Members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America have the right to vote with results shared on Jan. 22. The electorate has enshrined a record 16 candidates over the past five years.
Halladay, who finished his career with a pair of Cy Young awards and a pair of no-hitters, is a near guarantee for enshrinement and has a realistic chance of being a first ballot Hall of Famer.
An eight-time All-Star, Halladay's 64.3 WAR is about 9 WAR shy of the average pitcher (63) currently in the Hall of Fame. However, he dominated baseball for nearly a decade and finished seven seasons in the top-five voting for the Cy Young award.
Curt Schilling, a former ace for the Phillies in the 1990s, returns on the ballot with four chances remaining to earn enshrinement via the writers' ballot. He appeared on nearly 52-percent of ballots in 2018, needing to reach the threshold of 75-percent for enshrinement.
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