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Nine players on Modern Baseball Era HOF ballot

The Sports Xchange

November 06, 2017 at 4:11 pm.

Jun 3, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Tiger former player Jack Morris throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. Photo Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Jun 3, 2017; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Tiger former player Jack Morris throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the game against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. Photo Credit: Rick Osentoski-USA TODAY Sports

Jack Morris is among nine former players on the 10-name Modern Baseball Era ballot, the National Baseball Hall of Fame announced Monday.

The ballot will be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 10 at the winter meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.

Also on the ballot are former pitchers Luis Tiant and Tommy John along with position players Steve Garvey, Don Mattingly, Dale Murphy, Dave Parker, Ted Simmons and Alan Trammell.

Marvin Miller, who headed the player’s association from 1966 to 1982, is the only non-player on the ballot.

Any candidate who receives 75 percent of the vote from the 16-member Modern Baseball Era Committee will be elected to the Hall of Fame next July along with anyone voted in by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America election in January.

The finalists were selected from all eligible candidates among managers, umpires, executives and players whose most significant parts of their career occurred between 1970 and 1987.

Eligible candidates are players who played at least 10 seasons, are not on the ineligible list and have been retired for at least 15 seasons. Eligible non-players are those who spent at least 10 years in baseball.

Of all the former players, Morris received the most consideration for the Hall of Fame. In his final year on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot in 2014, Morris received 61.5 percent of the vote.

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