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felt should be given priority. Players who had been retired over 20 years received 60% of the votes, and accounted for 14 of the top 20 in the balloting. Due to frustration over the fact that no 19th century players had yet been selected, a number of players from that era whose careers extended into the 20th century only briefly (or not at all) even received some votes, as did some managers. The results were announced in January 1939. The three candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in
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A total of 274 ballots were cast, with 2,710 individual votes for 108 specific candidates, an average of 9.89 per ballot; 206 votes were required for election. Although three stars of the 1920s did very well, the balloting was otherwise dominated by players of the 1900s and 1910s, who many voters
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As the opening of the Hall approached, criticism mounted that no 19th century figures who were known primarily as players had yet been selected, when basic plans nearly four years earlier had promised five as an ideal initial number. In addition, the six-member Centennial Commission which had
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of the previous two years led to an even smaller Old-Timers Committee selecting inductees from the 19th century – a cause of particular urgency to many who had been anticipating the five promised but unfulfilled selections in that area for over three years.
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In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall upon its opening in
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selected honorees in the previous two years never had an opportunity to meet. As a result, a smaller "Hall of Fame Committee" (also known as the Old-Timers Committee) of only three members—Commissioner
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were the last ones conducted prior to the Hall's opening that year. Needing just one addition to complete the initial goal of 10 inductees from the 20th century, members of the
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played in the inaugural Hall of Fame game). The committee's choices included the two players who had tied for first in the failed
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Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in
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Elected to the Hall. These individuals are also indicated in
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Lou Gehrig
Baseball Hall of Fame
Baseball Writers' Association of America
Centennial Commission
Cooperstown, New York
George Sisler
Eddie Collins
Willie Keeler
Rube Waddell
Rogers Hornsby
Frank Chance
Ed Delahanty
Ed Walsh
Johnny Evers
Miller Huggins
Rabbit Maranville
Jimmy Collins
Roger Bresnahan
Fred Clarke
Mordecai Brown
Wilbert Robinson
Chief Bender
Herb Pennock
Ray Schalk
Hugh Duffy
Ross Youngs
Hughie Jennings

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