Editing Mark McGwire (section)

===National Baseball Hall of Fame consideration===
McGwire first became eligible for [[National Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum|Hall of Fame]] voting in 2007. For election, a player needs to be listed on 75% of ballots cast; falling under 5% removes a player from future consideration. Between 2007 and 2010, McGwire's performance held steady, receiving 128 votes (23.5%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2007|2007]], 128 votes (23.6%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2008|2008]], 118 votes (21.9%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2009|2009]], and 128 votes (23.7%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2010|2010]]. The [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2011|2011 ballot]] resulted in his first sub-20% total of 115 votes (19.8%), and McGwire's total votes continued to decline (112 votes (19.5%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2012|2012]], 96 votes (16.9%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2013|2013]], 63 votes (11.0%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2014|2014]] and 55 votes (10.0%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2015|2015]]) until he was eliminated after receiving only 54 votes (12.3%) in [[Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2016|2016]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2016.shtml|title=2016 Hall of Fame Voting - Baseball-Reference.com|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=March 27, 2018|archive-date=February 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208134659/https://www.baseball-reference.com/awards/hof_2016.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>

A second path for entering the Hall of Fame is through the Hall's "Era Committees" structure, formerly known as the [[Veterans Committee]], which may consider retired players whose eligibility has fallen outside of the traditional 10-year ballot period. <ref>{{cite web |title=Era Committees |url=https://baseballhall.org/hall-of-famers/rules/eras-committees |access-date=May 13, 2025 |website=[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]}}</ref>  Entry into the Hall of Fame requires a "yes" vote from 12 of the 16 committee members.  The last committee vote was in December 2022, in which McGwire did not receive the required number of votes. The next vote is anticipated in December 2025.