COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. -- Joe Torre, Ron Santo and Gil Hodges are among 10 players on the latest Hall of Fame ballot for Veterans Committee voters.
Dick Allen, Jim Kaat and Luis Tiant are on the list, made up of major leaguers whose careers began in 1943 or later. Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson and Maury Wills also were among the candidates announced Tuesday.
Voting results will be announced Dec. 8 at baseball's winter meetings in Las Vegas. A player needs 75 percent to be elected -- the living 64 Hall members will vote.
Last month, a ballot of 10 players from pre-1943 was announced: Bill Dahlen, Wes Ferrell, Joe Gordon, Sherry Magee, Carl Mays, Allie Reynolds, Vern Stephens, Mickey Vernon, Bucky Walters and Deacon White.
A 12-person panel that includes Hall of Famers Bobby Doerr, Ralph Kiner and newly elected Dick Williams will vote on the older players, with nine votes needed for election.
Induction ceremonies will be held on July 26.
Managers, umpires and executives will next be considered by the Veterans Committee in 2009.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 16 September 2008 21:04 (seventeen years ago)
two months pass...
NEW YORK -- Former second baseman Joe Gordon has been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
The late Gordon was a nine-time All-Star with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He played on five World Series championship teams and retired in 1950.
Gordon was the only person elected Monday on a ballot of players who began their careers before 1943.
Ron Santo, Gil Hodges and Joe Torre fell well short of the 75 percent needed for election to Cooperstown.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:05 (sixteen years ago)
Joe Morgan, elected into the broadcasters wing of the HOF
― omar little, Monday, 8 December 2008 19:45 (sixteen years ago)
"broadcasters wing of the HOF" exists in the same reality as "Billy Beane's book"
what year will Ron Santo go in posthumously?
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 8 December 2008 20:19 (sixteen years ago)