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Originally Posted by bn2cardz
Welcome. I don't know how far you made it in your Joss research to see why he only had 9 years and was still eligible for the HOF (HOF requires minimum of 10 years). If you hadn't let me add to your research.
Joss died April 14, 1911 prematurely at the age of 31. The HOF made an exception for his 9 years because they believed had he been able to play on he would still have been a HOF and he was under contract for the 1911 season marking his 10th season.
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Thank you for this info bn2 - I was not aware of this.