The National Baseball Hall of Fame announced former Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers Maury Wills and Gil Hodges will be considered for election with the Class of 2022 via the Golden Days Era Committee.
Dick Allen, who played one season for the Dodgers, is also being considered as part of the 10-person ballot.
The Golden Days Era Committee considers candidates whose primary contribution to the game came from 1950-69. The ballot also includes Ken Boyer, Jim Kaat, Roger Maris, Minnie Miñoso, Danny Murtaugh, Tony Oliva and Billy Pierce.
Hodges was named to eight All-Star Games in an 18-year big league career as a first baseman with the Dodgers and New York Mets. He won three Gold Glove Awards and leading the Dodgers to seven National League pennants and two World Series titles. As a manager, Hodges guided the 1969 Mets to a championship.
Hodges spent 12 of his seasons in Brooklyn before playing four more in L.A. During his time with the Dodgers, he batted .274/.360/.488 with 1,884 hits, 361 home runs, 1,254 RBI and 1,088 runs scored. All eight of Hodges’ All-Star selections came while he was in Brooklyn.
Hodges is second in Dodgers franchise history in home runs and RBI.
Wills played 14 seasons from 1959-72, of which 12 were in L.A. He hit a .281 lifetime and finished with 586 career stolen bases. The 1962 NL MVP was a seven-time All-Star and two-time Gold Glove Award winner at shortstop.
With the Dodgers, Wills hit .281/.331/.332 with 1,732 hits, 876 runs scored, 374 RBI and 490 stolen bases. All seven of his All-Star nominations came while he played with L.A., and Wills is the franchise’s all-time leader in stolen bases.
Allen, a seven-time All-Star and 1964 Rookie of the Year, played for the Dodgers in 1971 and hit .295/.395/.468 with 23 home runs and 90 RBI over 155 games. In 1972, he was named the American League MVP with the Chicago White Sox.
Along with the Golden Era Committee, the Early Baseball Era Committee will also vote on their own ballot, which includes Bill Dahlen, John Donaldson, Bud Fowler, Vic Harris, Grant “Home Run” Johnson, Lefty O’Doul, Buck O’Neil, Dick “Cannonball” Redding, Allie Reynolds and George “Tubby” Scales.
The committees will vote during the Winter Meetings on Dec. 5 and the results will be announced that same day live on MLB Network’s “MLB Tonight” at 3 p.m. PT.
Any candidate who receives votes on 75% of the ballots cast by either 16-member committee will earn election into Baseball Hall of Fame and be inducted in Cooperstown on July 24, 2022.
They will accompany along with any electees who emerge from the 2022 Baseball Writers’ Association of America election, to be announced on Jan. 25, 2022.
The Early Baseball Era (pre-1950) and Golden Days Era are two of four Era Committees, each of which provide an avenue for Hall of Fame consideration to managers, umpires and executives, as well as players retired for more than 15 seasons.
They are joined by the Today’s Game Committee (1988-present) and Modern Baseball Committee (1970-87).
The Golden Days era considers new members for the Hall of Fame once every five years. Both the ballot and electorate are created anew with each cycle for consideration.
Ehtier humbled by Arizona Sports Hall of Fame induction
Former Dodgers outfielder Andre Ethier was enshrined into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame during a ceremony for the class of 2020 at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale.
To be eligible for the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame, an individual must be a native of Arizona, immediately recognized as an Arizonan and/or have made at least two significant contributions to the athletics community in the state.
Ethier called it a “big honor and big privilege” to be inducted into the Arizona Sports Hall of Fame.
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