Hall of Famers' most random teams ByAndrew Simon@AndrewSimonMLB December 28, 2024 5 reasons Billy Wagner should be in Hall of Fame ByDavid Adler December 27, 2024 Billy Wagner is in his 10th and final year on the Hall of Fame ballot. He has one last chance, and he's so close. Wagn...
Williams and Yaz are two of the top 25 position players in MLB history by WAR. Rockies: Todd HeltonColorado officially became the 21st franchise to have a Hall of Fame plaque all to itself when Helton’s was unveiled in Cooperstown in July 2024. Royals: George BrettAs far into a Draft ...
Results will be announced by Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, live on MLB Network. Outfielders Ichiro Suzuki and Carlos Gonzalez, infielders Dustin Pedroia and Hanley Ramirez and pitchers Felix Hernandez and CC Sabathia will join 14 holdovers from the2024...
— National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum ⚾ (@baseballhall)July 17, 2024 In addition to Skenes's cap, the Hall also came calling for the cap worn by Chicago Cubs rookie Shota Imanaga, who joined some rare company of Japanese-born pitchers to make their debuts in the MLB All-Star...
John Smoltz is one of the best pitchers that baseball has ever seen. The 8x All-Star and World Series champion was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2015 when he appeared on the ballot for the first time. Now, he's finding success in another sport: golf....
The Hall of Fame is baseball’s annual celebration of itself. Hall President Jeff Idelson saluted its exclusivity: Among 19,429 major league players, just 232 have been chosen for the Hall, including 132 from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America annual ballot, which requires a superma...
in selecting photographs of many of the game's most storied players. Learning about those who have been inducted into the most famous sports hall of fame in the world comes easy when turning pages. The book is divided by six chapters - Pitchers, Catchers, Infielders, Outfielders, Managers, ...
Minoso of course falls into this group of snubs, which is where we started. At his best, Minoso played Hall of Fame-level baseball for a full decade. Is that enough? I think it should be. What the numbers say Clayton Kershaw's peak 10-year fWAR so far in his career is 60.0,...
Did you know there has never been a year where two pitchers who were longtime teammates were elected to the Hall of Fame together? But if Glavine and Maddux don't rewrite that line of the Cooperstown history books, these voters must be even more confused than I ever suspected. Consider Gla...
Still, many big names remain outside the Hall's hallowed Plaque Gallery, so here is a roster of the best non-Hall of Fame players in baseball history at every position. Important note:For this exercise, we only considered players who have been retired for at least five years, the waiting...