The release of the 2022 BBWAA Baseball Hall of Fame class made big news after its release on Monday. In their final year on the ballot, the news got bigger, with big names like Barry Bonds, Curt Schilling, and Roger Clemens. This year the ballot also has names of a few newcomers like David Ortiz and Alex Rodriguez.
To acquire reverence into the Hall of Fame, a player should be named on something like 75% of the diverted voting forms from qualified BBWAA individuals. A player needs to get something like five percent to try not to tumble off the polling form. Players are qualified to stay on the voting form a limit of 10 yearly voting cycles.
The aftereffects of the vote will be uncovered on Jan. 25, 2022. There are 17 leftover applicants, notwithstanding 13 rookies on the voting form. Newbies are players who spent no less than ten seasons in the majors, resigned for a considerable time, and were picked by the Hall of Fame to be added to the voting form.
The substantial name newbies would be Big Papi and A-Rod, streaming down to Mark Teixeira and Jimmy Rollins. Other remarkable newbies include Jonathan Papelbon, Joe Nathan, Jake Peavy, Tim Lincecum, Carl Crawford, Justin Morneau, and Prince Fielder.
Here are the remainders, recorded with the level of the vote they got last year and their current year on the polling form. In other words, the tenth time will be their last opportunity.
Holdover for 2022 Hall of fame
| Player | % ballots in 2021 | Year on ballot |
| Curt Schilling | 71.1 | 10th |
| Barry Bonds | 61.8 | 10th |
| Roger Clemens | 61.6 | 10th |
| Scott Rolen | 52.9 | 5th |
| Omar Vizquel | 49.1 | 5th |
| Billy Wagner | 46.4 | 7th |
| Todd Helton | 44.9 | 4th |
| Gary Sheffield | 40.6 | 8th |
| Andruw Jones | 33.9 | 5th |
| Jeff Kent | 32.4 | 9th |
| Manny Ramirez | 28.2 | 6th |
| Sammy Sosa | 17.0 | 10th |
| Andy Pettitte | 13.7 | 4th |
| Mark Buehrle | 11.0 | 2nd |
| Torii Hunter | 9.5 | 2nd |
| Bobby Abreu | 8.7 | 3rd |
| Tim Hudson | 5.2 | 2nd |
First-timers of 2022 Hall of fame ballot
- Mark Teixeira
- Jimmy Rollins
- Jake Peavy
- Alex Rodriguez
- A.J. Pierzynski
- David Ortiz
- Joe Nathan
- Jonathan Papelbon
- Tim Lincecum
- Justin Morneau
- Carl Crawford
- Ryan Howard
- Prince Fielder