lyons, Phil Niekro, Gaylord Perry and Rube Waddell. LEADERS OF THE PACK: Among the 117 Hall of Fame position players with World Series experience, the career leaders in batting and service categories...yogi Berra: years (14), games (75), at-bats (259), hits (71), singles (49) and doubles (10, tied with Frankie Frisch); Joe DiMaggio: most Series playing in all games (10); Mickey Mantle: HR (18), RBI (40), extra base hits (26), walks (43), total bases (123) and runs (42); Tris Speaker: triples (4 tied); Lou Brock: steals (14, tied with Eddie Collins). FORD TOUGH: Among the 53 Hall of Famers to pitch in the World Series, The Chairman of the Board, Whitey Ford, leads in virtually every career category including innings (146), wins (10), strikeouts (94), years (11) and consecutive scoreless innings (33) Christy Mathewson leads in CG (10), SHO (4) and consecutive scoreless innings in one series (27.0). DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE: Did you know that the all-time leader in World Series games played at four positions are Hall of Fame members? Yogi Berra (C); Frankie Frisch (2B); Phil Rizzuto (SS) and Mickey Mantle (OF).

3 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 3 F R I C K A N D S P I N K A W A R D F I N A L I S T S IN S P O T L I G H T Ten of baseball s most beloved and honored broadcasters from the Broadcasting Dawn Era were named Oct. 6 as the finalists for the 2016 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum The 10 finalists for the 2016 Frick Award are: Jack Graney, Harry Heilmann, Al Helfer, France Laux, Tom Manning, Graham McNamee, Rosey Rowswell, Hal Totten, Ty Tyson and Bert Wilson. The winner of the 2016 Frick Award will be announced on Dec. 9 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in Nashville, Tenn., and honored during the 2016 Hall of Fame Weekend Awards Presentation, Saturday, July 23 at Doubleday Field in Cooperstown The 10 finalists for the 2016 Frick Award include the three fan selections Graney, McNamee and Wilson who emerged from online balloting at the Hall of Fame s Facebook site throughout September...All candidates are deceased. Final voting for the 2016 Frick Award will be conducted by an 18-member electorate, comprised of the 14 living Frick Award recipients and four broadcast historians/columnists, including past Frick honorees Marty Brennaman, Dick Enberg, Joe Garagiola, Jaime Jarrin, Tony Kubek, Denny Matthews, Tim McCarver, Jon Miller, Eric Nadel, Felo Ramirez, Vin Scully, Bob Uecker, Dave Van Horne and Bob Wolff, and historians/columnists Bob Costas (NBC/MLB Network), Barry Horn (Dallas Morning News), Ted Patterson (historian) and Curt Smith (historian). For bios on the 10 finalists, please visit FRICK AWARD HISTORY: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum s Ford C. Frick Award has been presented annually since 1978 by the Museum for excellence in baseball broadcasting Annual winners are announced as part of Baseball s Winter Meetings each year, while awardees are presented with their honor the following summer during Hall of Fame Weekend in Cooperstown, New York San Diego Padres broadcaster Dick Enberg became the 39 th winner of the Frick Award in FRICK AWARD PROCESS RESTRUCTURED: Following changes to the voting regulations implemented by the Hall of Fame s Board of Directors in the summer of 2013, the selection process reflects an era-committee system where eligible candidates are grouped together by years of most significant contributions of their broadcasting careers The totality of each candidate s career will be considered, though the era in which the broadcaster is deemed to have had the most significant impact will be determined by a Hall of Fame research team The three cycles reflect eras of major transformations in broadcasting and media: The Broadcasting Dawn Era to be voted on this fall, announced in December at the Winter Meetings and presented at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation in 2016 will consider candidates who contributed to the early days of baseball broadcasting, from its origins through the early-1950s. The High Tide Era to be presented at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation in 2017 will consider candidates represents candidates whose contributions have come during the regional cable network era, beginning with the mid-1980s through today. The Living Room Era to be presented at the Hall of Fame Awards Presentation in 2018 will consider candidates whose most significant years fell during the mid-1950s through the early 1980s, as the game spread through television and into homes across the country SPINK AWARD FINALISTS: The Baseball Writers Association of America has announced its three finalists for the 2016 J.G. Taylor Spink Award The finalists are: Former Atlanta Journal-Constitution writer Furman Bisher; longtime Boston Globe writer and columnist Dan Shaughnessy; and longtime Spanish syndicated columnist Juan Vene The winner of the 2016 J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers will be announced on Dec. 8 at Major League Baseball s Winter Meetings The Spink Award has been presented annually by the BBWAA since 1962, with an annual recognition by the Baseball Hall of Fame. SCRIBES AND MIKEMEN: Winners of the Frick and Spink Awards are featured in the Museum s Scribes and Mikemen exhibit, located on the first floor as part of the Library and Education Center of the Hall of Fame Text of the current year s award winner and headshots of past award winners are featured in the exhibit, which outlines the media contributions to the game s history. P R E - I N T E G R A T I O N E R A V O T E ON D E C K Six former big league players, three executives and one of the game s earliest organizers were named Oct. 5 to the Hall of Fame s Pre- Integration Era Ballot The 10 finalists on the 2016 Pre-Integration Era Ballot include: Doc Adams, Sam Breadon, Bill Dahlen, Wes Ferrell, Garry Herrmann, Marty Marion, Frank McCormick, Harry Stovey, Chris von der Ahe and Bucky Walters. Dahlen, Ferrell, Marion, McCormick, Stovey and Walters are included for their contributions as players, while the other four are inclusions for their off-field careers All candidates are deceased Any candidate to receive votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast by the 16-member Pre-Integration Era Committee will earn election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2016, along with any electees who emerge from the 2016 Baseball Writers Association of America election, to be announced on Jan. 6, 2016.

4 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 4 WHO S ELIGIBLE: The Pre-Integration Era covers candidates among managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players whose most significant career impact was realized from baseball s origins through 1946, the year before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in the major leagues Eligible candidates include: Players who played in at least 10 major league seasons, who are not on Major League Baseball s ineligible list, and have been retired for 21 or more seasons; and Managers, Umpires and Executives with 10 or more years in baseball. THE BBWAA HISTORICIAL OVERVIEW COMMITTEE: The Pre-Integration Era ballot was determined this fall by the Historical Overview Committee, comprised of 11 veteran historians: Bob Elliott (Toronto Sun); Jim Henneman (formerly Baltimore Sun); Rick Hummel (St. Louis Post-Dispatch); Steve Hirdt (Elias Sports Bureau); Bill Madden (formerly New York Daily News); Jack O Connell (BBWAA); Jim Reeves (formerly Fort Worth Star-Telegram); Tracy Ringolsby (MLB.com); Glenn Schwarz (formerly San Francisco Chronicle); Dave Van Dyck (Chicago Tribune); and Mark Whicker (Los Angeles News Group) The HOC annually sets ballots for the Era Committee elections. THE LAST TIME THE PRE-INTEGRATION ERA COMMITTEE MET: In December 2012, the Pre-Integration Era Committee elected Hank O Day, Jacob Ruppert and Deacon White to the Hall of Fame Ruppert and O Day were each named on 15 of 16 ballots, while White was named on 14 ballots Full results of the 2012 election: Jacob Ruppert* (15 votes, 93.8%); Hank O Day* (15 votes, 93.8%); Deacon White* (14 votes, 87.5%); Bill Dahlen (10 votes, 62.5%); Sam Breadon, Wes Ferrell, Marty Marion, Tony Mullane, Alfred Reach and Bucky Walters all earned less than three votes. (*earned election to the Hall of Fame). THE 2015 PRE-INTEGRATION ERA VOTING COMMITTEE: The Hall of Fame will announce the 16-member Voting Committee who will consider the Pre-Integration Era Ballot later this fall Era Committee composition is determined by the Hall of Fame s Board of Directors and changes annually. FUTURE ELECTIONS: The 2010 changes to the Hall of Fame election process maintain the high standards for earning election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, with focus on three eras: Expansion (1973-present); Golden ( ) and Pre-Integration (origins through 1946), as opposed to the previous four Committees on Baseball Veterans, which considered the four categories of candidates Three separate electorates consider by era a single composite ballot of managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players on an annual basis, with the Pre-Integration Era Committee candidates to be considered at the 2015 Winter Meetings for Induction in 2016 and the Expansion Era Committee candidates to be considered at the 2016 Winter Meetings for Induction in 2017 The Golden Era Committee will next meet in the fall of 2017 for consideration of candidates for the Class of ON DECK FOR 2016: At the Winter Meetings in 2016 in Washington, D.C., a Voting Committee will be comprised to consider the Expansion Era Ballot, as devised by the BBWAA s Historical Overview Committee, featuring candidates whose most significant contributions came from between 1973 and the present day. A BRIEF OVERVIEW: The Veterans Committee has been a part of the Hall of Fame voting process since the first class of electees in 1936, with the first Veterans Committee electees coming in 1937 In all its forms, the Veterans Committee has elected 159 individuals (95 major leaguers, 27 executives, 19 managers, nine Negro Leaguers and nine umpires) to the Hall of Fame. THE COMMITTEE ON BASEBALL VETERANS: In 1953, the Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans was formed, outlining parameters that were similar through 2001, though with some variance throughout its time Voting was conducted every other year from , with annual votes from 1961 until 2001 From 1961 through 2001, the Committee elected 101 members in 41 meetings, electing a candidate on all but three occasions: 1988, 1990 and VETERAN INFLUENCE: The Veterans Committee, in all its forms, has been electing players to the Hall of Fame since 1937, when Morgan Bulkeley, Ban Johnson, Connie Mack, John McGraw and George Wright comprised the first Veterans Committee class The largest class came in 1946 when 11 men were elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee The 11 electees in 1946 were: Jesse Burkett, Frank Chance, Jack Chesbro, Johnny Evers, Clark Griffith, Tommy McCarthy, Joe McGinnity, Eddie Plank, Joe Tinker, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh The 17 former Negro league players and executives chosen for enshrinement in 2006 were elected through a special committee on Negro Leagues and pre-negro leagues candidates. TURN OF THE CENTURY CHANGES: From 2001 through 2007, the Hall of Fame s Committee on Baseball Veterans considered long-retired players, managers, umpires and executives on a bi-annual cycle featuring one ballot for players and another for managers, umpires and executives The electorate was comprised of the living members of the Hall of Fame, the living recipients of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award, the living recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award and Veterans Committee members whose terms had not yet expired Beginning in 2003, the Committee held its election of players every other year Also beginning in 2003, the election of managers, umpires and executives was held every four years The three players elections (2003, 2005 and 2007) and the two composite-ballot elections (2003 and 2007) produced no candidates who received the 75 percent of the vote necessary for election.

5 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 5 REVAMPING THE PROCESS: From 2007 to 2010, the Hall of Fame s Committee on Baseball Veterans was revamped to consider managers and umpires on one ballot, executives and pioneers on one ballot, players who began their big league careers prior to 1943 on one ballot and players who were retired for at least 21 seasons and whose careers began after 1942 on a fourth ballot The electorates consisted of panels of Hall of Famers, executives and media members Players whose big league careers began after 1942 were considered every other year, with the managers/umpires and executive pioneers ballots considered in the opposite years from the players Players whose big league careers began prior to 1942 were considered every five years starting in the fall of 2008 In the fall of 2007, the Committee considered the managers/umpires ballot and the executives/pioneers ballot Managers Billy Southworth and Dick Williams each received 13 of a possible 16 votes (81.3%) to earn election from the managers/umpires ballot, while Barney Dreyfuss (10 of 12 votes, 83%), Bowie Kuhn (10 of 12 votes, 83%) and Walter O Malley (9 of 12 votes, 75%) were elected from the executives/pioneers ballot In the fall of 2008, Joe Gordon received 10 of 12 votes (83%) to earn election from the pre-1943 players ballot No player reached the 75 percent threshold needed for election on the post-1942 players ballot, which was comprised solely of the 64 living Hall of Famers at that time In the fall of 2009, the managers/umpires and the executives/pioneers ballots were again considered Umpire Doug Harvey (15 of 16 votes, 93.8%) and manager Whitey Herzog (14 of 16 votes, 87.5%) were elected from the managers/umpires ballot No candidate received the necessary 75 percent of the vote to earn election from the executives/pioneers ballot B B W A A E L E C T I O N CHANGES TO THE ELECTION PROCESS: In July 2014, the Hall of Fame s Board of Directors altered the election criteria for candidates under consideration by the Baseball Writers Association of America, reducing the maximum number of years a candidate can be considered by the BBWAA from 15 years to 10 years The change will be reflected in 2016 balloting, though two candidates who had already surpassed the 10-year threshold will be grandfathered in for the potential for consideration for the full 15 years: Alan Trammell (year 15) and Lee Smith (year 14) BALLOT TO BE ANNOUNCED: The BBWAA will announce the candidates for 2015 Hall of Fame election on Monday, November 9 Any candidate who received 5% or more of ballots cast in 2015 will return First-year eligible candidates must have last appeared in a major league game in the 2010 season and have received support through the BBWAA s Screening Committee in order to appear on the ballot Any candidates who receive 75% or more of votes on ballots cast will earn election to Cooperstown RESULTS ANNOUNCED JAN. 6: The Hall of Fame and BBWAA will announce the results of the 2016 election on Wednesday, Jan. 6 The results will be delivered live on MLB Network by Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson and will also be released on the respective websites of the two organizations, baseballhall.org and bbwaa.com B A L L O T I N G R E C A P THE 2015 BALLOT: The BBWAA ballot featured 34 players, including 17 new candidates and 17 returnees Candidates appearing on the necessary 75 percent of all ballots cast to earn election appear in bold below Candidates receiving less than five percent of the vote are no longer eligible for BBWAA consideration and appear in italics below Seventeen players will return for consideration in 2016 A total of 549 votes were cast, with 412 votes necessary for election and 28 votes necessary to remain on the ballot Don Mattingly received 9.1% of the vote in his final year of eligibility on the BBWAA ballot Mattingly will be eligible for consideration by the Expansion Era Committee beginning in the fall of 2016 The final results, in order of percentage received with number of years on the ballot: NAME YR 2015 NAME YR 2015 NAME YR 2015 Randy Johnson % Alan Trammell % Aaron Boone 1 0.4% Pedro Martínez % Mike Mussina % Tom Gordon 1 0.4% John Smoltz % Jeff Kent % Darin Erstad 1 0.2% Craig Biggio % Fred McGriff % Rich Aurilia 1 0.0% Mike Piazza % Larry Walker % Tony Clark 1 0.0% Jeff Bagwell % Gary Sheffield % Jermaine Dye 1 0.0% Tim Raines % Mark McGwire % Cliff Floyd 1 0.0% Curt Schilling % Don Mattingly % Brian Giles 1 0.0% Roger Clemens % Sammy Sosa 3 6.6% Eddie Guardado 1 0.0% Barry Bonds % Nomar Garciaparra 1 5.5% Jason Schmidt 1 0.0% Lee Smith % Carlos Delgado 1 3.8% Edgar Martinez % Troy Percival 1 0.7%

6 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 6 THE VOTING ELECTORATE: A total of 549 ballots were cast by BBWAA voters in 2015, marking the 13 th time that more than 500 ballots have been cast: (also: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ) A record 581 ballots were cast in the 2011 election Voting privileges are extended to those BBWAA members meeting their organization s Hall of Fame voting qualifications and in good standing with the BBWAA Voters can select from zero to 10 names on their Hall of Fame ballot Votes on 75 percent of all ballots cast are necessary for election. RULES CHANGES: On July 28, 2015, the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum s Board of Directors announced changes to the Baseball Writers Association of America electorate for Hall of Fame voting Hall of Fame voters must now meet requirements as active members who are still covering the game A 10-year grace period will be provided for BBWAA members who are no longer active in baseball. BBWAA members previously holding Hall of Fame voting privileges who are no longer active in the game and are more than 10 years removed from active status will have the opportunity for annual reinstatement, based on their coverage of the game in the preceding year Approximately 650 BBWAA members are currently eligible to participate in the Hall of Fame vote, based on their status as 10-year BBWAA members A voter registration system and survey will determine each individual member s eligibility Each BBWAA-Hall of Fame eligible voter will be required to register online in order to be considered as a potential voter for CAREFUL SELECTION: 2015 marked the 71 st Hall of Fame election held by the BBWAA Starting in 1936, the BBWAA has elected someone 63 times and on eight occasions it did not elect anyone (1945, 1946, 1950, 1958, 1960, 1971, 1996, 2013) On nine occasions, no election was held (1940, 1941, 1943, 1944, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965).The BBWAA membership has elected from zero to five candidates in each of its 71 elections As quantified in the chart below, the BBWAA has voted in one player more than any other quantity (26 times). ELECTED TIMES LAST CLASS Cobb, Johnson, Mathewson, Ruth, Wagner Biggio, Johnson, Martínez, Smoltz Glavine, Maddux, Thomas Alomar, Blyleven Larkin RULES FOR ELECTION: Voting criteria for BBWAA electors can be found at rules state that: Voting shall be based upon the player's record, playing ability, integrity, sportsmanship, character, and contributions to the team(s) on which the player played. THE GAME S ELITE: Including the four members of the Class of 2015, the Hall of Fame is comprised of 310 elected members Included are 215 former major league players, 28 executives, 35 Negro Leaguers, 22 managers and 10 umpires The BBWAA has elected 119 candidates to the Hall while the veterans committees (in all forms) have chosen 165 deserving candidates (96 major leaguers, 28 executives, 22 managers, 10 umpires and nine Negro Leaguers) The defunct Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues selected nine men between and the Special Committee on Negro Leagues in 2006 elected 17 Negro Leaguers There are currently 69 living members. 68 AMBASSADORS: The 68 living members of the Hall of Fame are: Hank Aaron, Roberto Alomar, Luis Aparicio, Johnny Bench, Craig Biggio, Bert Blyleven, Wade Boggs, George Brett, Lou Brock, Jim Bunning, Rod Carew, Steve Carlton, Orlando Cepeda, Bobby Cox, Andre Dawson, Bobby Doerr, Dennis Eckersley, Rollie Fingers, Carlton Fisk, Whitey Ford, Bob Gibson, Pat Gillick, Tom Glavine, Goose Gossage, Doug Harvey, Rickey Henderson, Whitey Herzog, Monte Irvin, Reggie Jackson, Ferguson Jenkins, Randy Johnson, Al Kaline, Sandy Koufax, Barry Larkin, Tony La Russa, Tom Lasorda, Greg Maddux, Juan Marichal, Pedro Martínez, Willie Mays, Bill Mazeroski, Willie McCovey, Paul Molitor, Joe Morgan, Eddie Murray, Phil Niekro, Jim Palmer, Tony Pérez, Gaylord Perry, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Nolan Ryan, Ryne Sandberg, Mike Schmidt, Red Schoendienst, Tom Seaver, Ozzie Smith, John Smoltz, Bruce Sutter, Don Sutton, Frank Thomas, Joe Torre, Billy Williams, Dave Winfield, Carl Yastrzemski and Robin Yount. CONNECTING GENERATIONS: Bobby Doerr is the oldest living Hall of Famer in history, having surpassed Al Lopez (97 years, 71 days) on June 18, Doerr was born on April 7, 1918, while World War I was still raging around the globe Pedro Martínez, who was born on Oct. 25, 1971, is now the youngest living Hall of Famer at 44 years of age.

7 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 7 BETWEEN THE LINES: Including Negro League players, the following is a breakdown by position of the 244 Hall of Famers who earned their election on the playing field Also included is the last major leaguer to be elected at each position Numbers in parenthesis indicate Hall of Famers elected by the BBWAA at each position. Pitchers (41) Second Baseman.. 21 (11) Left Fielders (11) Catchers (8) Third Baseman (6) Center Fielders (7) First Baseman (9) Shortstops (11) Right Fielders (13) Designated Hitter... 1 (1) DH: Thomas (2014) PITCHER: Johnson, Martínez, Smoltz (2015) SECOND BASE: Biggio (2015) LEFT FIELD: Henderson, Rice (2009) CATCHER: Carter (2003) THIRD BASE: White (2013) CENTER FIELD: Puckett (2001) FIRST BASE: Murray (2003) SHORTSTOP: Larkin (2012) RIGHT FIELD: Dawson (2010) FIRST THINGS FIRST: Fifty players have been elected in their first year of eligibility (16 pitchers, seven RF, six LF, four CF, five SS, five 3B, three 2B, two 1B, one DH and one catcher; position based on where electee played the majority of his big league games) In nine of the last 14 elections, at least one player has been elected in his first year of eligibility Other than the inaugural Hall of Fame election, 1999, 2014 and now 2015 are the only three years where as many as three first-year candidates were elected at once NOTE: Lou Gehrig (who received votes in 1936 while active and then was elected by acclamation in 1939) and Roberto Clemente (by special election in 1973) were each elected through a non-traditional process and are not counted in the 47. YEAR NAME YEAR NAME YEAR NAME YEAR NAME 1936 Ty Cobb 1979 Willie Mays 1991 Rod Carew 2004 Paul Molitor 1936 Honus Wagner 1980 Al Kaline 1992 Tom Seaver 2005 Wade Boggs 1936 Babe Ruth 1981 Bob Gibson 1993 Reggie Jackson 2007 Cal Ripken 1936 Christy Mathewson 1982 Hank Aaron 1994 Steve Carlton 2007 Tony Gwynn 1936 Walter Johnson 1982 Frank Robinson 1995 Mike Schmidt 2009 Rickey Henderson 1962 Jackie Robinson 1983 Brooks Robinson 1999 Nolan Ryan 2014 Greg Maddux 1962 Bob Feller 1985 Lou Brock 1999 George Brett 2014 Tom Glavine 1966 Ted Williams 1986 Willie McCovey 1999 Robin Yount 2014 Frank Thomas 1969 Stan Musial 1988 Willie Stargell 2001 Kirby Puckett 2015 Randy Johnson 1972 Sandy Koufax 1989 Johnny Bench 2001 Dave Winfield 2015 Pedro Martínez 1973 Warren Spahn 1989 Carl Yastrzemski 2002 Ozzie Smith 2015 John Smoltz 1974 Mickey Mantle 1990 Jim Palmer 2003 Eddie Murray 1977 Ernie Banks 1990 Joe Morgan 2004 Dennis Eckersley TRY AND TRY AGAIN: The 67 men not elected by the BBWAA in their first year eligible were done so on a later ballot, taking from two to 16 elections The length of time a player could stay on the BBWAA ballot has varied throughout history From , the rule was that a player must have been active at some point in the 25 years prior to the election it was increased to 30 years from , was 20 years from and is now 15 years When one walks through the Hall of Fame Gallery, though, the year or method by which players were elected are not noted The 67 non-first year BBWAA electees: 2nd election (Alomar, Berra, Fingers, Fisk, Ford, Lajoie, Speaker, Young); 3rd election (Alexander, Biggio, Grove, Hubbell, Hunter, Jenkins, Larkin, Marichal, Ott, Perry, Sandberg); 4th election (E.Collins, DiMaggio, Keeler, Killebrew, Roberts, Sisler, Wynn); 5th election (Campanella, Hornsby, Mathews, Niekro, Sutton); 6th election (Aparicio, Carter, Cochrane, Frisch, Gehringer, P.Waner, B.Williams); 7th election (Appling, Foxx); 8th election (Pennock, Traynor, Wilhelm); 9th election (Dawson, Gossage, Greenberg, Medwick, Perez); 10th election (Boudreau, Cronin, Dickey, Drysdale, Lyons, Simmons); 11th election (Snider); 12th election (Dean, Hartnett, Heilmann, Lemon); 13th election (Kiner, Sutter); 14th election (Blyleven, Maranville, Terry); 15th election (Rice, Ruffing); 16 th election (Vance). ONE-TEAM WONDERS: There are 49 Hall of Famers who spent their entire career with one team 2015 inductee Craig Biggio is the most recent addition to that list The others: Luke Appling, Ernie Banks, Johnny Bench, George Brett, Roy Campanella, Roberto Clemente, Earle Combs, Bill Dickey, Joe DiMaggio, Bobby Doerr, Don Drysdale, Red Faber, Bob Feller, Whitey Ford, Lou Gehrig, Charlie Gehringer, Bob Gibson, Tony Gwynn, Carl Hubbell, Travis Jackson, Walter Johnson, Addie Joss, Al Kaline, Sandy Koufax, Barry Larkin, Bob Lemon, Ted Lyons, Mickey Mantle, Bill Mazeroski, Bid McPhee, Stan Musial, Mel Ott, Jim Palmer, Kirby Puckett, Pee Wee Reese, Jim Rice, Cal Ripken, Phil Rizzuto, Brooks Robinson, Jackie Robinson, Mike Schmidt, Willie Stargell, Pie Traynor, Bill Terry, Ted Williams, Carl Yastrzemski, Ross Youngs and Robin Yount.

8 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 8 NINE TENTHS OF THE LAW: No individual has been elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA as a unanimous choice, though there have been many close calls...randy Johnson and Pedro Martínez are the 29 th and 30 th players to earn at least 90 percent of the BBWAA vote in any one election The 30 players with at least 90% of votes cast in their favor: YEAR PLAYER BALLOTS CAST VOTES RECEIVED % RECEIVED OMITTED BALLOTS Tom Seaver % Nolan Ryan % Cal Ripken % Ty Cobb % George Brett % Hank Aaron % Tony Gwynn % Randy Johnson % Greg Maddux % Mike Schmidt % Johnny Bench % Steve Carlton % Honus Wagner % Babe Ruth % Rickey Henderson % Willie Mays % Carl Yastrzemski % Bob Feller % Reggie Jackson % Ted Williams % Stan Musial % Jim Palmer % Brooks Robinson % Tom Glavine % Wade Boggs % Ozzie Smith % Pedro Martínez % Christy Mathewson % Rod Carew % Roberto Alomar % H A L L OF F A M E W E E K E N D R E C A P The induction of Class of 2015 members Craig Biggio, Randy Johnson, Pedro Martínez and John Smoltz brings the total number of Hall of Famers to 310, including 68 living members Award winners Dick Enberg (Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence) and Tom Gage (J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writing) were honored at the July 25 Awards Presentation at Doubleday Field. A STAGE FILLED WITH HEROES: Fifty-three living Hall of Famers attended the July 26 Induction Ceremony at the Clark Sports Center: Hank Aaron Andre Dawson Sandy Koufax Brooks Robinson Roberto Alomar Dennis Eckersley Barry Larkin Frank Robinson Luis Aparicio Rollie Fingers Tony La Russa Nolan Ryan Johnny Bench Carlton Fisk Tommy Lasorda Tom Seaver Craig Biggio Whitey Ford Greg Maddux Ozzie Smith Bert Blyleven Bob Gibson Juan Marichal John Smoltz Wade Boggs Pat Gillick Pedro Martínez Bruce Sutter George Brett Tom Glavine Joe Morgan Frank Thomas Lou Brock Rickey Henderson Eddie Murray Joe Torre Jim Bunning Whitey Herzog Phil Niekro Dave Winfield Rod Carew Reggie Jackson Tony Pérez Robin Yount Steve Carlton Fergie Jenkins Gaylord Perry Orlando Cepeda Randy Johnson Jim Rice Bobby Cox Al Kaline Cal Ripken Jr.

9 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 9 COME ONE, COME ALL: An estimated crowd of 45,000 fans attended the July 26 Induction Ceremony, the fourth-highest total in the history of the event In 2007, an estimated 82,000 fans packed Cooperstown, honoring the Hall of Fame induction of Cal Ripken Jr. and Tony Gwynn and setting a Hall of Fame Weekend attendance record Following 2007, the top six estimated crowds for Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies: 50,000 (1999); 48,000 (2014); 45,000 (2015); 40,000 (1995); 27,000 (2001 and 2005); and 25,000 (2000) This year s total marked the first time that crowds of 40,000 or more attended the Induction Ceremony in consecutive years The average attendance for any one Induction Ceremony is 15,000 fans. BOOK NOW FOR FUTURE WEEKENDS: Hall of Fame Weekend is typically scheduled for the last weekend in July, though there are exceptions The 2016 Induction Weekend is scheduled for July 22-25, with the Induction on July 24 A partial list of eligible first-time players for upcoming Hall of Fame elections includes: 2016: Jim Edmonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Trevor Hoffman, Billy Wagner; 2017: Vladimir Guerrero, Jorge Posada, Manny Ramirez, Ivan Rodriguez,; 2018: Chipper Jones, Hideki Matsui, Jim Thome, Omar Vizquel; 2019: Roy Halladay, Todd Helton, Andy Pettitte, Mariano Rivera; 2020: Bobby Abreu, Derek Jeter, Paul Konerko, Alfonso Soriano. BIGGER AND BETTER: Craig Biggio totaled 3,060 hits in his 20-year career with the Astros, one of only 29 men in the 3,000-hit club Starting out as a catcher before moving to second base and then the outfield, Biggio won Silver Slugger Awards both behind the plate and at the keystone sack (for a total of five Silver Sluggers) and was named to seven All-Star Games A four-time Gold Glove Award-winner at second base, Biggio is one of only 12 players with at least 3,000 hits and 1,800 runs scored Led the Astros to six postseason appearances, including their only National League pennant in Biggio ranks fifth on the all-time doubles list (and first among right-handed batters) with 668 two-base knocks Only player in big league history with at least 3,000 hits, 600 doubles, 400 stolen bases and 250 home runs. LONG STORY: Randy Johnson won 303 games over 22 seasons with the Expos, Mariners, Astros, Diamondbacks, Yankees and Giants, the fifth-best total among all left-handers The 6-foot-10 Johnson won the American League Cy Young Award in 1995 with the Mariners and four straight National League Cy Young Awards with the Diamondbacks from Johnson led his league in strikeouts eight times and earned-run average four times, posting three 20-win seasons and leading his league in winning percentage four times His career mark of 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings is the best in baseball history, and his 4,875 strikeouts rank second behind Nolan Ryan and first among left-handers Johnson shared World Series Most Valuable Player honors with Diamondbacks teammate Curt Schilling after going 3-0 in the 2001 Fall Classic, leading Arizona to a seven-game victory over the Yankees. DOMINICAN DOMINATOR: Pedro Martínez won three Cy Young Awards (1997, ) and five earned-run average titles in his 18 seasons with the Dodgers, Expos, Red Sox, Mets and Phillies Martínez becomes the second native of the Dominican Republic to be elected to the Hall of Fame following Juan Marichal in 1983 With a record, Martínez posted a career winning percentage of.687, second to only Whitey Ford among pitchers with at least 200 victories Martínez led his league in WHIP (walks plus hits divided by innings pitched) six times and strikeouts three times, earning eight All-Star Game selections In seven seasons with the Red Sox, Martínez was with a 2.52 ERA, helping Boston end an 86-year drought by winning Game 3 of the 2004 World Series that the Red Sox went on to sweep He is the only pitcher in history with at least 3,000 strikeouts (3,154) with fewer than 3,000 innings pitched (2,827.1). HOME OF THE BRAVE: John Smoltz won 213 games and saved 154 more in a 21-year career with the Braves, Red Sox and Cardinals, becoming the first pitcher in history with at least 200 wins and 150 saves An eight-time All-Star Game selection, Smoltz won the 1996 National League Cy Young Award and led the NL in wins twice, strikeouts twice, innings pitched twice and winning percentage twice In three-and-a-half seasons as a relief pitcher in the middle of his career, Smoltz established himself as an All-Star closer, saving at least 44 games in each of his three full seasons Smoltz was the only player on each of the Braves teams from that finished the season in playoff position He is one of only 16 members of the 3,000 strikeout club (3,084) A W A R D W I N N E R S BY ANY MEASURE: Tom Gage, who served as The Detroit News beat writer for the Tigers from , was elected the 2015 winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award in balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America Gage, born April 2, 1948 in Detroit, began his career with the New Orleans Times-Picayune in the early 1970s before moving to The News in 1976 Gage has covered more than 5,000 big league games in 54 ballparks, including five no-hitters and the 1984 World Championship team Gage is the 66 th winner of the Spink Award.

10 B A S E B A L L H A L L. O R G A R O U N D T H E H O R N, P A G E 10 OH MY!: Dick Enberg, who has spent nearly 20 years calling Major League Baseball games bracketed around remarkable stints at NBC and CBS, has been selected as the 2014 recipient of the Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Born Jan. 9, 1935 in the Detroit suburb of Mount Clemens, Mich., Enberg began his broadcasting career as an undergraduate at Central Michigan and later broadcast both football and basketball games at Indiana University By the end of the 1960s, Enberg was calling California Angels games, a position he held from He also called games of the Los Angeles Rams and UCLA men s basketball team and joined NBC Sports in 1975, remaining with the network for 25 years while working assignments that included the MLB Postseason and World Series as well as Wimbledon, college football and the National Football League Enberg called the memorable 1982 World Series featuring the Cardinals and the Brewers, and later returned to the Angels broadcast team in 1985 After moving to CBS Sports in 2000, Enberg covered events including football, tennis, basketball and golf before joining the Padres as their television play-by-play voice in 2010, a position he still holds Over a career that has spanned six decades, Enberg has established himself as one of sport s top play-by-play announcers, with his signature Oh, my! call recognized around the world. M U S E U M N E W S F R O M C O O P E R S T O W N COMING TO COOPERSTOWN: The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum has received several treasures from the 2015 season, including: A Motus pitching sleeve and sensor worn by the Indians Trevor Bauer and his teammates during spring training A cap worn by the Reds Aroldis Chapman on April 10 when he recorded his 115 th career save, setting a new mark for pitchers born in Cuba A ball, ticket and scorecard from the Orioles vs. White Sox game in Baltimore on April 29 when Oriole Park at Camden Yards was closed to fans A bat used by the Angels Carlos Perez when he became just the fourth player in history to hit a walk-off home run in his first major league game on May 5 A batting helmet worn by the Rangers Adrian Beltre when he hit his 400 th career home run on May 15 A game-used ball and cap worn by the Giants Chris Heston when he threw San Francisco s fourth no-hitter in as many years on June 9 A bat used by the Yankees Alex Rodriguez to record the 2,000 th and 2,001 st runs batted in of his career on June 13, becoming just the fourth player in MLB history to reach 2,000 RBIs in his career A baseball used by the Nationals Max Scherzer during his no-hitter against the Pirates on June 20 A bat used by the Rangers Carlos Corporan to hit a home run against the Orioles on June 29, marking the 11,000 th hit by a Puerto Rican-born player A jersey worn by White Sox pitcher Chris Sale when he ended a streak of eight straight starts with at least 10 or more strikeouts, matching Pedro Martínez for the most in history A bat used by Cubs prospect Kyle Schwarber in the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game, in which he won the game s MVP Award on July 12 A bat used by Mike Trout during his MVP performance in the 2015 MLB All-Star Game, where he became the first player in history to win back-to-back All-Star Game MVP Awards A game-used ball and cap worn by the Phillies Cole Hamels during his no-hitter against the Cubs on July 25, Hamels final start for Philadelphia A jersey worn by the Reds Brandon Phillips on July 29, when he became the first player to collect four hits, two home runs, seven RBI and two stolen bases in a game since RBI became an official MLB statistic in 1920 A jersey worn by the Toledo Mud Hens Mike Hessman on Aug. 3 when he hit his 433 rd home run to set the new all-time MiLB record A game-used ball and cap worn by the Mariners Hisashi Iwakuma on Aug. 12 when he threw a no-hitter against the Orioles A game-used ball and cap worn by the Astros Mike Fiers on Aug. 21 when he threw a nohitter in his first career complete game start against the Dodgers A jersey worn by the Mets Yoenis Cespedes on Aug. 21, when he became the first player to record three home runs, five hits, seven runs batted in and a steal in one game against the Rockies Bat used by the Dodgers Jimmy Rollins to record his 500 th career double on Aug. 22 A ball used by the Cubs Jake Arrieta during his nohitter against the Dodgers on Aug. 30, and a cap he wore while earning his 20 th win of the season on Sept. 22 An axe-handle Victus bat used by the Red Sox s Dustin Pedroia in September A ball used by the Nationals Scherzer on Oct. 3 to throw his second no-hitter of the season A batting helmet worn by the Mariners Robinson Cano for several accomplishments, including his 30 th double of the season on Aug. 25 and his 2,000 th career hit on Sept. 23 A bat and jersey used throughout the year by Indians All-Star Jason Kipnis. A WHOLE NEW LOOK: Baseball remains unchanged as the National Pastime, a label it has worn for more than 100 years But the game is also forever changing, reflecting its days and adapting to its time Those changes have never been more evident than in the past five decades, and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will tell the story of baseball s most recent era in its Whole New Ballgame exhibit, opening Nov. 7 in Cooperstown The Museum s newest permanent exhibit, located in the Janetschek Gallery on the Museum s second floor, will feature more than 300 artifacts and Library items while exploring iconic moments like Carlton Fisk s home run in Game 6 of the 1975 World Series, game-altering rules changes like the designated hitter and labor challenges that redefined the fiscal boundaries of the sport Featuring new video displays and the implementation of interactive elements not seen before at the Cooperstown shrine, Whole New Ballgame chronicles the changing nature of baseball from the 1970s to the present by examining the game and its culture as a whole. The game s athletic achievements and evolving nature will be celebrated and explained as well as the fans presence and the far-reaching social implications of the sport Whole New Ballgame was made possible by a donation from Bill Janetschek, Jr. to honor his late father. The Janetscheks have been passionate fans of baseball dating back to Bill Sr. s first Dodgers games at Ebbets Field in the 1940s Hall of Famer Carlton Fisk will be on hand for an official ribbon-cutting ceremony on the morning of Nov. 7, and will participate in a Voices of the Game question-and-answer discussion with Museum visitors immediately afterwards at 11 a.m. in the Grandstand Theater Tickets for the Voices of the Game program are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12, and are now available to Museum members To reserve your tickets, please call weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.