Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2000 followed the system in use since 1995. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected two: Carlton Fisk and Tony Perez.The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions and selected three people from multiple classified ballots: Sparky Anderson, Bid McPhee, and Turkey Stearnes.Induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were held July 23 with George Grande as emcee.==The BBWAA election==The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1980 or later, but not after 1994; the ballot included candidates from the 1999 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in