by (COOPERSTOWN, NY) – The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum recently announced the 10-person ballots that will be considered by its Early Baseball Era Committee and Golden Days Era Committee for Hall of Fame election for the Class of 2022. These Era Committees will both meet on Dec. 5 at baseball’s Winter Meetings in Orlando, Fla.
Native American pitcher from the New York Yankees Allie Reynolds is up for consideration for the Hall of Fame ballot.
The Early Baseball Era ballot includes Bill Dahlen, John Donaldson, Bud Fowler, Vic Harris, Grant “Home Run” Johnson, Lefty O’Doul, Buck O’Neil, Dick “Cannonball” Redding, Allie Reynolds and George “Tubby” Scales. All of these candidates are deceased.
The results of the Early Baseball Era Committee vote and the Golden Days Era Committee vote will be announced live on MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” at 6 p.m. ET on Sunday, Dec. 5.
Any candidate who receives votes on 75 percent of the ballots cast by either 16-member committee will earn election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and will be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2022, along with any electees who emerge from the 2022 Baseball Writers’ Association of America election, to be announced on Jan. 25, 2022.
The Early Baseball Era and Golden Days Era are two of four Era Committees, each of which provide an avenue for Hall of Fame consideration to managers, umpires and executives, as well as players retired for more than 15 seasons.
Allie Reynolds, Mvskoke Creek Nation, was an ace for New York in the 40s and 50s after starting his career in Cleveland. He won six championships with New York and an ERA title in 1952 with a 2.06 mark. He threw not one, but two no-hitters in 1951 and finished his career with six All-Star selections.
