Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945

Summary

• The 1945 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame included the first regular election to be conducted in three years, and only the second since 1939; in that year, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually. 1945 also witnessed the first attempt to elect figures from 19th century baseball since the Hall had opened in 1939.

Cooperstown Confidential; Heroes, Rogues, and the Inside Story of the Baseball Hall of Fame - only $19.50 It’s where America’s pastime announces to the world what it is and what it wants to be. The National Baseball H all of Fame is the holiest institution in American sports. As Zev Chafets points out, it’s no coincidence that the first black Hall of Famer, Jackie Robinson, was inducted in 1962, at the height of the civil rights movement. Or that the Hall is now planning a wing to honor Latino players. For the first time, this book shows the inner workings of the Hall: the politics, the players, and the people who own and preserve it.. »

Soundex: B214 ( B214 H4 O1 F5 B435 ) Metaphone: BSBLHLFFMBLTNK Reference View this topic on Wikipedia Search on Google

Similar Topics

• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1944
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1948
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1946
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1942
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1947
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1949
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1936
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1937
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1938
• Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1939

Related Topics

• Baseball Hall of Fame
• Hall of Fame
• To Be

  * This page is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1945".