Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee

February 2, 1969 – Pitchers Stan Coveleski and Waite Hoyt are voted into the Hall of Fame by the Special Veterans Committee.

Stan Coveleski learned control as a youngster by throwing rocks at tin cans that swung from a tree. Though he pitched a shutout in his first big league start with the Athletics in 1912, it was the spitball he later learned in the Minor Leagues that helped make him a star. A five-time 20-game winner with Cleveland and Washington en route to 215 career victories, he emerged as the hero in the 1920 World Series, with three complete-game wins against Brooklyn while yielding only two runs.