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Bonds, Clemens Headline Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Era Candidates

Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens are included among a list of eight former players who have been selected to appear on the Baseball Hall of Fame’s Contemporary Baseball Era ballot for the Class of 2023.

Bonds and Clemens will be joined by Don Mattingly, Albert Belle, Fred McGriff, Curt Schilling, Rafael Palmeiro and Dale Murphy.

The Contemporary Baseball Era Players Committee is a 16-person panel that will vote on Dec. 4. If a player is named on at least 75% of ballots, he will be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and inducted on July 23, 2023.