Baseball-Hall-of-Fame
...How Many Might You Name?
Museum And Hall Recognizing Our Honored Baseball Greats
Baseball-Hall-of-Fame Okay!...Did we really know these Baseball Players all of which have been honored and enshrined at Cooperstown, New York hall and museum?
These are our MLB playing greats and heroes many if not most of us knew of or have heard about. The Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown houses the collective volumes of history and memorabilia of our baseball playing legends.
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This is our baseball heroes Giants Of The Game but did we really know them?
In 1936, Baseball commenced what is considered the ultimate reward for its stars: The Hall of Fame. Cooperstown Museum and where Baseball-Hall-of-Fame the early on chosen site because by legend or only by proclamation was the home place where baseball was proclaimed to have been founded.
Here for you are the very first inductees into our Baseball Hall of Fame inaugural class enshrined in 1936:
You might imagine, without question, these Baseball-Hall-of-Fame were considered and are being honored as some of the original American heroes and legends.
The current growing very popular American singers (Talent Search) and (American Idol)or any reality TV show has it’s work cut out for it, to ever reach the pinnacle of hero following that was enjoyed by many of these Baseball Hall of Fame Players.
The Baseball-Hall-of-Fame players are inducted into the Hall Of Fame and their baseball gear is enshrined in the Baseball Museum is located in Cooperstown, New York. This is the home Where The baseball playing Legends Live Forever.
The rare year of 2013 without a single living star attraction of player or players being inducted allowed officials of the Hall to be creative.
They honored Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig, Cardinals second baseman Rogers Hornsby and 10 other Hall-of-Famers who were not recognized at the time of their inductions due to wartime travel restrictions, or, as in the case of Gehrig, because he was deemed too sick to attend upon his election by acclimation in 1939.
The Baseball Hall of Fame (traditional player) selectees by year:
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Baseball Hall of Fame F-I
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Baseball Hall of Fame M-P
Baseball Hall of Fame R-V
Baseball-Hall-of-Fame W-Z
Duke Snider, Satchel Paige, Rabbit Maranville, Ty Cobb, Cap Anson, Joe DiMaggio, Pee Wee Reese, Hack Wilson, Big Mule Suttles, Mr. October, Babe Ruth,Yogi Berra, Home-Run Baker Al Lopez, Lefty Grove, Nap Lajoie, Al Kaline, Catfish Hunter, Mickey Mantle, Lou Gehrig, Ted Williams, *Shoeless Joe Jackson, Dizzy Dean, Josh Gibson, Jackie Robinson, Hank Aaron, Connie Mack, Willie Mays, Pie Traynor, Cy Young, Red Schoendienst, Gabby Hartnett, Red Ruffing, Cool Papa Bell
Sometime when a group might be gathered it would make for an interesting trivia game and serve to refresh our memories by just seeing how many of the given or full names of some of these Heroes of the Game of Baseball such as the Baseball Hall of Fame you might remember.
It could be surprising to learn that many of the Ladies present, may provide more of the correct baseball-hall-of-fame-players answers than the “Hard Nosed Boys” as(Coach Piggy) would say.
One name I would suggest you add to your memory bank as ranking right at the top of being one of the Baseball Hall of Fame greats ---Cap Anson. He won four (4) batting championships and two with averages over .400 and once with a .399 mark and he managed the Chicagoans to pennants in 1880,1881,1882,1885 and 1889.
Cap Anson, Baseball Hall of Fame was truly one of the remarkable figures of the game.
For the real trivia buff... In 1869, Anson attended Notre Dame and is generally credited with organizing Notre Dame University’s first baseball team. He was a third baseman and also the Captain of the Team.
Cool Papa Bell was credited by his teammates and many of the players during his day as being the fastest runner to ever play the game. He once was credited with circling the bases, home plate to home plate, in 13.1 seconds.
Folks that’s picking them up and setting them down, “As they would say down home.”
Relative to Cool Papa Bell's legendary speed on the base paths a most loved and storied coach in the deep south the "Giant of Coaches" Paul "Bear" Bryant would probably have remarked "Fellers that Cool "Papa Bell" is one ballplayer that was quicker than a hiccup".
Feb. 13, 1974: Cool Papa Bell becomes fifth Negro Leagues player elected to Baseballs Hall of Fame.
In the game of baseball as in other sports, speed never goes into slumps. This saying holds true for James “Cool Papa” Bell, as his legs helped him dash his way to Cooperstown with a Hall of Fame career. On this date 39 years ago – Feb. 13, 1974 – the player known as the “fastest man to ever play the game” was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Ol' “Pardner” Dizzy Dean before the start of the 1934 season announced to the World that he and his brother Paul were gonna win 45 games. They won 49 between them during that 1934 season.
Dizzy has been quoted as saying, "Pardner let me tell you, its not bragging when you prove you can do it." Baseball Hall of Fame and baseball lore is filled with real characters. l. Edwin Donald "Duke" Snider (born September 19, 1926 in Los Angeles, California), nicknamed "The Silver Fox" and "The Duke of Flatbush", is a former Major League baseball center fielder and left-handed batter who played with the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-62), New York Mets (1963) and San Francisco Giants (1964).
Snider led the major leagues in home runs and runs batted in during the 1950s. With a career total 389 home runs and 1,271 RBIs, the seven-time All-Star center fielder remains the Dodger franchise's all-time leader in both categories. He slugged four homers apiece in the 1952 and 1955 World Series.
Snider was nicknamed "Duke" by his father at age 5. The former high school baseball, football and basketball standout was inducted in to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980 and his Dodger number 4 uniform was retired.
1980 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-of-Fame-Player
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American baseball player whose pitching in several different Negro Leagues and in Major League Baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime. Paige was a right-handed pitcher. His professional playing career lasted from the mid-1920s until 1965. He appeared in the Major League All-Star Game in both 1952 and 1953.
1971 Inducted into the Baseball-Hall-of-Fame
Walter James Vincent Maranville (November 11, 1891 - January 5, 1954), better known as Rabbit Maranville due to his speed and small stature (5'5", 155 pounds), was a Major League Baseball shortstop. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which wasn't broken until 1986 by Pete Rose.
1954 Inducted into the Baseball-Hall-of-Fame
Tyrus Raymond "Ty" Cobb (December 18, 1886 – July 17, 1961), nicknamed "The Georgia Peach," was a Hall of Fame baseball player and is regarded by historians and journalists as the best player of the dead-ball era and as one of the greatest players of all time. Cobb also received the most votes of any player on the 1936 inaugural Hall of Fame Ballot. Cobb is widely credited with setting 90 Major League Baseball records during his career. He still holds several records as of 2008, including the highest career batting average.
1936 Inducted into the Baseball-Hall-of-Fame Inaugural class
Adrian Constantine Anson (April 17, 1852 – April 14, 1922), known by the nicknames "Cap" (for "Captain") and "Pop", was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball. He played in a record twenty-seven consecutive seasons, and was regarded as one of the greatest players of his era and one of the first superstars of the game. Anson spent most of his career with the Chicago Cubs franchise (then known as the "White Stockings" and later the "Colts"),he was the first manager of the Chicagoans.
1939 Inducted into the Baseball-Hall-of-Fame
Harold Henry "Pee Wee" Reese (July 23, 1918 - August 14, 1999) was an American professional baseball player who played for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1940 to 1958. Reese was a ten-time All Star shortstop who contributed to seven league championships for Brooklyn. However, Reese is most famous for his ardent support for his teammate Jackie Robinson, the first modern African American player in the major leagues, especially in Robinson's difficult first years.
1984 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Joseph Paul DiMaggio (Joltin’ Joe)
I'm just a ballplayer with one ambition, and that is to give all I've got to help my ball club win. I've never played any other way. ~ Joseph Paul DiMaggio
Joseph Paul DiMaggio was born on November 25, 1914 in Martinez California from where he moves to San Francisco when he was one year old. Fondly known as Joltin' Joe and or the Yankee Clipper, DiMaggio was a baseball player who played his entire Major League career for the New York Yankees. DiMaggio was a three-time Most Valuable Player (MVP) winner and thirteen time All-Star. DiMaggio was known for his accomplishment on both offense and, as a center fielder, on defense. This magnificent player had the fifth-most career home runs (361) and sixth-highest slugging percentage (.579) in history, when he decided to retire at the age of 36. Not only this, DiMaggio is the only player in the history of baseball to be selected for the All-Star Game in every season he played. DiMaggio achieved a 56-game hitting streak, which has been called baseball's most glorious achievement.
By Uttara Manohar Published: 5/10/2008
1955 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Lewis Robert "Hack" Wilson (April 26, 1900 – November 23, 1948) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball from 1923 to 1934. He is best known for his record-setting 191-RBI season of 1930. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
1979 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
George "Mule" Suttles (born March 31, 1900 - July 9, 1966 died in Newark, New Jersey) was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles. Suttles was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Born in Blocton, Alabama, Suttles played one game for the New York Bacharach Giants in 1921, and broke into the NNL in 1923 with the Birmingham Black Barons. Suttles was known for hitting for power and batting average, all in one package. In five years with the Stars (1926-30), he led the league in home runs twice and in doubles, triples, and batting average once each.
2006 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Reginald Martinez Jackson (born May 18, 1946), nicknamed "Mr. October" for his clutch hitting in the postseason, is an American former Major League Baseball right fielder who played for five different teams from 1967 to 1987. He won three consecutive World Series titles as a member of the Oakland A's in the early 1970s and also won 2 consecutive titles with the New York Yankees.
1993 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
George Herman Ruth, Jr. (February 6, 1895 – August 16, 1948), also popularly known as "Babe", "The Bambino", and "The Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914 to 1935. Named the greatest baseball player in history in various surveys and rankings, his home run hitting prowess and charismatic personality made him a larger than life figure in the "Roaring Twenties".
1936 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-PlayerInaugural class
Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (born May 12, 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. He played almost his entire career for the New York Yankees and was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame in 1972. Arguably the most beloved baseball player since Babe Ruth, Berra was one of only four players to be named the Most Valuable Player of the American League three times, and one of only six managers to lead both American and National League teams to the World Series.
1972 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13, 1886 - June 28, 1963) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922. Baker helped the Philadelphia Athletics win three World Series (1910, 1911 and 1913). His legacy has grown over the years and he is regarded by many as the best third baseman of the pre-war era
1955 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Albert William Kaline was born in Baltimore on Dec 19,1934, the third child and only son of Nicholas and Naomi Kaline. Of German-Irish extraction, his family almost preordained Al to become a baseball player. His father, Nicholas, his uncles, Bib and Fred and his grandfather, Philip, had all been semipro catchers on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, a place that spawned many major leaguers.
1980 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
James Augustus "Catfish" Hunter (April 8, 1946 – September 9, 1999), was a Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher between 1965 and 1979. He is one of only 17 people who have pitched a perfect game in an official Major League Baseball game, and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
1987 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. He played his entire 18-year major-league professional career for the New York Yankees, winning 3 American League MVP titles and playing for 16 All-Star teams.
More than comparable to those of any that have played the game. He reached the All-Star Game 20 times in 16 different years (1959-1962 there were two All-Star games, and he made both each year) and won the MVP three times. Even more incredibly, he finished runner-up another three times, and in the top five another three times. Yes, the man was charged with Krypton he was almost Superman.
1974 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig (June 19, 1903 – June 2, 1941), born Ludwig Heinrich Gehrig, was an American baseball player in the 1920s and 1930s, chiefly remembered for his prowess as a hitter and the longevity of his consecutive games played record, which stood for more than a half-century, and the pathos of his tearful farewell from baseball at age 36, when he was stricken with a fatal disease.
1939 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Theodore Samuel Williams (August 30, 1918 – July 5, 2002), best known as Ted Williams, nicknamed The Kid, the Splendid Splinter, Teddy Ballgame and The Thumper, was an American left fielder in Major League Baseball. He played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps pilot, with the Boston Red Sox.
1966 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
*Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1888 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the early part of the 20th century. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, when members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series.
*This is a ringer put in to see if you were wide awake. "Shoeless Joe" truly a super player but because of being banned from baseball is probably never to be honored as a Hall Of Fame selectee
Jerome Hanna "Dizzy" Dean (January 16, 1910 – July 17, 1974) was an American pitcher in Major League Baseball, elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. He was born in Lucas, Arkansas, and was a life-long resident of Bond, Mississippi. He was a pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals (1930-1937), the Chicago Cubs (1938-1941), and briefly for the St.
1953 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Joshua Gibson (December 21, 1911 - January 20, 1947) was an American catcher in baseball 's Negro Leagues. He played for the Homestead Grays from 1930 to 1931, moved to the Pittsburgh Crawfords from 1932 to 1936, and returned to the Grays from 1937 to 1939 and 1942 to 1946. In 1937 he played for Ciudad Trujillo in Trujillo 's Dominican League and from 1940 to 1941 he played in the Mexican League for Veracruz.
1972 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Jack Roosevelt "Jackie" Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) became the first African-American major league baseball player of the modern era in 1947. [1] While not the first African American professional baseball player in United States history, his Major League debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers ended approximately eighty years of baseball segregation, also known as the baseball color line, or color barrier.
1962 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Henry Louis "Hank" Aaron (born February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama), nicknamed "Hammer," "Hammerin' Hank,” or "Bad Henry,” is a retired American baseball player whose Major League Baseball (MLB) career spanned from 1954 through 1976. After playing with the Indianapolis Clowns of the Negro American League and in the minor leagues, Aaron started his Major League Baseball career in 1954.
1982 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Cornelius Alexander Mack (December 22, 1862 – February 8, 1956), born Cornelius Alexander McGillicuddy, was an American professional baseball player, manager, and team owner. Considered one of the greatest managers in Major League Baseball history, he holds records for wins (3,731), losses (3,948), and games managed (7,755), with his victory total being almost 1,000 more than any other manager.
1937 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. (born May 6, 1931) is an American retired baseball player who played the majority of his career with the New York and San Francisco Giants before finishing his career with the New York Mets. Nicknamed The Say Hey Kid, Mays was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979, his first year of eligibility.
1979 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Harold Joseph "Pie" Traynor (November 11, 1898 - March 16, 1972) was a professional baseball third baseman who played his entire career with the Pittsburgh Pirates (1920-37). Traynor was born in Framingham, Massachusetts. He received his nickname for a fondness for eating pie. He is generally considered to have been the greatest National League third baseman before the 1950s.
1948 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Denton True "Cy" Young (March 29, 1867 – November 4, 1955) was an American baseball player who pitched for five different major league teams from 1890 to 1911. During his 22-year career, Young recorded numerous professional pitching records in the majors, some of which have stood for a century.
In baseball, the Cy Young Award is an honor given annually to the best pitcher in Major League Baseball (one each for American and National leagues). The award was first introduced in 1956 by Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955. The award was originally given to the single best pitcher in the major leagues.
1937 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Albert Fred "Red" Schoendienst (pronounced /ˈʃeɪ̪ndinst/; born February 2, 1923) is an American former player, coach and manager in Major League Baseball. A second baseman and switch-hitter, he played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1945-56, 1961-63), New York Giants (1956-57) and Milwaukee Braves (1957-60).
1989 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Charles Leo "Gabby" Hartnett (December 20, 1900 - December 20, 1972) was an National Major League Baseball catcher and manager who played nearly his entire career with the Chicago Cubs. He is widely considered to have been the greatest National League catcher in the first half of the 20th century.
1955 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
Charles Herbert "Red" Ruffing (May 3, 1905 - February 17, 1986) was a Major League Baseball pitcher most remembered for his time with the highly successful New York Yankees teams of the 1930s and 1940s. Born in Granville, Illinois, Ruffing suffered the loss of four toes on his left foot in a freak mine accident (in Coalton, Illinois) as a youth.
1967 Inducted as Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Player
James Thomas "Cool Papa" Bell (May 17, 1903 – March 7, 1991) was an American center fielder in Negro league baseball, considered by many baseball observers to have been the fastest man ever to play the game. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
1974 Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Inductees
James Walter Vincent Maranville was different in many ways from his contemporaries. Aside from baseball, Rabbit was known for his legendary off-field escapades.
This stream of baseball-hall-of-fame members and their stories is the stuff that makes our game of baseball one of the greatest sports and truly made it the Great American Pastime.
You might readily surmise that something is different about this game for Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Players when someone’s full name matters little, when all you really know is they played the game to win.
Baseball ballparks all around our Nation will always lay claim to their own players honored as a Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Players.
These Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame-Players so honored scrapped hustled and demonstrated their exceptional skills while playing on these very diamonds of dirt infield and well manicured outfield turf.
Baseball Ballparks around the country proudly display memorabilia and photos of their Baseball-Hall-Of-Fame players or members who played or toiled there.
Batter Up----Let’s Play Ball....
