Eligibility requires that a player has " been retired five seasons " or deceased for at least six months, disqualifying 14 active players and six players who have been retired for less than five seasons.

Eligibility requires that a player has " been retired five seasons " or deceased for at least six months, disqualifying two active players ( Rodriguez and Soriano ) and Bonds ( who retired in 2007 and will be eligible for the next Hall of Fame election in ).

Eligibility requires that a player has " been retired five seasons " or be deceased for at least six months, disqualifying nine living players who have been active within the past five seasons.

Eligibility requires that a player has " been retired five seasons " or deceased for at least six months ,< ref >

0.005 seconds.