1999 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

1999 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
New inductees7
via BBWAA3
via Veterans Committee4
Total inductees244
Induction dateJuly 25, 1999
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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1999 followed the system in use since 1995. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected three: George Brett, Nolan Ryan, and Robin Yount.[1] The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions and selected four people from multiple classified ballots: Orlando Cepeda, Nestor Chylak, Frank Selee, and Smokey Joe Williams.[2]

Brett, Ryan, and Yount were all newly eligible, as they each played their last game in 1993. It was the first time the writers elected more than two first-ballot candidates, other than the five players selected for the inaugural class of 1936.[3]

Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held on July 25, 1999, with George Grande as master of ceremonies and Commissioner of Baseball Bud Selig in attendance.[4]

  1. ^ "1999 Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony". clarksportscenter.com. Clark Sports Center. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  2. ^ Kramer, Matt. "VETERANS' COMMITTEE NAMES FOUR TO HALL OF FAME". baseballhall.org. National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Ryan, Brett, Yount in Hall of Fame". Chicago Tribune. January 5, 1999. p. 71. Retrieved October 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Lucas, Mike (July 26, 1999). "What a day for The Kid". The Capital Times. Madison, Wisconsin. p. 1B. Retrieved October 23, 2019 – via newspapers.com.