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1 | UPDATE, 11/10: VOTING RESULTS ARE IN | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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3 | Name | Claim to fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
4 | Abraham G. Mills | Headed 1905 Mills Commission that wrongly credited Abner Doubleday as baseball's founder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | Al Spalding | 19th century pioneer; a Hall of Fame pitcher, owner and sportings good magnate | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | Albert Pujols | Three-time National League MVP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Alex Rodriguez | Three-time American League MVP, slim chance to break all-time home run record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Alexander Cartwright | Wrongly credited by some as baseball's founder; a pioneer nonetheless | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | Allan Roth | First sabermetrician hired to work for a team in 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | Babe Ruth | The one and only | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Ban Johnson | Founded the American League in 1901 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Barry Bonds | Seven-time National League MVP, holds all-time home run record | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Bartlett Giamatti | Commissioner who banned Pete Rose for life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | Bill James | Godfather of sabermetrics; he even invented the term in 1982 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | Bill Klem | Hall of Fame umpire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | Bill Mazeroski | Hit game-winning homer in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Bill Veeck | Maverick owner of several teams; instrumental in helping integrate baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | Bo Jackson | Most-celebrated two-sport star in baseball history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | Bob Feller | 266-game winner and seven-time strikeout champion; with Jackie Robinson, was the first first-ballot Hall of Famer in 25 years in 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Bob Gibson | 1.12 ERA in 1968; 17 strikeouts in Game 1 of World Series that year | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Bobby Thomson | Hit the Shot Heard Round the World in 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Bowie Kuhn | Served as commissioner 1969-84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | Branch Rickey | Created baseball's farm system; signed Jackie Robinson; helped spur MLB expansion with involvement in Continental League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
24 | Brooks Robinson | Human highlight reel third baseman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Buck Leonard | With Josh Gibson in 1972, the second Negro League veteran enshrined in Cooperstown after Satchel Paige | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Buck O'Neil | Game's greatest storyteller; first black coach in MLB; HOF Lifetime Achievement Award named for him | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
27 | Bud Selig | Served as commissioner 1992-2015; presided over period of unprecedented revenue in baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
28 | Cal Ripken Jr | Holds record for consecutive games played | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
29 | Candy Cummings | Invented the curveball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Cap Anson | Officially credited as the first player with 3,000 hits; instrumental in keeping blacks out of the majors after 1884 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
31 | Carlton Fisk | Hall of Fame catcher; hit game-winning homer in Game 6 of 1975 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | Casey Stengel | Managed Yankees 1949-60, winning seven World Series in that span | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
33 | Charles Comiskey | Chicago White Sox owner at the time of the Black Sox Scandal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
34 | Charlie Lau | Famed hitting coach of 1970s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Christy Mathewson | 373-game winner; first star of the Deadball Era; one of first five Hall of Famers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
36 | Colonel Jacob Ruppert | Yankees owner 1915-39; team went from mediocrity to powerhouse on his watch | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Connie Mack | Winningest manager in baseball history; also the losingest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
38 | Cool Papa Bell | Fifth Negro League veteran enshrined; celebrated as the fastest man in baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Cumberland Posey | Player, manager and owner for the Homestead Grays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
40 | Curt Flood | Sued baseball in 1970 to challenge its Reserve Clause | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
41 | Cy Young | 511-game winner; has an award named after him | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
42 | Dave Smith | Founder of retrosheet.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
43 | David Halberstam | Author of "Summer of '49," "October 1964" and "The Teammates" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Derek Jeter | One of the most-celebrated players in recent baseball history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
45 | DeWolf Hopper | Vaudeville performer, known for reciting "Casey at the Bat" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
46 | Dick Young | New York beat writer and columnist; one of first baseball scribes to cover the sport as a news beat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Dizzy Dean | Most-recent 30-game winner in the National League; all-time baseball personality | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
48 | Don Larsen | Threw perfect game in 1956 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
49 | Doris Kearns Goodwin | Contributed an essay and on-screen interview for Ken Burns "Baseball" documentary in 1994 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
50 | Dorothy Seymour Mills | Provided uncredited research for her husband Dr. Harold Seymour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
51 | Dr. Frank Jobe | Performed the first Tommy John Surgery in 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
52 | Dr. Harold Seymour | Researcher, first person to undertake scholarly research of baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
53 | Dummy Hoy | First significant deaf player in baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
54 | Earl Weaver | Managed Orioles for 17 years | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
55 | Earnshaw Cook | Wrote one of the first books about sabermetrics in the 1960s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
56 | Ed Barrow | Credited with building the first Yankee dynasty while serving as general manager 1921-39; also discovered Honus Wagner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
57 | Effa Manley | Negro League executive and first woman enshrined in the Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
58 | Eleanor Engle | One of the first women to sign a pro baseball contract | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
59 | Emmett Ashford | First black umpire in the majors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
60 | Ernest Lawrence Thayer | Wrote "Casey at the Bat" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
61 | Ernie Banks | Mr. Cub | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
62 | Ford Frick | National League president and commissioner; helped avert strike by Cardinals after Jackie Robinson broke color barrier | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
63 | Frank Robinson | Won MVPs in both leagues as a player; first black manager in majors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
64 | Frankie Frisch | Hall of Fame player, controversial head of Veterans Committee in 1970s | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
65 | Fred Lieb | Covered baseball in one form or another from 1911 to 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
66 | Gary Gillette | Co-editor with Pete Palmer of "ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
67 | George Brett | 3,154 hits and batting titles in three decades | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
68 | George Mitchell | Former US senator who wrote "Mitchell Report," after being tasked with investigating steroid use in baseball | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
69 | George Steinbrenner | Revitalized Yankees after buying the team in 1973; most influential MLB owner in recent years, by a wide margin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
70 | Greg Maddux | 355-game winner; elected to HOF with 97 percent of vote; four Cy Youngs and 18 Gold Gloves | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
71 | Grover Cleveland Alexander | 373-game winner; famously struck out Tony Lazzeri in 1926 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
72 | Gus Greenlee | Owned the Pittsburgh Crawfords and built Greenlee Field, the first black-owned and black-built ballpark | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
73 | Hal Chase | Notoriously corrupt Deadball Era star; rumored go-between for players and gamblers during the 1919 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
74 | Hank Aaron | Retired with a record 755 home runs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
75 | Hank Greenberg | First great Jewish star of majors; four-time home run champion; 58 homers in 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
76 | Happy Chandler | Commissioner when Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
77 | Harry Caray | Longtime Cardinals and Cubs broadcaster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
78 | Harry Frazee | Red Sox owner who sold Babe Ruth to finance "No, No Nanette" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
79 | Harry Wright | Player and manager for baseball's first all-professional team, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
80 | Henry Chadwick | 19th century statistician; invented a range of early stats and the modern box score | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
81 | Hilda Chester | Maybe the most infamous fan in baseball history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
82 | Honus Wagner | Greatest shortstop in baseball history; one of first five Hall of Famers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
83 | Hugh Fullerton | Early 20th century newspaper writer, helped break Black Sox Scandal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
84 | Ichiro Suzuki | More than 4,000 hits between majors and Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
85 | Ila Borders | Became first female to win a men's professional game in 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
86 | J.G. Taylor Spink | Sporting News editor; namesake of writers' award at Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
87 | Jack Morris | Pitched 10-inning shutout in Game 7 of 1991 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
88 | Jackie Mitchell | Women's baseball pioneer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
89 | Jackie Robinson | Broke baseball's color barrier in 1947 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
90 | Jean Faut | Pitched four no-hitters and two perfect games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
91 | Jean Yawkey | Owned the Boston Red Sox after husband Tom Yawkey died; her SABR bio calls her the most powerful woman in baseball history | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
92 | Jerome Holtzman | Longtime baseball writer; MLB official historian position was created for him; invented the save | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
93 | Jim Abbott | All Star pitcher, born with one full arm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
94 | Jim Bouton | Player, author of "Ball Four" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
95 | Jim Creighton | Arguably baseball's first star in the early 1860s; died young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
96 | Jimmie Foxx | "Jimmie Foxx wasn't scouted, he was trapped." -Lefty Gomez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
97 | Joanne Weaver | Won three batting titles in women's baseball, hitting .429 one season | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
98 | Joe Carter | Hit game-winning homer in Game 6 of 1993 World Series | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
99 | Joe DiMaggio | The Yankee Clipper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
100 | Joe Morgan | In the conversation as greatest second baseman in baseball history; longtime broadcaster |