Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2011 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. A new Veterans Committee convened to select from a ballot of long-retired players and non-playing personnel who made their greatest contributions to the sport in 1973 and after, called the "Expansion Era" by the Hall.