page_title: Veterans Committee
section_title: 2012
hierarchical_section_title: Veterans Committee / Committee members / 2012
caption_attribution_description: English: Baseball executive Roland Hemond at the 2014 annual convention of the Society for American Baseball Research.
context_page_description: The Veterans Committee is the popular name of various committees of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum that elect participants other than recently retired players.
  Originally, it referenced the National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee to Consider Managers, Umpires, Executives and Long-Retired Players; a former voting committee of the Baseball Hall of Fame that provided an opportunity for Hall of Fame enshrinement to all individuals who are eligible for induction but ineligible for consideration by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. The term "Veterans Committee" is taken from the body's former official name: National Baseball Hall of Fame Committee on Baseball Veterans.
  In July 2010, the Veterans Committee name was changed by the Hall of Fame's board of directors and its name was no longer officially used by the Hall of Fame, which established three 16-member voting committees by era, although the term "Veterans Committee" remains in use by some sports media:
  Expansion Era Committee
  Golden Era Committee
  Pre-Integration Era Committee
context_section_description: As of November 2012, for 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, the 16-member Pre-Integration Era Committee was announced:
  Executives: Bill DeWitt, Pat Gillick, Roland Hemond, Gary Hughes
  Former players: Bert Blyleven, Phil Niekro, Don Sutton, Bob Watson
  Historians: Jim Henneman, Steve Hirdt, Tom Simon, Mark Whicker
  Media members: Peter Morris, Phil Pepe, Claire Smith, T. R. Sullivan
caption: Roland Hemond
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