Put the 51-year-old Ichiro down, appropriately, as 2-for-2. Last week, he was elected in his first year of eligibility for the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, in recognition of nine seasons with the Orix Blue Wave during which he was a three-time Pacific League MVP and seven-time bat...
ESPN MLB experts Bradford Doolittle and David Schoenfield take a look at the candidacies of some of the leading vote-getters on the BBWAA ballot to date and weigh their Hall of Fame chances for this year -- and beyond.Players are listed in order of their current balloting percentage,v...
For one weekend each summer, the quiet, sleepy village of Cooperstown, N.Y., becomes the bustling center of the baseball world, welcoming tens of thousands to celebrate the sport’s history with theBaseball Hall of Fame inductions. This weekend, theHall opens its doors to welcome a four-pe...
representing Buck O'Neil, and Sharon Minoso, representing Minnie Minoso, pose for a photograph with (top row from left) Hall of Fame President Josh Rawitch, representing Bud Fowler, inductees Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva and David Ortiz after the Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony at Clark Sp...
2024 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Inducted: Adrian Beltré,Todd Helton,Jim Leyland,Joe Mauer Find Full Vote Totals and Statistics for all Players Who Were on the Ballot
2024 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Kelly Gavin/MLB Photos via Getty Images COOPERSTOWN, NY - JULY 21: Todd Helton of the Colorado Rockies looks on during the 2024 Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at The Clark Sports Center Grounds on Sunday, July 21, 2024 in Cooperstown, New York. ...
Baseball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony FactsBrown, Daniel
The Hall of Fame has held an Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown every year since 1961. An Induction Ceremony was not held in 1950, 1958 and 1960 after voting resulted in no new electees, while no elections were held in 1940, 1941 and 1943. In 1942, Rogers Hornsby was elected but an Indu...
4. July 24, 2022, Hall of Fame Inductions. That’s it. This column doesn’t care about Management vs. Union, except in the ramifications a possible work stoppage might have for any future Hall of Fame cases. Albert Pujols and Mike Trout are first-ballot no matter what, but what about...
Five more baseball legends will be enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 27 in Cooperstown, New York. That brings the all-time inductee total to 356, including 283 former Major League Baseball players. Of these players forever immort...