Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
1962 – Edd Roush and Bill McKechnie are added to the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.
Billy Hamilton and Max Carey are selected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
1961 – Billy Hamilton and Max Carey are selected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
DiMaggio bypassed as Dean and Simmons get the Hall of Fame call
On January 21, 1953, pitcher Dizzy Dean and outfielder Al Simmons are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America surprisingly bypasses former New York Yankees great Joe DiMaggio in his first year on the Hall of Fame ballot. DiMaggio will gain an election two years later. Dean gathers 209…
Mickey Cochrane, Frankie Frisch, Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell join the Hall of fame
1947 – A rule change that allows voting only for players who were active after 1921 produces four new Hall of Fame members: catcher Mickey Cochrane, second baseman Frankie Frisch, and pitchers Lefty Grove and Carl Hubbell, all former Most Valuable Players and World Series winners. Pie Traynor misses selection by two votes. Hubbell was forbidden by Ty Cobb to throw his screwball in Detroit’s farm system, but used it to win 253 games for the New York Giants; Frisch went to the World Series eight times and batted .316 over 19 seasons; Grove won 300 games, and his battery-mate Cochrane retired with .320, the highest lifetime batting average of any catcher.
The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame
1945 – The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of Fame. A runoff election is formulated as a way to qualify more players for selection, but it fails to meet its objective as no one reaches the 75 percent requirement in the runoff. Former players Frank Chance, Johnny Evers and Ed Walsh and former manager Miller Huggins come closest.
Baseball Writers Association of America elects second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, outfielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Cy Young to the Cooperstown shrine
On January 19, 1937, in their second annual Hall of Fame election, the Baseball Writers Association of America elects second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, outfielder Tris Speaker and pitcher Cy Young to the Cooperstown shrine. The trio will be honored at the Hall’s first induction ceremony in 1939 joining, last year’s inaugural selection of…
