Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2027 will be conducted according to the rules most recently amended in 2022. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) will vote by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players. The results will be announced in January.
The following players will appear on the 2027 ballot. There will be 13 players carried over from the 2026 ballot, who garnered at least 5% of the vote and are still eligible for election, as well as a selection of players whose last major league appearance was in 2021, played at least 10 seasons of Major League Baseball, and will be chosen by a screening committee. This will be the final ballot for Omar Vizquel.
Players who are eligible to appear on the ballot for the first time are:
The Contemporary Baseball Era Committee will meet in December 2026 at baseball's winter meetings to consider the election of managers, executives or umpires who have made their greatest impact on the game since 1980. Any candidate not receiving at least five votes will be ineligible for consideration in the committee's next ballot, and any candidate who does not receive at least five votes in multiple ballots will be permanently ineligible for all of the committee's future ballots.