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The selections were made by the veterans committee at Oxon
Hill, Md., ahead of baseball's winter meetings. Selig and
Schuerholz will be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of
Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y., on July 30.
Selig, 82, served as commissioner from 1992 to 2015 and helped
grow the game, but was also in charge during the steroid era
that brought many records into question.
In 2005, Selig and other baseball figures were called to
Washington for a Congressional hearing into performance
enhancing drugs in the game.
Schuerholz helped build championship teams with the Kansas City
Royals (1985) and Atlanta Braves (1995), becoming the first
general manager to win a World Series in both the American and
National Leagues.
The 76-year-old remains president of the Braves.
Results of voting on modern-day players eligible for
enshrinement this year will be announced on Jan. 18.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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