Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame

Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame

On March 10, 1982, shortstop Travis Jackson and former commissioner Happy Chandler are elected to the Hall of Fame. Jackson played 15 years for the New York Giants, batting .291 for his career. Chandler served as baseball’s leader for six years and oversaw the end of baseball’s color line in 1947, when Jackie Robinson debuted…