Pete Rose has been ineligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame since 1991, when the Hall's board of directors adopted a new bylaw excluding from consideration anyone on Major League Baseball's Ineligible List. read more
Hall of Fame eligibility. On February 4, 1991, the Hall of Fame voted formally to exclude individuals on the permanently ineligible list from being inducted into the Hall of Fame by way of the Baseball Writers' Association of America vote. read more