The Hall's 2011 BBWAA ballot -- the candidates

The Hall announced the 2011 BBWAA ballot, 33 total candidates, of which 14 are holdovers from last year and 19 are ballot rookies.

The candidates (ballot years remaining including this one; "rookie" indicates the full 15 years):

Roberto Alomar (14)
Carlos Baerga (rookie)
Jeff Bagwell (rookie)
Harold Baines (11)
Bert Blyleven (2)
Bret Boone (rookie)
Kevin Brown (rookie)
John Franco (rookie)
Juan Gonzalez (rookie)
Marquis Grissom (rookie)
Lenny Harris (rookie)
Bobby Higginson (rookie)
Charles Johnson (rookie)
Barry Larkin (14)
Al Leiter (rookie)
Edgar Martinez (14)
Tino Martinez (rookie)
Don Mattingly (5)
Fred McGriff (14)
Mark McGwire (11)
Raul Mondesi (rookie)
Jack Morris (4)
Dale Murphy (3)
John Olerud (rookie)
Rafael Palmeiro (rookie)
Dave Parker (1 -- yep, his final BBWAA ballot)
Tim Raines (12)
Kirk Rueter (rookie)
Benito Santiago (rookie)
Lee Smith (7)
BJ Surhoff (rookie)
Alan Trammell (6)
Larry Walker (rookie)

I'll start running through their qualifications over the next week.

The Hall and the BBWAA will announce the results on Wednesday, January 5, 2011.