2012 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2012 proceeded according to rules most recently revised in July 2010. As in the past, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from a ballot of recently retired players, with results announced on January 9, 2012. The Golden Era Committee, the second of three new era committees established by the July 2010 rules change, replacing the Veterans Committee, convened early in December 2011 to select from a Golden Era ballot of retired players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport between 1947 and 1972, called the "Golden Era" by the Hall of Fame.
| New inductees | 2 |
|---|---|
| via BBWAA | 1 |
| via Golden Era Committee | 1 |
| Total inductees | 297 |
| Induction date | July 22, 2012 |
The induction class consisted of Ron Santo, elected by the Golden Era Committee, and Barry Larkin, elected by the BBWAA.
The induction ceremonies were held on July 22, 2012, at the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. On July 21, the Hall presented two awards for media excellence—its own Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters and the BBWAA's J. G. Taylor Spink Award for writers.