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The 78-year-old Leyland, who guided four teams
and won two American League pennants with the Detroit Tigers
after leading the then-Florida Marlins to the World Series
championship in 1997, was the only manager, executive or umpire
to get the nod from the newly formed Contemporary Baseball Era
Non-Players Committee.
Candidates needed 12 votes from the 16-member panel, and Leyland
received 15. Voting took place in Nashville, Tenn., as part of
MLB's winter meetings. His Hall of Fame induction ceremony will
be next July 21 in Cooperstown, N.Y.
Lou Piniella, who won 1,835 games managing for 23 seasons with
five teams and won a World Series title with the Cincinnati
Reds, received 11 votes. Former National League president Bill
White picked up 10. No other candidates reached five votes.
The non-players category was created to give managers,
executives and umpires a better chance at getting Hall of Fame
election. No manager had been so honored since 2013, when Bobby
Cox, Tony La Russa and Joe Torre were voted in.
Leyland's managerial career began with the Pittsburgh Pirates in
1986 and lasted 11 seasons. He won three straight NL East
Division titles from 1990-92 and won 851 games.
Amid ownership-ordered payroll cuts and last-place finishes in
three of four seasons, Leyland left the Pirates and took over
the Marlins. His team won 92 games to claim a wild-card berth in
his first of two seasons there and beat the then-Cleveland
Indians in seven games in the 1997 World Series.
After one at the helm of the Colorado Rockies in 1999, Leyland
took over the Detroit Tigers in 2006 and won 700 games in eight
seasons, including the AL crown in 2006 and 2012.
Others on the ballot included former managers Cito Gaston and
Davey Johnson, umpires Ed Montague and Joe West and executive
Hank Peters.
--Field Level Media
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