Jim Leyland Elected to Baseball Hall

NASHVILLE—Jim Leyland, who took three franchises to the postseason and led the Florida Marlins to the 1997 World Series title, earned election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, December 3 via the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee process.

Leyland was a candidate on the Contemporary Baseball Era Committee Managers/Executive/Umpires Ballot, which was considered by a 16-member committee that held meetings today in Nashville, Tennessee. The eight-person ballot was comprised of candidates whose primary contribution to the game came from 1980 to the present.

Leyland was named on 15 of 16 ballots as the only candidate to reach the 75-percent threshold necessary for election.

Leyland, 78, will be joined in the Hall of Fame Class of 2024 by any electees who emerge from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, which will be announced on Tuesday, January 23.

Leyland managed in the big leagues for 22 seasons with the Pirates, Marlins, Rockies, and Tigers, amassing 1,769 victories, six first-place finishes, three pennants, and the 1997 World Series title with the Marlins. A three-time Manager of the Year winner—twice with the Pirates in 1990 and 1992 and again with the Tigers in 2006—Leyland’s team also finished second five times. He finished in the Top 2 of his league’s Manager of the Year voting six times.

Hall of Fame Weekend 2024 will be held July 19-22 in Cooperstown, with the Induction Ceremony slated for Sunday, July 21, 2024. The BBWAA election results will be announced at 6 p.m. ET on Tuesday, January 23, on MLB Network.