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The 2001 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame introduced a new election system. The Baseball Writers Association of America's (BBWAA) election to select from among recent players retained the same rules. However, the Veterans Committee election process was overhauled. The Veterans Committee held elections under the old system, since the new system was not enacted until late in the year. The next Veterans Committee elections, for both players and non-players, was in 2003.

The induction ceremonies were held on August 5 in Cooperstown, with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.

The BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1981 or later, but not after 1995; the ballot included candidates from the 2000 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1995. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.

Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2001 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 16, 2001. The ballot consisted of 32 players; 515 ballots were cast, with 387 votes required for election. A total of 3258 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.33 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote (26 votes) will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.

Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 13 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

†Dave Winfield
435
†Kirby Puckett
423
Gary Carter
334
Jim Rice
298
Bruce Sutter
245
Rich Gossage
228
Steve Garvey
176
Tommy John
146
†Don Mattingly
145
Jim Kaat
135
Bert Blyleven
121
Jack Morris
101
Dale Murphy
93
Dave Parker 84
Dave Concepcion 74
Luis Tiant
63
Keith Hernandez
41
†Dave Stewart 38
Ron Guidry
27
†Lou Whitaker
* 15
†Kirk Gibson
* 13
†Lance Parrish
* 9
†Tom Henke
* 6
†Dave Righetti
* 2
†Steve Bedrosian
* 1
†Tom Browning
* 1
†Ron Darling
* 1
†Jim Deshaies
* 1
†John Kruk
* 1
†Jose Rijo* 1
†Howard Johnson
* 0
†Andy Van Slyke
* 0

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