Back to the Atlanta Braves Newsfeed

OPINION: Blue Jays', Braves' Great Fred McGriff Belongs in Baseball's Hall of Fame

Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame released its eight-player ballot that will receive consideration from the Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee for Hall of Fame election on Dec. 4 at the Winter Meetings in San Diego, California.

In order for the candidates to receive election into baseball's most exclusive club, they must receive 75% of the vote from the 16-person committee.

18-year Major League first baseman Fred McGriff was among the names included on the ballot.

McGriff last appeared on the Baseball Writers' Hall of Fame ballot in 2019, in his tenth and final year on the ballot, receiving 39.