LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Former general manager Pat Gillick, who led the Toronto Blue Jays to back-to-back World Series in the early 1990s, was elected to baseball's Hall of Fame on Monday by the Veterans Committee.
In his fifth time on the ballot, former players' association head Marvin Miller fell one vote short of the 75 per cent needed for election and Dave Concepcion, a nine-time all-star shortstop, was third with eight votes from the 16-man committee that considered candidates from the expansion era, 1973 on.
George Steinbrenner, the New York Yankees owner from 1973 until his death in July, was among the candidates who received fewer than eight votes.
Gillick was GM of Toronto, Baltimore, Seattle and Philadelphia, winning World Series titles with the Blue Jays in 1992 and 1993, and with the Phillies in 2008. He will be inducted into Cooperstown during ceremonies on July 24 along with any players chosen next month by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.
Speaking at a news conference at the winter meetings, Gillick thanked all the people he's worked with over the years.
"They all share in this award," he said. "You can't do this job alone. You've got to have help."
The 93-year-old Miller, who led the Major League Baseball Players Association from 1966-81, had asked not to be included on the ballot. An antagonist of baseball owners who helped players gain free agency and multimillion salaries, he received 44 per cent in 2003 and 63 per cent in 2007 when all Hall of Famers could vote on the veterans panel.
After the Hall downsized the committee, he got 3 of 12 votes in 2007 -- when seven on the panel were from management -- and 7 of 12 last year.
Under changes adopted by the Hall last summer, managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players from the expansion era were considered this year. The golden era (1947-72) will be voted on in 2011 and the pre-integration era (1871-1946) will be judged in 2012.
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