Five Former Phillies Eliminated From Future BBWAA Hall of Fame Consideration

By Matt Rappa, Sports Talk Philly editor

While the Baseball Writers' Association of America elected the late Roy Halladay — on his first appearance on the ballot — to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019, five other former Philadelphia Phillies players failed to not only be named on at least 75 percent of the voters' ballots required for election, but also the required 5 percent to remain on future ballots.

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Of the 425 overall ballots, Michael Young was named on 9 (2.1 percent), Roy Oswalt on 4 (0.9 percent), Placido Polanco on 2 (0.5 percent), and both Juan Pierre and Freddy Garcia on none.

Three other former Phillies were named to at least five percent of the ballots, but fell short of the 319 votes needed for election: Curt Schilling (259, 60.9 percent), Scott Rolen (73, 17.2 percent) and Billy Wagner (71, 16.7 percent).

Schilling has three more chances to be elected to the Hall of Fame through the BBWAA. Along with the five percent threshold requirement, players are also removed from the ballot if they have been on it 10 times without election. The 20-year veteran will be on the ballot for the eighth year in 2020.

While Young, Oswalt, Polanco, Pierre and Garcia were not elected through the BBWAA, they can still make the Hall of Fame. Sixteen years after their respective retirements, they will regain eligibility and could be elected through a committee.

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Former Phillies poised for future Hall of Fame consideration are: Bobby Abreu, Cliff Lee and Raul Ibanez in 2020, A.J. Burnett, Shane Victorino and Grady Sizemore in 2021, Ryan Howard, Jonathan Papelbon, Jimmy Rollins, Jeff Francoeur, Kyle Lohse, Michael Bourn and Marlon Byrd in 2022, Jayson Werth in 2023 and Chase Utley in 2024.