On Monday, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced its 2019 Modern Baseball Era ballot. The 10 candidates—including Marlins manager Don Mattingly—will be evaluated by a 16-member committee at December’s Winter Meetings. Whomever receives votes on at least 75% of the ballots cast will be featured in next summer’s HOF induction (alongside the conventional baseball writers’ selections).
But one candidate in particular stands far apart from the rest for his unique contributions to the sport: Marvin Miller.
Hired as the first executive director of the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) entering the 1966 season, Miller was relentless in his pursuit of better working conditions, even if that meant taking battles all the way to the US Supreme Court.