Cite this page: Hall of Fame BBWAA Election Rules (current; Rule 3(E))

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Primary citation: BBWAA Election Rules (current text as published on baseballhall.org). Section 3(E) — 'Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate' — was adopted by the Hall of Fame Board of Directors on February 4, 1991, by a 12-0 vote (four directors absent, including Commissioner Fay Vincent who recused), at a New York hotel meeting. Hall of Fame President Edward W. Stack issued the contemporaneous press statement: 'The directors felt that it would be incongruous to have a person who has been declared ineligible by baseball to be eligible for baseball's highest honor.' The 1991 board resolution document itself is not publicly accessible; only the rule's resulting text and contemporaneous press coverage of its adoption are public.

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Chicago (notes-bibliography)

National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Board of Directors, Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), and Edward W. Stack. 2026. "BBWAA Election Rules — National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (current text as of May 2026; Section 3(E) — the 'Pete Rose rule' adopted by Hall of Fame Board of Directors, February 4, 1991)." National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame/election-rules/bbwaa-rules (accessed 2026-05-19).

BibTeX

@misc{2026_rules_hall-of-fame-bbwaa-election-rules,
  title = {BBWAA Election Rules — National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (current text as of May 2026; Section 3(E) — the 'Pete Rose rule' adopted by Hall of Fame Board of Directors, February 4, 1991)},
  year = {2026},
  author = {National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Board of Directors, Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA), and Edward W. Stack},
  url = {https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame/election-rules/bbwaa-rules},
  urldate = {2026-05-19},
  note = {SHA256: b3700bbe165cda3c6e08ba7d93104ac06974d28aee3f6c52e2a930d9740a0e16}
}

Archive citation

Baseball Documents Archive, "Hall of Fame BBWAA Election Rules (current; Rule 3(E))", slug 2026_rules_hall-of-fame-bbwaa-election-rules, SHA256 b3700bbe165c…, retrieved 2026-05-19.

Cite this archived version

BBWAA Election Rules (current text as published on baseballhall.org). Section 3(E) — 'Any player on Baseball's ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate' — was adopted by the Hall of Fame Board of Directors on February 4, 1991, by a 12-0 vote (four directors absent, including Commissioner Fay Vincent who recused), at a New York hotel meeting. Hall of Fame President Edward W. Stack issued the contemporaneous press statement: 'The directors felt that it would be incongruous to have a person who has been declared ineligible by baseball to be eligible for baseball's highest honor.' The 1991 board resolution document itself is not publicly accessible; only the rule's resulting text and contemporaneous press coverage of its adoption are public.. Baseball Documents Archive, slug 2026_rules_hall-of-fame-bbwaa-election-rules, SHA256 b3700bbe165c…. retrieved 2026-05-19; from https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame/election-rules/bbwaa-rules; Wayback snapshot https://web.archive.org/web/20260424041057/https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-fame/election-rules/bbwaa-rules.

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