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The 2004 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players. The Veterans Committee did not hold an election; the 2001 rules changes provided that elections for players retired over 20 years would be held every other year, with elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives) held every fourth year. The Committee held elections in 2003 in both categories, including players who were active no later than 1981. The next election for players was in 2005; elections in both categories will again be held in 2007.

The induction ceremonies were held on July 25 in Cooperstown, with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.

The BBWAA election

The BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1984 or later, but not after 1998; the ballot included candidates from the 2003 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 1998. 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 2004 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 6. The ballot consisted of 32 players; 506 ballots were cast, with 380 votes required for election. A total of 3314 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.55 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote (25 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 15 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

†Paul Molitor
- 431
†Dennis Eckersley
- 421
Ryne Sandberg
- 309
Bruce Sutter
- 301
Jim Rice
- 276
Andre Dawson
- 253
Rich "Goose" Gossage
- 206
Lee Smith - 185
Bert Blyleven
- 179
Jack Morris
- 133
Steve Garvey
- 123
Tommy John
- 111
Alan Trammell
- 70
Don Mattingly
- 65
Dave Concepción
- 57
Dave Parker
- 53
Dale Murphy
- 43
Keith Hernandez
* - 22
†Joe Carter
* - 19
Fernando Valenzuela
* - 19
†Dennis Martínez
* - 16
†Dave Stieb
* - 7
†Jim Eisenreich
* - 3
†Jimmy Key
* - 3
†Doug Drabek
* - 2
†Kevin Mitchell
* - 2
†Juan Samuel
* - 2
†Cecil Fielder
* - 1
†Randy Myers
* - 1
†Terry Pendleton
* - 1
†Danny Darwin
* - 0
†Bob Tewksbury
* - 0

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