The U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame, which is notorious for being the most demanding admission screening in North American professional sports, has unveiled its candidate for admission in 2025.
The Hall of Fame released a list of candidates for the Hall of Fame in 2025, with 14 existing and 14 new candidates added on its official website on the 19th (Korea Standard Time).
The Hall of Fame grants candidates to players who have played in the Major League for more than 10 years and have passed the BBWAA’s screening for five years after retirement.
The new candidates are as follows. They played in the big leagues until 2019.
Carlos Gonzalez: Three-time All-Star, three-time Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger, 2010 National League batting champion
Curtis Granderson: Three-time All-Star, one Silver Slugger, 2016 Roberto Clemente Award
Felix Hernandez: 6th All-Star, 2010 American League Cy Young Award, 2nd ERA
Adam Jones: 5 All-Star, 4 Gold Gloves, 1 Silver Slugger
Ian Kinsler: Four-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove, 2018 World Series winner
Russell Martin: four-time All-Star, one Gold Glove, one Silver Slugger
Brian McCann: Seven-time All-Star, six-time Silver Slugger, 2017 World Series winner
Dustin Pedroia: 2007 American League Rookie of the Year, 2008 American League MVP, four-time All-Star, four-time Gold Glove, one Silver Slugger, 2007 and 2013 World Series
Hanley Ramirez: 2006 National League Rookie of the Year, three-time All-Star, two-time Silver Slugger, 2009 National League batting champion
Fernando Rodney: Three-time All-Star Wins 2019 World 토토사이트 Series
CC Sabathia: 2007 American League Cy Young Award, 6th All-Star, 2009 World Series win
Ichiro Suzuki: 2001 American League Rookie and MVP of the year, 10 times All-Star, 10 times Gold Glove, 3 times Silver Slugger, 2 times batting champion
Troy Tulowitzki: Five-time All-Star, two-time Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger
Ben Zobrist: Three-time All-Star, won 2015 and 2016 World Series
These candidates must have at least 5 percent approval rating in the voting to maintain their eligibility. If they receive at least 75 percent approval rating within 10 years of being eligible for the nomination, they will be able to enter the Hall of Fame.
Among the candidates, Ichiro is drawing the most attention. A Japanese fielder who entered the Major League for the first time, he became a sensation by winning both Rookie of the Year and MVP at the same time in his first year since debut.
For the first time in major league history, he recorded more than 200 hits in 10 consecutive seasons and 3,000 hits in 2016. He also received the Gold Glove for 10 consecutive seasons and won the Silver Slugger three times.
In the All-Star Game, he played a total of 10 times, including nine selections, and was named MVP in 2007.
The 14 candidates who maintained a 5 percent or more approval rating in last season’s polls also came back this time. Billy Wagner, who narrowly missed the prize last year with 73.8 percent of the vote, is making his last bid in his 10th year.
Andrew Jones (61.6 percent), Carlos Beltran (57.1 percent), Alex Rodriguez (34.8 percent), Manny Ramirez (32.5 percent), Chase Utley (28.8 percent), Oma Bizkel (17.7 percent), Bobby Abreu (14.8 percent), Jimmy Rollins (14.8 percent), Andy Petit (13.5 percent), Mark Burley (8.3 percent), Francisco Rodriguez (7.8 percent), Tori Hunter (7.3 percent) and David Wright (6.2 percent) will also return to the polls.
The voting will be held for members of the American Baseball Journalists Association with more than 10 years of experience or within 10 years of retirement. About 400 people will participate in the voting.
The results of the vote will be released at 6 p.m. on January 21 next year (8 a.m. on the 22nd in Korea).