Pete Rose Hall of Fame Voting Process, Earliest Induction Date After MLB Lifts Ban

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred removed Pete Rose, "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and several other former players from the permanently ineligible list on Tuesday, paving the way for those players to earn a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rose, who died in September, and Jackson will presumably be on their way to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in the coming years, but the process will look slightly different given the circumstances of being removed from the ineligible list.

Hall of Fame Chairman of the Board Jane Forbes Clark said in a statement that Rose and Jackson's candidacies will be evaluated by the Classic Baseball Era Committee. The committee is set to meet in December 2027, meaning the earliest Rose and Jackson could be enshrined would be summer 2028.

"The National Baseball Hall of Fame has always maintained that anyone removed from Baseball's permanently ineligible list will become eligible for Hall of Fame consideration," the statement read. "Major League Baseball's decision to remove deceased individuals from the permanently ineligible list will allow for the Hall of Fame candidacy of such individuals to now be considered. The Historical Overview Committee will develop the ballot of eight names for the Classic Baseball Era Committee — which evaluates candidates who made their greatest impact on the game prior to 1980 — to vote on when it meets next in December 2027."

Per ESPN's Don Van Natta Jr., the Classic Baseball Era Committee, which is made up of 16 members, will vote on Rose and Jackson's candidacies when it meets in December 2027. Both players would need 12 of 16 votes to earn a spot in the Hall of Fame.

Rose accepted a ban from former MLB commissioner A. Bartlett Giamatti in 1989 after it was determined by a league investigation that he had bet on games while serving as the manager of the Cincinnati Reds. Rose is MLB's all-time leader in career hits and finished his career with a .303 batting average and 1,314 RBI. He was a 17-time All-Star and three-time World Series champion.

Jackson, who played from 1908 to 1920, was banned from baseball in 1921 after the "Black Sox Scandal" that saw Jackson and several other players fix the 1919 World Series.