eball Hall of Fame, in order of induction. Elections commenced in 1936 for selection of worthy individuals to be honored by induction to the Baseball Hall of Fame, though the first induction ceremonies were not held until the Hall opened in 1939. Through January 2007, a total of 280 individuals have been selected, including 227 players, 17 managers, 8 umpires, and 28 pioneers and executives. Each is listed along with their primary position; that is, the position or role in which the player made his greatest contribution to baseball, according to the Hall of Fame.
According to current rules, in order to be inducted players must have at least 10 years of major league experience and pass through a screening committee. Players meeting these qualifications are placed on the ballot five years after retirement, and are then voted on by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA). Each writer may vote for up to 10 players, and in order to be admitted into the Hall of Fame, a player must be approved by 75% of those casting ballots. Players receiving less than 5% approval are removed from future BBWAA ballots. Current rules allow that all players which have not been approved by the BBWAA election process within 20 years of their retirement may also be considered by the Veterans Committee every two years, and every four years that committee also votes on umpires, managers, pioneers, and executives. Over the years, exceptions have been made to the guidelines in place at the time: Roberto Clemente was elected shortly after his death in 1972, Lou Gehrig was elected in 1939 immediately following his retirement, and Addie Joss was elected in 1978 although he completed only 9 seasons before his death, as a result of a special resolution. Judge Landis was chosen by special action in December, 1944 a few weeks after his death.
Between 1971 and 1977, 9 players from the Negro Leagues were inducted by a special Negro Leagues Committee, which was given the task of identifying worthy players who played in the Negro Leagues prior to the breaking of baseball's color line. From 1978-2001, players from the Negro Leagues had been considered by the Veterans Committee, and 9 more individuals were approved by that body. In 2005, the Hall announced the formation of a Committee on African-American Baseball, which held a 2006 election for eligible figures from the Negro Leagues and earlier 19th century teams; 17 additional Negro League figures were chosen in that election.
Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame[]
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Year | Name | Primary Position* | Career | Percent of vote |
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1936 | Ty Cobb | CF | 1905-1928 | 98.23% |
Walter Johnson | P | 1907-1927 | 83.63% | |
Christy Mathewson | P | 1900-1916 | 90.71% | |
Babe Ruth | RF-P | 1914-1935 | 95.13% | |
Honus Wagner | SS | 1897-1917 | 95.13% | |
1937 | Morgan Bulkeley | Executive | † | |
Ban Johnson | Executive | † | ||
Nap Lajoie | 2B | 1896-1916 | 83.58% | |
Connie Mack | Mgr | 1894-1950 | † | |
John McGraw | Mgr-3B | 1899, 1901-1932 | † | |
Tris Speaker | CF | 1907-1928 | 82.09% | |
George Wright | Pioneer | † | ||
Cy Young | P | 1890-1911 | 76.12% | |
1938 | Grover Cleveland Alexander | P | 1911-1929 | 80.92% |
Alexander Cartwright | Pioneer | † | ||
[[Image:Template:Country flag alias GBR|22x20px]] Henry Chadwick | Pioneer | † | ||
1939 | Cap Anson | 1B | 1876-1897 (NA 1871-1875) | † |
Eddie Collins | 2B | 1906-1930 | 77.74% | |
Charles Comiskey | Mgr-Executive | † | ||
Candy Cummings | Pioneer | † | ||
Buck Ewing | C | 1880-1897 | † | |
Lou Gehrig | 1B | 1923-1939 | ||
Willie Keeler | RF | 1892-1910 | 75.55% | |
Charles Radbourn | P | 1881-1891 | † | |
George Sisler | 1B | 1915-1922, 1924-1930 | 85.77% | |
Albert Spalding | P-Pioneer | † | ||
1940-41 | No elections | |||
1942 | Rogers Hornsby | 2B | 1915-1937 | 78.11% |
1943 | No election | |||
1944 | Kenesaw Mountain Landis | Executive | † | |
1945 | Roger Bresnahan | C | 1897, 1900-1915 | † |
Dan Brouthers | 1B | 1879-1896, 1904 | † | |
Fred Clarke | LF-Mgr | 1894-1911, 1913-1915 | † | |
Jimmy Collins | 3B | 1895-1908 | † | |
Ed Delahanty | LF | 1888-1903 | † | |
Hugh Duffy | CF | 1888-1906 | † | |
Hughie Jennings | SS-Mgr | 1891-1903, 1907, 1909-1910, 1912, 1918 | † | |
King Kelly | RF-C | 1878-1893 | † | |
Jim O'Rourke | LF | 1876-1893, 1904 (NA 1872-1875) | † | |
Wilbert Robinson | C-Mgr | 1902, 1914-1931 | † | |
1946 | Jesse Burkett | LF | 1890-1905 | † |
Frank Chance | 1B-Mgr | 1898-1914 | † | |
Jack Chesbro | P | 1899-1909 | † | |
Johnny Evers | 2B | 1902-1917, 1922, 1929 | † | |
Clark Griffith | P-Executive | † | ||
Tommy McCarthy | RF | 1884-1896 | † | |
Joe McGinnity | P | 1899-1908 | † | |
Eddie Plank | P | 1901-1917 | † | |
Joe Tinker | SS | 1902-1916 | † | |
Rube Waddell | P | 1897, 1899-1910 | † | |
Ed Walsh | P | 1904-1917 | † | |
1947 | Mickey Cochrane | C | 1925-1937 | 79.5% |
Frankie Frisch | 2B | 1919-1937 | 84.47% | |
Lefty Grove | P | 1925-1941 | 76.4% | |
Carl Hubbell | P | 1928-1943 | 86.96% | |
1948 | Herb Pennock | P | 1912-1917, 1919-1934 | 77.69% |
Pie Traynor | 3B | 1920-1935, 1937 | 76.86% | |
1949 | Mordecai Brown | P | 1903-1916 | † |
Charlie Gehringer | 2B | 1924-1942 | 85.03% | |
Kid Nichols | P | 1890-1901, 1904-1906 | † | |
1950 | None elected | |||
1951 | Jimmie Foxx | 1B | 1925-1942, 1944-1945 | 79.2% |
Mel Ott | RF | 1926-1947 | 87.17% | |
1952 | Harry Heilmann | RF | 1914, 1916-1931 | 86.75% |
Paul Waner | RF | 1926-1945 | 83.33% | |
1953 | Ed Barrow | Executive | † | |
Chief Bender | P | 1903-1917, 1925 | † | |
Tommy Connolly | Umpire | (1898-1932) | † | |
Dizzy Dean | P | 1930, 1932-1941, 1947 | 79.17% | |
Bill Klem | Umpire | (1905-1941) | † | |
Al Simmons | LF | 1924-1941, 1943-1944 | 75.38% | |
Bobby Wallace | SS | 1894-1918 | † | |
Harry Wright | Mgr-Pioneer | † | ||
1954 | Bill Dickey | C | 1928-1943, 1946 | 80.16% |
Rabbit Maranville | SS | 1912-1933, 1935 | 82.94% | |
Bill Terry | 1B | 1923-1936 | 77.38% | |
1955 | Frank Baker | 3B | 1908-1914, 1916-1919, 1921-1922 | † |
Joe DiMaggio | CF | 1936-1942, 1946-1951 | 88.84% | |
Gabby Hartnett | C | 1922-1941 | 77.69% | |
Ted Lyons | P | 1923-1942, 1946 | 86.45% | |
Ray Schalk | C | 1912-1929 | † | |
Dazzy Vance | P | 1915, 1918, 1922-1935 | 81.67% | |
1956 | Joe Cronin | SS | 1926-1945 | 78.76% |
Hank Greenberg | 1B | 1930, 1933-1941, 1945-1947 | 84.97% | |
1957 | Sam Crawford | RF | 1899-1917 | † |
Joe McCarthy | Mgr | 1926-1946, 1948-1950 | † | |
1958 | None elected | |||
1959 | Zack Wheat | LF | 1909-1927 | † |
1960 | None elected | |||
1961 | Max Carey | CF | 1910-1929 | † |
Billy Hamilton | CF | 1888-1901 | † | |
1962 | Bob Feller | P | 1936-1941, 1945-1956 | 93.75% |
Bill McKechnie | Mgr | 1915, 1922-1926, 1928-1946 | † | |
Jackie Robinson | 2B | 1947-1956 | 77.5% | |
Edd Roush | CF | 1913-1929, 1931 | † | |
1963 | John Clarkson | P | 1882, 1884-1894 | † |
Elmer Flick | RF | 1898-1910 | † | |
Sam Rice | RF | 1915-1934 | † | |
Eppa Rixey | P | 1912-1917, 1919-1933 | † | |
1964 | Luke Appling | SS | 1930-1943, 1945-1950 | 84% |
Red Faber | P | 1914-1933 | † | |
Burleigh Grimes | P | 1916-1934 | † | |
Miller Huggins | 2B-Mgr | 1913-1929 | † | |
Tim Keefe | P | 1880-1893 | † | |
Heinie Manush | LF | 1923-1939 | † | |
Monte Ward | P-SS | 1878-1894 | † | |
1965 | Pud Galvin | P | 1879-1892 (NA 1875) | † |
1966 | Casey Stengel | Mgr | 1934-1936, 1938-1943, 1946-1960, 1962-1965 | † |
Ted Williams | LF | 1939-1942, 1946-1960 | 93.38% | |
1967 | Branch Rickey | Executive | † | |
Red Ruffing | P | 1924-1942, 1945-1947 | 86.93% | |
Lloyd Waner | CF | 1927-1942, 1944-1945 | † | |
1968 | Kiki Cuyler | RF | 1921-1938 | † |
Goose Goslin | LF | 1921-1938 | † | |
Joe Medwick | LF | 1932-1948 | 84.81% | |
1969 | Roy Campanella | C | 1948-1957 | 79.41% |
Stan Coveleski | P | 1912, 1916-1928 | † | |
Waite Hoyt | P | 1918-1938 | † | |
Stan Musial | LF-1B | 1941-1944, 1946-1963 | 93.24% | |
1970 | Lou Boudreau | SS | 1938-1952 | 77.33% |
Earle Combs | CF | 1924-1935 | † | |
Ford Frick | Executive | † | ||
Jesse Haines | P | 1918, 1920-1937 | † | |
1971 | Dave Bancroft | SS | 1915-1930 | † |
Jake Beckley | 1B | 1888-1907 | † | |
Chick Hafey | LF | 1924-1935, 1937 | † | |
Harry Hooper | RF | 1909-1925 | † | |
Joe Kelley | LF | 1891-1906, 1908 | † | |
Rube Marquard | P | 1908-1925 | † | |
Satchel Paige | P | 1927-1948, 1950-1951 1955 (Negro Leagues); 1948-1949, 1951-1953, 1965 (American League) | ‡ | |
George Weiss | Executive | † | ||
1972 | Yogi Berra | C | 1946-1963, 1965 | 85.61% |
Josh Gibson | C | 1930-1946 | ‡ | |
Lefty Gomez | P | 1930-1943 | † | |
Will Harridge | Executive | † | ||
Sandy Koufax | P | 1955-1966 | 86.87% | |
Buck Leonard | 1B | 1933-1950 | ‡ | |
Early Wynn | P | 1939, 1941-1944, 1946-1963 | 76.01% | |
Ross Youngs | RF | 1917-1926 | † | |
1973 | Roberto Clemente | RF | 1955-1972 | 92.69% |
Billy Evans | Umpire | (1906-1927) | † | |
Monte Irvin | LF | 1939-1942, 1946-1948 (Negro Leagues) 1949-1956 (National League) | ‡ | |
George Kelly | 1B | 1915-1917, 1919-1930, 1932 | † | |
Warren Spahn | P | 1942, 1946-1965 | 82.89% | |
Mickey Welch | P | 1880-1892 | † | |
1974 | Cool Papa Bell | CF | 1922-1938, 1942, 1947-1950 | ‡ |
Jim Bottomley | 1B | 1922-1937 | † | |
Jocko Conlan | Umpire | 1935, 1941-1965 | 82.89% | |
Whitey Ford | P | 1950, 1953-1967 | 77.81% | |
Mickey Mantle | CF | 1951-1968 | 88.22% | |
Sam Thompson | RF | 1885-1898, 1906. | † | |
1975 | Earl Averill | CF | 1930-1941 | † |
Bucky Harris | Mgr | 1924-1943, 1947-1948, 1950-1956 | † | |
Billy Herman | 2B | 1931-1943, 1946-1947 | † | |
Judy Johnson | 3B | 1918-1937 | ‡ | |
Ralph Kiner | LF | 1946-1955 | 75.41% | |
1976 | Oscar Charleston | CF | 1915-1950, 1954 | ‡ |
Roger Connor | 1B | 1880-1897 | † | |
Cal Hubbard | Umpire | 1936-1951 | † | |
Bob Lemon | P | 1946-1958 (1941-1942 as non-P) | 78.61% | |
Freddie Lindstrom | 3B | 1924-1935 | 75.41% | |
Robin Roberts | P | 1948-1966 | 86.86% | |
1977 | Ernie Banks | SS-1B | 1953-1971 | 83.81% |
Martín Dihigo | P-2B | 1923-1931, 1935-1936, 1945 | ‡ | |
John Henry "Pop" Lloyd | SS | 1906-1932 | ‡ | |
Al Lopez | C-Mgr | 1951-1965, 1968-1969 | † | |
Amos Rusie | P | 1889-1895, 1897-1898, 1901 | † | |
Joe Sewell | SS | 1920-1933 | † | |
1978 | Addie Joss | P | 1902-1910 | † |
Larry MacPhail | Executive | † | ||
Eddie Mathews | 3B | 1952-1968 | 79.42% | |
1979 | Warren Giles | Executive | † | |
Willie Mays | CF | 1951-1952, 1954-1973 | 94.68% | |
Hack Wilson | CF | 1923-1934 | † | |
1980 | Al Kaline | RF | 1953-1974 | 88.31% |
Chuck Klein | CF | 1928-1944 | † | |
Duke Snider | CF | 1947-1964 | 86.49% | |
Tom Yawkey | Executive | † | ||
1981 | Rube Foster | P-Mgr | 1902-1926 | † |
Bob Gibson | P | 1959-1975 | 84.04% | |
Johnny Mize | 1B | 1936-1942, 1946-1953 | † | |
1982 | Hank Aaron | RF | 1954-1976 | 97.83% | |
Albert "Happy" Chandler | Executive | † | ||
Travis Jackson | SS | 1922-1936 | † | |
Frank Robinson | RF | 1956-1976 | 89.16% | |
1983 | Walter Alston | Mgr | 1954-1976 | † |
George Kell | 3B | 1943-1957 | † | |
Juan Marichal | P | 1960-1975 | 83.69% | |
Brooks Robinson | 3B | 1955-1977 | 91.98% | |
1984 | Luis Aparicio | SS | 1956-1973 | 84.62% |
Don Drysdale | P | 1956-1969 | 78.41% | |
Rick Ferrell | C | 1929-1945, 1947 | † | |
Harmon Killebrew | 1B-3B | 1954-1975 | 83.13% | |
Pee Wee Reese | SS | 1940-1942, 1946-1958 | † | |
1985 | Lou Brock | LF | 1961-1979 | 79.75% |
Enos Slaughter | RF | 1938-1942, 1946-1959 | † | |
Arky Vaughan | SS | 1932-1943, 1947-1948 | † | |
Hoyt Wilhelm | P | 1952-1972 | 83.8% | |
1986 | Bobby Doerr | 2B | 1937-1944, 1946-1951 | † |
Ernie Lombardi | C | 1931-1947 | † | |
Willie McCovey | 1B | 1959-1980 | 81.41% | |
1987 | Ray Dandridge | 3B | 1933-1939, 1942, 1944, 1949 | † |
Catfish Hunter | P | 1965-1979 | 76.27% | |
Billy Williams | LF | 1959-1976 | 85.71% | |
1988 | Willie Stargell | LF | 1962-1982 | 82.44% |
1989 | Al Barlick | Umpire | 1940-1943, 1944-1955, 1958-1971 | † |
Johnny Bench | C | 1967-1983 | 96.42% | |
Red Schoendienst | 2B | 1945-1963 | † | |
Carl Yastrzemski | LF-1B | 1961-1983 | 94.63% | |
1990 | Joe Morgan | 2B | 1963-1984 | 81.76% |
Jim Palmer | P | 1965-1967, 1969-1984 | 92.57% | |
1991 | Rod Carew | 2B-1B | 1967-1985 | 90.52% |
Ferguson Jenkins | P | 1965-1983 | 75.4% | |
Tony Lazzeri | 2B | 1926-1939 | † | |
Gaylord Perry | P | 1962-1983 | 77.2% | |
Bill Veeck | Executive | † | ||
1992 | Rollie Fingers | P | 1968-1982, 1984-1985 | 81.16% |
Bill McGowan | Umpire | 1925-1954 | † | |
Hal Newhouser | P | 1939-1955 | † | |
Tom Seaver | P | 1967-1986 | 98.84% | |
1993 | Reggie Jackson | RF | 1967-1987 | 93.62% |
1994 | Steve Carlton | P | 1965-1988 | 95.82% |
Leo Durocher | Mgr | 1939-1946, 1948-1955, 1966-1973 | † | |
Phil Rizzuto | SS | 1941-1942, 1946-1956 | † | |
1995 | Richie Ashburn | CF | 1948-1962 | † |
Leon Day | P | 1934-1939, 1941-1943, 1946, 1949-1950 | † | |
William Hulbert | Executive | † | ||
Mike Schmidt | 3B | 1972-1989 | 96.52% | |
Vic Willis | P | 1898-1910 | † | |
1996 | Jim Bunning | P | 1955-1971 | † |
Bill Foster | P | 1923-1938 | † | |
Ned Hanlon | Mgr | 1889-1890, 1892-1907 | † | |
Earl Weaver | Mgr | 1968-1982, 1985-1986 | † | |
1997 | Nellie Fox | 2B | 1947-1965 | † |
Tommy Lasorda | Mgr | 1976-1996 | † | |
Phil Niekro | P | 1964-1987 | 80.34% | |
Willie Wells | SS | 1923, 1924-1936, 1942, 1944-1948 | † | |
1998 | George Davis | SS | 1890-1909 | † |
Larry Doby | CF | 1947-1959 | † | |
Lee MacPhail | Executive | † | ||
Bullet Joe Rogan | P | 1917, 1920-1938 | † | |
Don Sutton | P | 1966-1988 | 81.6% | |
1999 | George Brett | 3B | 1973-1993 | 98.19% |
Orlando Cepeda | 1B | 1958-1974 | † | |
Nestor Chylak | Umpire | 1954-1978 | † | |
Nolan Ryan | P | 1966, 1968-1993 | 98.79% | |
Frank Selee | Mgr | 1890, 1892-1905 | † | |
Smokey Joe Williams | P | 1910-1932 | † | |
Robin Yount | SS-CF | 1974-1993 | 77.46% | |
2000 | Sparky Anderson | Mgr | 1970-1995 | † |
Carlton Fisk | C | 1969, 1971-1993 | 79.56% | |
Bid McPhee | 2B | 1882-1899 | † | |
Tony Pérez | 1B | 1964-1986 | 77.15% | |
Turkey Stearnes | CF | 1920-1942, 1945 | † | |
2001 | Bill Mazeroski | 2B | 1956-1972 | † |
Kirby Puckett | CF | 1984-1995 | 82.14% | |
Hilton Smith | P | 1932-1948 | † | |
Dave Winfield | RF | 1973-1988, 1990-1995 | 84.47% | |
2002 | Ozzie Smith | SS | 1978-1996 | 91.74% |
2003 | Gary Carter | C | 1974-1992 | 78.02% |
Eddie Murray | 1B | 1977-1997 | 85.28% | |
2004 | Dennis Eckersley | P | 1975-1998 | 83.2% |
Paul Molitor | DH-3B | 1978-1998 | 85.2% | |
2005 | Wade Boggs | 3B | 1982-1999 | 91.86% |
Ryne Sandberg | 2B | 1981-1994, 1996-1997 | 76.16% | |
2006 | Ray Brown | P | 1931-1945 | ‡ |
Willard Brown | RF | 1935-1950 (AL-1947) | ‡ | |
Andy Cooper | P | 1920-1941 | ‡ | |
Frank Grant | 2B | 1886-1903 | ‡ | |
Pete Hill | LF | 1899-1926 | ‡ | |
Biz Mackey | C | 1920-1947 | ‡ | |
Effa Manley | Executive | ‡ | ||
José Méndez | P | 1908-1926 | ‡ | |
Alex Pompez | Executive | ‡ | ||
Cumberland Posey | Executive | ‡ | ||
Louis Santop | C | 1909-1926 | ‡ | |
Bruce Sutter | P | 1976-1986, 1988 | 76.9% | |
Mule Suttles | 1B - LF | 1921, 1923-1944 | ‡ | |
Ben Taylor | 1B | 1908-1929 | ‡ | |
Cristóbal Torriente | CF | 1913-1928 | ‡ | |
Sol White | Pioneer | ‡ | ||
J.L. Wilkinson | Executive | ‡ | ||
Jud Wilson | 3B - 1B | 1922-1945 | ‡ | |
2007 | Tony Gwynn | RF | 1982-2001 | 97.61% |
Cal Ripken, Jr. | SS | 1981-2001 | 98.53% |
Notes[]
- * – "Pioneer" refers to individuals who made a significant off-the-field impact on the development of the sport. The first position listed is the position for which the Hall recognized the individual. Abbreviations refer to:
• P | Pitcher | • SS | Shortstop |
• C | Catcher | • LF | Left fielder |
• 1B | First baseman | • CF | Center fielder |
• 2B | Second baseman | • RF | Right fielder |
• 3B | Third baseman | • Mgr | Manager |
- † – Prior to the 2001 re-organization of the Veterans Committee the percentage of the vote was not generally released for players approved by the Veterans Committee. In some years, voting was done by order of preference, with one or more candidates receiving greater weight than others with the same number of votes; also, the committee would sometimes move to make a selection unanimous once the necessary number of votes was attained for a particular candidate.
- ‡ – Percentage of the vote was not released for players approved by the Negro Leagues Committee (1971-77) or the Committee on African American Baseball (2006).
References[]
- Hall of Fame Inductees. Accessed August 12 2005.
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