Willie McCovey, who hit 521 home runs...

Willie McCovey, who hit 521 home runs in 22 major league seasons, and Minnie Minoso, who played in five different decades, are among 14 first-year candidates for baseball’s Hall of Fame.

Other first-year candidates are Jack Billingham, Paul Blair, Jose Cardenal, Dave Cash, Vic Davalillo, Bud Harrelson, John Hiller, Willie Horton, Darold Knowles, Tim McCarver, J.R. Richard and Manny Sanguillen.

Among the 27 holdovers on this year’s baseball writers’ ballot are Billy Williams, who got 252 votes last year, Jim Bunning, who got 214, and Catfish Hunter, who got 212.