It’s been 23 years since Jack Morris retired, 22 years for Lou Whitaker, and 21 years for Alan Trammell.
The legendary Detroit Tigers will find out early next month if they’re Cooperstown candidacies will get a reboot, when the Baseball Hall of Fame releases its Modern Baseball ballot Nov. 6.
While the names on the ballot, to include players whose greatest impact came between the years 1970 and 1987, are being kept under wraps, the Hall of Fame confirmed that all three former Tigers are eligible to be on the ballot.
A rule change two years states that players who fall off the Baseball Writers Association of America ballot after their eligibility ends are eligible for the Eras Committee ballot as soon as that fall of the same year.