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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 8:54 AM
And meanwhile, Tony Oliva, Steve Garvey, Gil Hodges and Jim Kaat are still on the outside, looking in. And others we can name. Edited on: Jan 27, 2021 - 8:56AM

OCHawkeye

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021 9:48 AM

That's an interesting way to look at the math.

It should be noted that Baseball Writers Association of America have only elected in 136 of the 333 members of the baseball hall of fame.

Row Labels	BBWAA	Negro Leagues	Veterans	Grand Total
1936	5			5
1937	3		5	8
1938	1		2	3
1939	4		6	10
1942	1			1
1944			1	1
1945			10	10
1946			11	11
1947	4			4
1948	2			2
1949	1		2	3
1951	2			2
1952	2			2
1953	2		6	8
1954	3			3
1955	4		2	6
1956	2			2
1957			2	2
1959			1	1
1961			2	2
1962	2		2	4
1963			4	4
1964	1		6	7
1965			1	1
1966	1		1	2
1967	1		2	3
1968	1		2	3
1969	2		2	4
1970	1		3	4
1971		1	7	8
1972	3	2	3	8
1973	2	1	3	6
1974	2	1	3	6
1975	1	1	3	5
1976	2	1	3	6
1977	1	2	3	6
1978	1		2	3
1979	1		2	3
1980	2		2	4
1981	1		2	3
1982	2		2	4
1983	2		2	4
1984	3		2	5
1985	2		2	4
1986	1		2	3
1987	2		1	3
1988	1			1
1989	2		2	4
1990	2			2
1991	3		2	5
1992	2		2	4
1993	1			1
1994	1		2	3
1995	1		4	5
1996			4	4
1997	1		3	4
1998	1		4	5
1999	3		4	7
2000	2		3	5
2001	2		2	4
2002	1			1
2003	2			2
2004	2			2
2005	2			2
2006	1	17		18
2007	2			2
2008	1		5	6
2009	2		1	3
2010	1		2	3
2011	2		1	3
2012	1		1	2
2013			3	3
2014	3		3	6
2015	4			4
2016	2			2
2017	3		2	5
2018	4		2	6
2019	4		2	6
2020	2		2	4
Grand Total	134	26	173	333

mzentko wrote:

I wonder how expansion has affected number of players elected over the decades.

If top 1% of historical players make hot, then 1% of current roster spots, not accounting for roster churn of injury replacements, is 8. We rarely too more than 3 played in a class...hmmm interesting,....

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Thursday, January 28, 2021 4:33 AM
My curiosity is how Bonds and Clemens do not have the exact same number of votes. What inspired someone to give a vote to Bonds and not Clemens? Either you ignore steroids and the are both clearly in or you consider them and they are both out, but how can someone say Bonds is a Hall of Fame player and Clemens not?

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