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1st Ballot Baseball Hall of Famers

Name the players who were elected to the baseball Hall of Fame on their first ballot, through 2012.
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Hdny42
There used to be a weird bias in the Hall of Fame about electing people on the first ballot; it just was NOT done, which is why after the initial class (they were all first ballot because that WAS the first ballot) you see a gap of over 25-years before another first ballot player was elected. Today players that would in the past probably have had to wait a year to get in (like Eddie Murray and Kirby Puckett) get right in. Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Rogers Hornsby, Lefty Grove, Tris Speaker, and Jimmie Foxx were all among those who got shafted (along with legendary figures like John McGraw and Connie Mack) due to the era they were first on the ballot. There is no question they deserved to be (along with many others) on the first ballot, and would be if it were done over. It makes the hall notion of "first ballot hall of famer" mean a lot less when players like Murray, Puckett, and Molitor get in without waiting while DiMaggio, Gehrig Hornsby, and Grove are among those not in the club.
2010-07-30
Screen Name
If they deserve to be in the Hall, they deserve to get in on the first ballot. Why wait to put the guy (or gal) in?
2010-08-01
tschutzer
When you think about it, though, there was a 40-year backlog of players that had to be put in (at a maximum of a handful per year) once the hall of fame came into existence in 1936. The not-on-the-first-ballot rule was probably there for good reason - to make sure that deserving players from the early part of the century made their way in before being forgotten. Seems as though it took them about 25 years to catch up and begin electing deserving players right away.
2011-01-01
yocoy
Heathnyy5, while I'll conced your point on Puckett, Murray was one of only three players EVER to have over 3000 hits AND 500 home runs (I refuse to count steroid users like Rafael Palmeiro). That makes him unquestionably a first ballot Hall of Famer. Molitor,had he not been elected on the first ballot would have been the first (other than Pete Rose) with 3,000 hits not to. Also, it was never a "rule", tschutzer, and I don't agree that it was a "bias" either. It was simply an honor reserved for those who were truly and undoubtedly the absolute best in the game.
2011-08-01
kegger
Roberto Clemnte was first ballot elected.
2011-11-25
Quizmaster
I reset the quiz to add Roberto Clemente, who was elected in a special ballot.
2012-01-10
Teem
If you added Clemente, then you need to add Gehrig too.
Quizmaster replies:
Well... crap! I went ahead and added Gehrig. Thanks.
2012-01-11
Hdny42
I still think DiMaggio, Grove, Speaker, Foxx, Ott, Yogi Berra, Eddie Collins, and a whole host of others not being first ballot is ludicrous. Then again, I believe that it is silly that 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson isn't in the hall yet, nor is Pete Rose, baseball's all-time hits leader. Sure, Rose is a liar, is (at least was) a gambler, and bet on baseball, but maybe it's time to let him in? Because I have a feeling eventually he'll get in, even if it comes after his death. Why not induct him NOW so he can be alive to appreciate it? I was utterly disgusted by the HOF FINALLY inducting Ron Santo now after he died. It was apparent for years that he deserved induction, and it was very important to him. Now he's gone and it happens? Yes, better late than never, but how gross that they refused to do it while the man lived when it would have meant so much to him. And the addition of Gehrig of course invalidates my inclusion of him on my list for those who didn't get in first ballot. Gehrig got in on a special ballot, l
2012-01-12
The Gambler
missed banks and jackson on my first try. damn!
2012-01-19
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