David Ortiz became the 58th player elected to the Hall of Fame on the first ballot. Here's a link to the list:
https://www.mlb.com/news/first-ballo...ers-c300943350
Why not decide how many you want in your Pantheon and start striking names off this list? It would be the "eyeball test HOF," but maybe also the "vote-with-your-heart HOF" too.
Interesting that, according to the list, there were no first ballot HOFer's between 1936 and 1962. Can this be true? Not DiMaggio?
Answer in supplementary article from MLB on ten greats not selected on first ballot:
https://www.mlb.com/news/hall-of-fam...t-first-ballot