Why isn Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame?
As stated in the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s Rules for Election, “any player on Baseball’s ineligible list shall not be an eligible candidate” for consideration by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America (BBWAA) or the Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans. Pete Rose was placed on Major League Baseball’s ineligible list in 1989 by Commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti. In order for Rose to become eligible to Hall of Fame voters, the following criteria must be met: 1) He must apply to the office of the Commissioner for reinstatment to Major League Baseball; and 2) He must be reinstated by the Office of the Commissioner. He would then be an eligible Hall of Fame candidate for the BBWAA Screening Committee. (See rule 3 of the rules for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America.) If Pete Rose were to be placed on the BBWAA ballot, he would have to receive votes on at least 75 percent of the ballots cast in
