| Aaron | Hank | RF | 1982 | BBWAA | 97.83% | Eclipsed Babe Ruth as career home run champ. |
| Alexander | Grover | P | 1938 | BBWAA | 80.92% | 90 shutouts and 373 wins. |
| Alston | Walter | MGR | 1983 | Veterans | | Longtime L.A. Dodgers manager. |
| Anderson | Sparky | MGR | 2000 | Veterans | | Big Red Machine manager. |
| Anson | Cap | 1B | 1939 | Veterans | | Baseball’s first superstar; fostered racial segregation in baseball. |
| Aparicio | Luis | SS | 1984 | BBWAA | 84.62% | AL Stolen base champ 9 consecutive times. |
| Appling | Luke | SS | 1964 | BBWAA | 84.00% | First SS to win batting title (.388, 1936). |
| Ashburn | Richie | CF | 1995 | Veterans | | |
| Averill | Earl | CF | 1975 | Veterans | | Hit by six pitches in 1938. |
| Baker | Frank | 3B | 1955 | Veterans | | “Home Run” Baker hit just 96 in his career. |
| Bancroft | Dave | SS | 1971 | Veterans | | Caught stealing 27 times in 1915 |
| Banks | Ernie | SS | 1977 | BBWAA | 83.81% | Mr. Cub |
| Barlick | Al | Umpire | 1989 | Veterans | | |
| Barrow | Ed | Executive | 1953 | Veterans | | Assembled Murderer’s Row and the Bronx Bombers. |
| Beckley | Jake | 1B | 1971 | Veterans | | Hit .300 or better 13 times; holds records for career chances, putouts and games played by a first baseman. |
| Bell | Cool Papa | CF | 1974 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Bench | Johnny | C | 1989 | BBWAA | 96.42% | Big Red machine catcher. |
| Bender | Chief | P | 1953 | Veterans | | Pitched three complete games in 1911 World Series. |
| Berra | Yogi | C | 1972 | BBWAA | 85.61% | One of four players to be named MVP of the American League three times. |
| Boggs | Wade | 3B | 2005 | BBWAA | 91.86% | 12 straight All-Star appearances. |
| Bottomley | Jim | 1B | 1974 | Veterans | | More than 100 RBI in each season from 1924 to 1929. |
| Boudreau | Lou | SS | 1970 | BBWAA | 77.33% | Won the 1944 AL batting title (.327); led AL in doubles in 1941, 1944 and 1947. |
| Bresnahan | Roger | C | 1945 | Veterans | | Played all 9 positions. |
| Brett | George | 3B | 1999 | BBWAA | 98.19% | Kansas City Royals slugger. One of the greatest third basemen. |
| Brock | Lou | LF | 1985 | BBWAA | 79.75% | first player to steal 50 bases and hit 20 home runs in the same season. |
| Brouthers | Dan | 1B | 1945 | Veterans | | Career batting average was .342. |
| Brown | Mordecai | P | 1949 | Veterans | | "Three Finger" Brown. Won 20 or more games six times. |
| Brown | Ray | P | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | 109-30 in the Negro Leagues. |
| Brown | Williard | CF | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | Batted .374 in 1948 in the Negro Leagues. |
| Bulkeley | Morgan | Executive | 1937 | Veterans | | National League's first president. Member of the commission that gave credence to the myth that Abner Doubleday invented baseball. |
| Bunning | Jim | P | 1996 | Veterans | | One of five players to throw a no-hitter in both leagues. |
| Burkett | Jesse | LF | 1946 | Veterans | | 1890s batting champion. |
| Campanella | Roy | C | 1969 | BBWAA | 79.41% | Dodgers catching star for 10 seasons. |
| Carew | Rod | 2B | 1991 | BBWAA | 90.52% | 3,053 hits and .28 batting average. |
| Carey | Max | CF | 1961 | Veterans | | Led NL in stolen bases ten times; 738 career steals, the NL record in 1974. |
| Carlton | Steve | P | 1994 | BBWAA | 95.82% | 329 careers wins. |
| Carter | Gary | C | 2003 | BBWAA | 78.02% | Three Gold Glove and five Silver Slugger awards. |
| Cartwright | Alexander | Executive | 1938 | Veterans | | Baseball pioneer. |
| Cepeda | Orlando | 1B | 1999 | Veterans | | Unanimous MVP in 1967. |
| Chadwick | Henry | Executive | 1938 | Veterans | | Statistician and help develop the curveball. |
| Chance | Frank | 1B | 1946 | Veterans | | Player-manager of Chicago Cubs. |
| Chandler | Happy | Executive | 1982 | Veterans | | 2nd Commissioner of Major League Baseball; oversaw early steps toward integration of baseball. |
| Charleston | Oscar | 1B-CF | 1976 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Chesbro | Jack | P | 1946 | Veterans | | 41-12 in 1904, with 51 starts. |
| Chylak | Nestor | Umpire | 1999 | Veterans | | |
| Clarke | Fred | LF | 1945 | Veterans | | Pirates player-manager with 4 World Series victories. |
| Clarkson | John | P | 1963 | Veterans | | Won 53 games in 1885. First major league pitcher to strike out 3 batters in 9 pitches. |
| Clemente | Roberto | RF | 1973 | BBWAA | 92.69% | 12 Gold Glove awards. First Latin-American in the Hall of Fame. |
| Cobb | Ty | CF | 1936 | BBWAA | 98.23% | Legendary player and rabid racist. |
| Cochrane | Mickey | C | 1947 | BBWAA | 79.50% | One of the best catchers ever. |
| Collins | Eddie | 2B | 1939 | BBWAA | 77.74% | Career .333 batting average, 3,315 hits, 744 steals and 1,300 runs batted in. |
| Collins | Jimmy | 3B | 1945 | Veterans | | The 1st third baseman in the Hall of Fame. |
| Combs | Earle | CF | 1970 | Veterans | | Leadoff batter for Murderer's Row, 1925-1934. |
| Comiskey | Charlie | Executive | 1939 | Veterans | | Tried to cover up the Black Six scandal. |
| Conlan | Jocko | Umpire | 1974 | Veterans | | |
| Connolly | Tom | Umpire | 1953 | Veterans | | |
| Connor | Roger | 1B | 1976 | Veterans | | The original New York Giant. |
| Cooper | Andy | P | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Coveleski | Stan | P | 1969 | Veterans | | One of the last of the spitballers. |
| Crawford | Sam | RF | 1957 | Veterans | | One of the best sluggers of the deadball era. |
| Cronin | Joe | SS | 1956 | BBWAA | 78.76% | Player, manager and American League president. |
| Cummings | Candy | Executive | 1939 | Veterans | | |
| Cuyler | Kiki | RF | 1968 | Veterans | | Often batted .350 or higher, with.321 career batting average. |
| Dandridge | Ray | 3B | 1987 | Veterans | | |
| Davis | George | SS | 1998 | Veterans | | First major-league player to triple and home run in one inning. |
| Day | Leon | P-2B-OF | 1995 | Veterans | | |
| Dean | Dizzy | P | 1953 | BBWAA | 79.17% | 30Ð7 with a 2.66 earned run average in 1934. |
| Delahanty | Ed | LF | 1945 | Veterans | | Died when was swept over Niagara Falls in 1903. |
| Dickey | Bill | C | 1954 | BBWAA | 80.16% | Taught Yogi Berra how to catch. |
| Dihigo | Martin | P-OF | 1977 | Negro Leagues | | |
| DiMaggio | Joe | CF | 1955 | BBWAA | 88.84% | The Yankee Clipper. |
| Doby | Larry | CF | 1998 | Veterans | | First black in the American League. |
| Doerr | Bobby | 2B | 1986 | Veterans | | Held the American League mark of 414 consecutive chances without an error. |
| Dreyfuss | Barney | Executive | 2008 | Veterans | | Helped organize the first World Series. |
| Drysdale | Don | P | 1984 | BBWAA | 78.41% | Pitched 58 consecutive scoreless innings. |
| Duffy | Hugh | CF | 1945 | Veterans | | Batted .440 in 1894. |
| Durocher | Leo | MGR | 1994 | Veterans | | 2,009 career victories. Ejected 95 times. |
| Eckersley | Dennis | P | 2004 | BBWAA | 83.20% | First pitcher with 20-win season and 50-save season. |
| Evans | Billy | Umpire | 1973 | Veterans | | |
| Evers | Johnny | 2B | 1946 | Veterans | | Tinker-Evers-Chance. |
| Ewing | Buck | C | 1939 | Veterans | | One of the best players of the 19th century. |
| Faber | Red | P | 1964 | Veterans | | Last of the spitballers. |
| Feller | Bob | P | 1962 | BBWAA | 93.75% | |
| Ferrell | Rick | C | 1984 | Veterans | | Hard to figure why he's in the Hall of Fame, but he is. |
| Fingers | Rollie | P | 1992 | BBWAA | 81.16% | One of the finest relief pitchers. 341 saves, 2.80 ERA. |
| Fisk | Carlton | C | 2000 | BBWAA | 79.56% | |
| Flick | Elmer | RF | 1963 | Veterans | | Was almost traded even-up for Ty Cobb. |
| Ford | Whitey | P | 1974 | BBWAA | 77.81% | More than 300 wins and .690 win percentage. |
| Foster | Bill | P | 1996 | Veterans | | |
| Foster | Rube | P-M | 1981 | Veterans | | |
| Fox | Nellie | 2B | 1997 | Veterans | | 216 strikeouts in more than 9,200 at-bats. |
| Foxx | Jimmie | 1B | 1951 | BBWAA | 79.20% | Boston’s answer to Babe Ruth. Second major leaguer to hit 500 home runs. Like Ruth, he wasn’t a bad pitcher, either. |
| Frick | Ford | Executive | 1970 | Veterans | | Put the asterisk next to Roger Maris*. |
| Frisch | Frankie | 2B | 1947 | BBWAA | 84.47% | One of the Gashouse Gang. |
| Galvin | Pud | P | 1965 | Veterans | | Baseball's first 300-game winner. |
| Gehrig | Lou | 1B | 1939 | BBWAA | | The legendary iron man, and a good first baseman. |
| Gehringer | Charlie | 2B | 1949 | BBWAA | 85.03% | Seven seasons with more than 200 hits. |
| Gibson | Bob | P | 1981 | BBWAA | 84.04% | First National Leaguer to strike out 3,000 batters. |
| Gibson | Josh | C | 1972 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Giles | Warren | Executive | 1979 | Veterans | | |
| Gomez | Lefty | P | 1972 | Veterans | | |
| Gordon | Joe | 2B | 2009 | Veterans | | 1942 AL MVP |
| Goslin | Goose | LF | 1968 | Veterans | | |
| Gossage | Goose | RP | 2008 | BBWAA | 85.8% | 0.77 ERA in 1981 |
| Grant | Frank | 2B | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Greenberg | Hank | 1B | 1956 | BBWAA | 84.97% | |
| Griffith | Clark | Executive | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| Grimes | Burleigh | P | 1964 | Veterans | | |
| Grove | Lefty | P | 1947 | BBWAA | 76.40% | |
| Gwynn | Tony | RF | 2007 | BBWAA | 97.61% | One of the best hitters, ever. |
| Hafey | Chick | LF | 1971 | Veterans | | |
| Haines | Jesse | P | 1970 | Veterans | | |
| Hamilton | Billy | CF | 1961 | Veterans | | Amazing .455 career on base percentage. |
| Hanlon | Ned | MGR | 1996 | Veterans | | |
| Harridge | Will | Executive | 1972 | Veterans | | Shouldn’t be in the hall of fame, but is. |
| Harris | Bucky | MGR | 1975 | Veterans | | |
| Hartnett | Gabby | C | 1955 | BBWAA | 77.69% | The Cubbie’s beloved MVP catcher. |
| Heilmann | Harry | RF | 1952 | BBWAA | 86.75% | |
| Herman | Billy | 2B | 1975 | Veterans | | |
| Hill | Pete | CF | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Hooper | Harry | RF | 1971 | Veterans | | |
| Hornsby | Rogers | 2B | 1942 | BBWAA | 78.11% | Two-time MVP. One of the best. |
| Hoyt | Waite | P | 1969 | Veterans | | |
| Hubbard | Cal | Umpire | 1976 | Veterans | | |
| Hubbell | Carl | P | 1947 | BBWAA | 86.96% | Won 24 consecutive games between 1936 and 1937. |
| Huggins | Miller | MGR | 1964 | Veterans | | Beloved manager of the Yankees. |
| Hulbert | William | Executive | 1995 | Veterans | | |
| Hunter | Catfish | P | 1987 | BBWAA | 76.27% | Eight-time All-Star. Threw a perfect game in 1968. |
| Irvin | Monte | LF | 1973 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Jackson | Reggie | RF | 1993 | BBWAA | 93.62% | Mr. October. |
| Jackson | Travis | SS | 1982 | Veterans | | One of the premier defensive shortstops in the league. |
| Jenkins | Fergie | P | 1991 | BBWAA | 75.40% | First Canadian elected to the Hall of Fame. |
| Jennings | Hughie | SS | 1945 | Veterans | | |
| Johnson | Ban | Executive | 1937 | Veterans | | |
| Johnson | Judy | 3B | 1975 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Johnson | Walter | P | 1936 | BBWAA | 83.63% | Won 417 games. |
| Joss | Addie | P | 1978 | Veterans | | |
| Kaline | Al | RF | 1980 | BBWAA | 88.31% | |
| Keefe | Tim | P | 1964 | Veterans | | |
| Keeler | Willie | RF | 1939 | BBWAA | 75.55% | |
| Kell | George | 3B | 1983 | Veterans | | |
| Kelley | Joe | LF | 1971 | Veterans | | |
| Kelly | George | 1B | 1973 | Veterans | | Marginal qualifications for the Hall of Fame. |
| Kelly | King | RF | 1945 | Veterans | | |
| Killebrew | Harmon | 1B | 1984 | BBWAA | 83.13% | Minnesota slugger. |
| Kiner | Ralph | LF | 1975 | BBWAA | 75.41% | Longtime player and broadcaster. |
| Klein | Chuck | RF | 1980 | Veterans | | |
| Klem | Bill | Umpire | 1953 | Veterans | | |
| Koufax | Sandy | P | 1972 | BBWAA | 86.87% | Injury-shortened career with spectacular stats. |
| Kuhn | Bowie | Executive | 2008 | Veterans | | Longtime Commissioner of Baseball. |
| Lajoie | Nap | 2B | 1937 | BBWAA | 83.58% | |
| Landis | Kenesaw Mountain | Executive | 1944 | Veterans | | The first and most ruthless commissioner. Banned the Black Sox Eight. |
| Lasorda | Tommy | MGR | 1997 | Veterans | | Dodgers manager for life, or so it seems. |
| Lazzeri | Tony | 2B | 1991 | Veterans | | Member of the original American League All-Star team, 1933. |
| Lemon | Bob | P | 1976 | BBWAA | 78.61% | Ten World series victories. |
| Leonard | Buck | 1B | 1972 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Lindstrom | Freddie | 3B | 1976 | Veterans | | Hit over .300 in seven of his thirteen seasons, |
| Lloyd | Pop | SS | 1977 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Lombardi | Ernie | C | 1986 | Veterans | | |
| Lopez | Al | MGR | 1977 | Veterans | | |
| Lyons | Ted | P | 1955 | BBWAA | 86.45% | Led the American League with 2.10 ERA and completed all 20 starts in 1942. |
| Mack | Connie | MGR | 1937 | Veterans | | The master of the Philadelphia Athletics. |
| Mackey | Biz | C | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| MacPhail | Larry | Executive | 1978 | Veterans | | |
| MacPhail | Lee | Executive | 1998 | Veterans | | |
| Manley | Effa | Executive | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Mantle | Mickey | CF | 1974 | BBWAA | 88.22% | Yankees legend. |
| Manush | Heinie | LF | 1964 | Veterans | | Batted .378 in 1926. |
| Maranville | Rabbit | SS | 1954 | BBWAA | 82.94% | |
| Marichal | Juan | P | 1983 | BBWAA | 83.69% | |
| Marquard | Rube | P | 1971 | Veterans | | Won 19 consecutive games. |
| Mathews | Eddie | 3B | 1978 | BBWAA | 79.42% | 9-time All-Star third baseman. |
| Mathewson | Christy | P | 1936 | BBWAA | 90.71% | |
| Mays | Willie | CF | 1979 | BBWAA | 94.68% | One of the most popular players in history. |
| Mazeroski | Bill | 2B | 2001 | Veterans | | Hit one home run and got into the Hall of Fame. |
| McCarthy | Joe | MGR | 1957 | Veterans | | 7 World Series titles managing for the New York Yankees. |
| McCarthy | Tommy | RF | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| McCovey | Willie | 1B | 1986 | BBWAA | 81.41% | |
| McGinnity | Joe | P | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| McGowan | Bill | Umpire | 1992 | Veterans | | |
| McGraw | John | MGR | 1937 | Veterans | | New York Giants manager. |
| McKechnie | Bill | MGR | 1962 | Veterans | | |
| McPhee | Bid | 2B | 2000 | Veterans | | |
| Medwick | Joe | LF | 1968 | BBWAA | 84.81% | |
| Mendez | Jose | P | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Mize | Johnny | 1B | 1981 | Veterans | | 10-time All-Star at first base. |
| Molitor | Paul | DH | 2004 | BBWAA | 85.18% | Infielder and DH with 3,319 hits. |
| Morgan | Joe | 2B | 1990 | BBWAA | 81.76% | |
| Murray | Eddie | 1B | 2003 | BBWAA | 85.28% | |
| Musial | Stan | LF | 1969 | BBWAA | 93.24% | |
| Newhouser | Hal | P | 1992 | Veterans | | |
| Nichols | Kid | P | 1949 | Veterans | | |
| Niekro | Phil | P | 1997 | BBWAA | 80.34% | The most successful knuckleball pitcher. |
| O’Malley | Walter | Executive | 2008 | Veterans | | Longtime Dodgers owner; hired Jackie Robinson. |
| O’Rourke | Jim | LF | 1945 | Veterans | | |
| Ott | Mel | RF | 1951 | BBWAA | 87.17% | 22 years with the New York Giants; batted .304 with 511 home runs. |
| Paige | Satchel | P | 1971 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Palmer | Jim | P | 1990 | BBWAA | 92.57% | Pitched 19 seasons with the Baltimore Orioles. |
| Pennock | Herb | P | 1948 | BBWAA | 77.69% | Pitched for Murderer's Row. |
| Perez | Tony | 1B | 2000 | BBWAA | 77.15% | |
| Perry | Gaylord | P | 1991 | BBWAA | 77.20% | |
| Plank | Eddie | P | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| Pompez | Alex | Executive | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Posey | Cum | Executive | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Puckett | Kirby | CF | 2001 | BBWAA | 82.14% | .318 career batting average, highest of any right-hander since Joe DiMaggio. |
| Radbourn | Old Hoss | P | 1939 | Veterans | | 60-12 in 1884, a record not likely to ever be broken. |
| Reese | Pee Wee | SS | 1984 | Veterans | | Best shortstop of the post-war years. |
| Rice | Sam | RF | 1963 | Veterans | | |
| Rickey | Branch | Executive | 1967 | Veterans | | Hired Jackie Robinson. |
| Ripken | Cal Jr. | SS | 2007 | BBWAA | 98.53% | Played in a gazillion consecutive games. |
| Rixey | Eppa | P | 1963 | Veterans | | 22-10 in 1916 with a 1.85 earned run average. |
| Rizzuto | Phil | SS | 1994 | Veterans | | Scooter should have gotten a Ford Frick Award instead. |
| Roberts | Robin | P | 1976 | BBWAA | 86.86% | |
| Robinson | Brooks | 3B | 1983 | BBWAA | 91.98% | |
| Robinson | Frank | RF | 1982 | BBWAA | 89.16% | |
| Robinson | Jackie | 2B | 1962 | BBWAA | 77.50% | The one and only. |
| Robinson | Wilbert | MGR | 1945 | Veterans | | 1375-1341 (.506) in 18 years as manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers. |
| Rogan | Bullet | P | 1998 | Veterans | | |
| Roush | Edd | CF | 1962 | Veterans | | Used a 48-ounce Louisville Slugger. Was the last living member of the Federal League. |
| Ruffing | Red | P | 1967 | BBWAA | 86.93% | The pitcher for Murderer’s Row. |
| Rusie | Amos | P | 1977 | Veterans | | |
| Ruth | Babe | RF | 1936 | BBWAA | 95.13% | Not a bad pitcher, too. |
| Ryan | Nolan | P | 1999 | BBWAA | 98.79% | The strikeout king. |
| Sandberg | Ryne | 2B | 2005 | BBWAA | 76.16% | |
| Santop | Louis | C | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Schalk | Ray | C | 1955 | Veterans | | |
| Schmidt | Mike | 3B | 1995 | BBWAA | 96.52% | |
| Schoendienst | Red | 2B | 1989 | Veterans | | |
| Seaver | Tom | P | 1992 | BBWAA | 98.84% | |
| Selee | Frank | MGR | 1999 | Veterans | | |
| Sewell | Joe | SS | 1977 | Veterans | | |
| Simmons | Al | LF | 1953 | BBWAA | 75.38% | |
| Sisler | George | 1B | 1939 | BBWAA | 85.77% | |
| Slaughter | Enos | RF | 1985 | Veterans | | |
| Smith | Hilton | P | 2001 | Veterans | | |
| Smith | Ozzie | SS | 2002 | BBWAA | 91.74% | Traded to the Cardinals for Garry Templeton. Oops. |
| Snider | Duke | CF | 1980 | BBWAA | 86.49% | |
| Southworth | Billy | OF-MGR | 2008 | Veterans | | |
| Spahn | Warren | P | 1973 | BBWAA | 82.89% | |
| Spalding | Al | Executive | 1939 | Veterans | | |
| Speaker | Tris | CF | 1937 | BBWAA | 82.09% | |
| Stargell | Willie | LF | 1988 | BBWAA | 82.44% | |
| Stearnes | Turkey | CF | 2000 | Veterans | | |
| Stengel | Casey | MGR | 1966 | Veterans | | The Old Perfesser, and not a bad player either. |
| Sutter | Bruce | P | 2006 | BBWAA | 76.09% | |
| Suttles | Mule | 1B | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Sutton | Don | P | 1998 | BBWAA | 81.61% | Finished fith or better in Cy Young Award voting in five consecutive years. |
| Taylor | Ben | 1B | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Terry | Bill | 1B | 1954 | BBWAA | 77.38% | |
| Thompson | Sam | RF | 1974 | Veterans | | |
| Tinker | Joe | SS | 1946 | Veterans | | Tinker-Evers-Chance |
| Torriente | Cristobal | CF | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Traynor | Pie | 3B | 1948 | BBWAA | 76.86% | |
| Vance | Dazzy | P | 1955 | BBWAA | 81.67% | One of the Gashouse Gang. |
| Vaughan | Arky | SS | 1985 | Veterans | | |
| Veeck | Bill | Executive | 1991 | Veterans | | Hired the immortal Eddie Gaedel. |
| Waddell | Rube | P | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| Wagner | Honus | SS | 1936 | BBWAA | 95.13% | |
| Wallace | Bobby | SS | 1953 | Veterans | | |
| Walsh | Ed | P | 1946 | Veterans | | |
| Waner | Lloyd | CF | 1967 | Veterans | | Paul was better. |
| Waner | Paul | RF | 1952 | BBWAA | 83.33% | Lloyd’s big brother, and the better hitter of the two. |
| Ward | John | SS | 1964 | Veterans | | |
| Weaver | Earl | MGR | 1996 | Veterans | | |
| Weiss | George | Executive | 1971 | Veterans | | |
| Welch | Mickey | P | 1973 | Veterans | | Early New York Giants pitcher. |
| Wells | Willie | SS | 1997 | Veterans | | |
| Wheat | Zack | LF | 1959 | Veterans | | Still holds many Dodgers batting records. |
| White | Sol | Executive | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Wilhelm | Hoyt | P | 1985 | BBWAA | 83.80% | |
| Wilkinson | J.L. | Executive | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Williams | Billy | LF | 1987 | BBWAA | 85.71% | |
| Williams | Dick | MGR | 2008 | Veterans | | |
| Williams | Joe | P | 1999 | Veterans | | |
| Williams | Ted | LF | 1966 | BBWAA | 93.38% | The Splendid Splinter; last player to bat over .400 in a season. |
| Willis | Vic | P | 1995 | Veterans | | Pitched 388 complete games in 471 starts. |
| Wilson | Hack | CF | 1979 | Veterans | | 191 runs batted in, 1930. |
| Wilson | Jud | 3B | 2006 | Negro Leagues | | |
| Winfield | Dave | RF | 2001 | BBWAA | 84.47% | The Padres first home-grown star. |
| Wright | George | Executive | 1937 | Veterans | | Baseball pioneer. |
| Wright | Harry | Executive | 1953 | Veterans | | Baseball pioneer. |
| Wynn | Early | P | 1972 | BBWAA | 76.01% | Frequently threw at batters. |
| Yastrzemski | Carl | LF | 1989 | BBWAA | 94.63% | A fixture at Fenway Park for 23 years. |
| Yawkey | Tom | Executive | 1980 | Veterans | | Proprietor of the American League’s perennial also-ran. |
| Young | Cy | P | 1937 | BBWAA | 76.12% | 511 pitching victories. |
| Youngs | Ross | RF | 1972 | Veterans | | Died young, played just 10 seasons, but .322 career batting average. |
| Yount | Robin | SS | 1999 | BBWAA | 77.46% | 3,000 hits for a so-so team. |
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From: Tallahassee, FL
E-mail: shoeless@blackbetsy.com
Secondly, he didn't have a written confession. He confessed before the Cook County Grand Jury after being coached by Comiskey's lawyer Alfred Austrian, who would not allow Jackson to go out and get his own lawyer. Why? Comiskey was deathly afraid of what Joe Jackson with his own counsel may say before the Grand Jury, that he may indeed tell the Grand Jury that Comiskey knew about the fix after the first game and possibly before the start of the first game. He may tell them that his manager Kid Gleason, under instructions from Commy held a team meeting either after the second game, but no later than the start of the 3rd game to discuss the rumors of the fix. At that point, the cat is out of the bag and Landis' edict of not telling his team is out the window, the team already had heard the rumors. Now, getting back to the testimony, it must be noted that during Joe's civil trial in 1924, in which he sued the White Sox for back pay, the foreman for the 1920 Grand Jury was called to testify. He said that Jackson's "confession" didn't sound to him like a confession of anything, but more of a story a man heard on the street. Another telling tale from that same trial, Commy was called to testify. On the stand he was asked by Joe's lawyer if he (Commy) thought Jackson played dishonest ball. Commy stood to lose a lot of money by telling the truth, after all, this was an opinion type question and Commy could have easily lied and said YES. However, Commy's answer was that he didn't believe Jackson played one play of dishonest ball the entire time he was with the White Sox, including the 1919 World Series. The jury believed Jackson version of the events during that trial (11-1 verdict), overturned and later settled out of court by Commy and the Sox.
Thirdly, the confessions were not stolen in the real sense of the word, they were bought by Arnold Rothstein for Charles Comiskey, to protect Commy's financial investment in his players. Commy knew some of his boys sold him out, yet he offered them contracts for the 1920 season with hefty pay raises (something Commy didn't do....pay raises were not in his vocabulary). Hush money in my opinion, he didn't want the scandal to come to light because it would wreck his team and if the public ever found out what Commy knew and when he knew it, they'd run him out of Chicago on a rail.
Number four, in his "confession" Jackson denies being in on the plot, says he turned them down, but that Gandil comes back to him and basically TELLS Jackson he's IN the plot (It must be known, Jackson never attended any meetings between the players and gamblers and his name was used to the gamblers by his teammate Lefty Williams WITHOUT Jackson's consent). Bill Burns (one of the fixers) said he didn't think Jackson was in on the deal and it became obvious to him when he met Joe in the lobby of the hotel in Cincinnati before Game 1. He says he walked up to Joe and asked him how IT was going and that Joe acted like he didn't know what Burns was talking about. Burns said it became apparent Jackson had no clue and he soon left him to go find Gandil or Cicotte.
I don't feel sorry for Joe Jackson, I simply believe he got a raw deal. I could care less if he is ever elected to the Hall of Fame, but I believe MLB should clear his name from their so-called Ineligible List. Jackson was never banned for life. Landis only banned him from ever playing professional baseball, Jackson never played professional baseball again and if you take the 2 paragraph ruling to the legal letter of the law, Jackson should have been reinstated at such time that he could no longer have competed at the professional level (sometime between 1929 and 1930 for Joe. Obviously that didn't happen and his ban turned into a ban for life and now in perpetuity. Bottom line is, Jackson more than served the sentence handed down by Landis.
Oh...and on a legal note, Weaver can not be reinstated. He is no longer a living entity, we can't reinstate a dead man (only been done twice to my knowledge). The best either Weaver of Jackson can hope for at this point is to have their names cleared and restored by MLB. Now, I can go on for days about Jackson, but I won't bore you, just know that everything Jackson is not as cut and dried as you have portrayed it.
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From: Spokane, Washington
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From: vermont
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His written confession is questionable, considering he was illiterate. Whether his testimony in court was made up because he was coerced by his attorney to do so to stay out of jail (not an enobling defense) is also questionable.
The key point is not whether he was acquitted in a trial filled with stolen confessions and other shenanigans, whether he didn't understand the confession he signed, or whether he played to win. He agreed to participate, and took $5,000 - almost a year's pay for him - to do so. He felt guilty about it afterwards - but that doesn't absolve him of the crime. Anyone who does this should not be allowed in the Hall of Fame. Anyone who did something similar in a regular job - and got caught - would be fired on the spot, and would probably do some jail time.
People feel so sorry for this guy, who sounds like he was a good guy overall - people loved him when he went back down South. I feel far worse for Buck Weaver, who refused to participate, and got lumped in with Cicotte and Gandil for life.
Keep Joe Jackson out of the Hall, kick out Comiskey (sorry, but we can't, even if he was a sneaky, dirty jackalope), and reinstate Buck Weaver instead.
From: Allentown, PA
From: Allentown, PA
Dell Ennis
Pete Rose
Jim Kaat
Bert Blyleven
Lee Smith
Tommy John
and my great, great uncle Jimmy Dykes. Thank you.
From: Mason City Iowa
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From: Fayetteville, New York
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