Baseball Hall of Fame cancels 2020 induction ceremony

MLB legends Derek Jeter and Larry Walker will have to wait another year to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as the July 26 induction ceremony has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic on Wednesday.

Instead, the class will be included at next year's induction festivities on July 25, 2021, the Baseball Hall of Fame said.

In addition to Jeter and Walker, catcher Ted Simmons and the late Marvin Miller, the players' union head who negotiated free agency and transformed the sport, will also be honored next year.

This will be the first year without an induction ceremony since 1960.

The Colorado Rockies' Larry Walker at bat during a game against the San Francisco Giants in 2003. (VCG)

Bud Selig, Ivan Rodriguez, John Schuerholz, Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell pose for a photo at Clark Sports Center during the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony on July 30, 2017 in Cooperstown, New York. (VCG)