Former Yankees broadcaster Bill White and former Mets general manager Sandy Alderson are among eight candidates on the Contemporary Baseball Era ballot for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Class of 2027.
The ballot, announced Monday, also includes Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon, Lou Piniella, Brian Sabean and Ted Turner, according to MLB.com. Results will be announced Sunday, Dec. 6.
A 16-member panel of Hall of Fame players, major league executives, media members and historians will consider the candidates. Election requires at least 75% support, or 12 votes.
This Contemporary Baseball Era ballot considers managers, executives and umpires whose major contributions came in the later decades of baseball history. This year's eight nominees all built prominent careers in management or executive leadership, several after playing in the majors.
White's career spans playing, broadcasting and league leadership
White spent 18 seasons calling Yankees games alongside Phil Rizzuto after a 13-year playing career with the Giants, Cardinals and Phillies.
An eight-time All-Star and seven-time Gold Glove winner at first base, he helped St. Louis win the 1964 World Series. He finished with 202 home runs and an .806 on-base-plus-slugging percentage.
In 1989, White became National League president, the first Black president of a major North American sports league. He served through 1994 and oversaw the league's expansion to include Colorado and Florida in 1993.
White received the Hall's Buck O'Neil Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2026, a separate honor from the election now under consideration.
Alderson helped build contenders in Oakland and New York
Alderson left private law practice to become the Athletics' general counsel in 1981 and succeeded Billy Martin as general manager in 1983. Oakland reached three straight World Series from 1988 through 1990, winning in 1989, and returned to the American League Championship Series in 1992.
He remained with the club through 1997 before Billy Beane succeeded him. Alderson then worked as MLB's executive vice president for baseball operations from 1998 through 2005 and as San Diego's chief executive from 2005 through 2009, a period that included division titles in 2005 and 2006.
As Mets general manager through the 2018 season, he helped assemble the team that reached the 2015 World Series, losing to Kansas City in five games. Baseball America named him Executive of the Year that season. He was elected to the Athletics' Hall of Fame in 2026.
Piniella and Sabean also have Yankees ties
Piniella won the 1977 and 1978 World Series during an 18-year playing career spent primarily with the Yankees. He managed New York beginning in 1986, briefly moved to the general manager's job and returned to managing midway through 1988.
He led Cincinnati to a wire-to-wire division title and a World Series sweep of Oakland in 1990. His Seattle tenure from 1993 through 2002 included the franchise's first postseason appearance in 1995 and a record 116-win season in 2001, which ended with a loss to the Yankees in the ALCS.
Piniella later managed Tampa Bay from 2003 through 2005 and the Cubs from 2007 through 2010, taking Chicago to the postseason in 2007 and 2008. He has appeared on three previous Era Committee ballots and fell one vote short in both 2018 and 2023.
Sabean worked in Yankees scouting and player development from 1986 through 1992 after coaching at the University of Tampa, where he led the school to its first NCAA tournament appearance.
He became San Francisco's general manager in 1997. During his 29-year Giants tenure, the organization won the 2010, 2012 and 2014 World Series, four National League pennants, five division titles and three additional wild-card postseason berths. Baseball America named Sabean Executive of the Year in 2003 and 2012.
Baker and Bochy bring championship managerial records
Baker ranks eighth in managerial victories with 2,183 and is the only manager to take five different clubs to the postseason, according to MLB.com.
After playing for the Braves, Dodgers, Giants and Athletics, he joined San Francisco's coaching staff and became manager in 1993. His first Giants team won 103 games, and his 2002 club reached the World Series before losing to the Angels in seven games.
Baker subsequently took the Cubs within one victory of the 2003 World Series, led Cincinnati to three postseason appearances and guided Washington to the playoffs in both 2016 and 2017. He joined Houston in 2020, won the 2022 World Series and retired after the 2023 season.
Bochy won four World Series and ranks sixth with 2,252 managerial victories. A former catcher for the Astros, Mets and Padres, he is one of three managers to take three different teams to the World Series.
He managed San Diego beginning in 1995, winning three division titles and the 1998 National League pennant. With San Francisco, he won championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014 before retiring after 2019.
Bochy returned to manage Texas in 2023 and immediately led the Rangers to their first World Series championship. He retired after 2025 and now serves as a special adviser to Giants baseball operations.
Maddon ended the Cubs' championship drought
Maddon, a three-time Manager of the Year, began his baseball career as a minor league catcher in the Angels' system. He managed and instructed in the minors before joining the major league coaching staff in 1994.
He took over Tampa Bay in 2006 and led the Rays to their first World Series in 2008, followed by playoff appearances in 2010, 2011 and 2013.
In 2015, his first season with the Cubs, Chicago reached the NLCS before being swept by Alderson's Mets. The following year, the Cubs beat Cleveland in seven games to end a 108-year championship drought.
Maddon's Cubs returned to the postseason in 2017 and 2018. He later managed the Angels from 2020 through 2022.
Turner helped turn Atlanta into a perennial contender
Turner, who died May 6, founded TBS in 1976 and CNN in 1980 and owned the Braves from 1976 through 1996.
Atlanta won the 1995 World Series during a run of 14 consecutive division titles and five National League pennants. Its core included pitchers Greg Maddux, John Smoltz and Tom Glavine, who combined for seven Cy Young Awards, along with Chipper Jones, Fred McGriff, David Justice and Marquis Grissom.
MLB.com credited Turner's ownership with establishing a foundation that continued to produce postseason teams after his tenure, including another championship in 2021.
The committee's Dec. 6 announcement will determine which, if any, of the eight candidates join the Class of 2027.
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