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The Veterans Committee , officially the National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans , is a committee of the U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame that provides an additional opportunity for Hall of Fame election to players passed over in initial Hall of Fame balloting by the Baseball Writers Association of America. Through special subcommittees, it also serves as the sole voting body for the election of managers, umpires, and executives.
During much of its existence, the Veterans Committee consisted of 15 members selected by the Hall of Fame for defined terms. A six-man subcommittee of this group met as a screening committee to determine who would be on the ballot. The committee met annually to consider candidates in four separate categories:
- Players
- Managers
- Umpires
- Executives
The Veterans Committee met privately, and its ballots and voting results were generally not revealed prior to 2003. From the mid-1970s until 2001, the top candidate in each category was elected to the Hall of Fame if he earned at least 75% of the committee's votes.