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BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 01:19 PM
Another MLB HOF Trivia Question
 
By my count the BBWAA has elected 123 players to the MLB HOF through the traditional 75% minimum voting requirement (plus 3 runoff electees).

Of these 123 players only 5 were deceased at the time the BBWAA election results were announced.
Note: Roberto Clemente was elected in a Special Election.

Can you name them?

packs 01-31-2018 01:28 PM
Only one I can come up with Christy Mathewson

mckinneyj 01-31-2018 01:46 PM
Santo?

trdcrdkid 01-31-2018 01:48 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by mckinneyj (Post 1743705)
Santo?
He was voted in by one of the veterans' committees, not the BBWAA.

Fred 01-31-2018 01:50 PM
Clarkson, Joss.... nope - those are probably VC picks.

triwak 01-31-2018 01:53 PM
Lou Gehrig and Addie Joss?

darwinbulldog 01-31-2018 01:55 PM
Mathewson, Gehrig, Waddell...?

packs 01-31-2018 01:55 PM
I know Gehrig was alive for his because he was voted in pretty much right after he retired.

Butch7999 01-31-2018 01:56 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by BleedinBlue (Post 1743699)
... Of these 123 players only 4 were deceased at the time the BBWAA election results were announced.
We could very well be wrong, but you may have missed one...

trdcrdkid 01-31-2018 02:07 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Butch7999 (Post 1743713)
We could very well be wrong, but you may have missed one...
I cheated and looked, and yeah, I see five too. Two of them were very close, dying in January of the year they were elected, but as far as I can see they both died before their election was announced. I could be wrong about that.

It's a very tricky question, because only one of them has been mentioned here so far, and the others aren't at all obvious. Gehrig and Clemente were elected in special elections, and Gehrig was alive for his in any case.

BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 03:04 PM
One named so far
 
Mathewson is one correct answer. I only came up with 4 but there very well could be a fifth. I’ll go back and look again.

BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 03:09 PM
5 is correct
 
I missed 1. 5 is the correct answer. I’ll edit the original post.

Mathewson has been named. 4 remain.

rats60 01-31-2018 03:27 PM
Mathewson and Keeler died before the first HOF election. I believe Herb Pennock was another. I think he was elected because he suddenly passed away.

BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 03:28 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by rats60 (Post 1743750)
Mathewson and Keeler died before the first HOF election. I believe Herb Pennock was another. I think he was elected because he suddenly passed away.
That’s 3 of the 5. Mathewson, Keeler and Pennock.

Two remain.

howard38 01-31-2018 03:43 PM
.

Peter_Spaeth 01-31-2018 04:02 PM
Anson?

BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 06:45 PM
Still only 3 out of 5. 2 remain.

Peter_Spaeth 01-31-2018 06:55 PM
I seem to recall Harry Heilmann died young but don't know if the writers voted him in or not.

BleedinBlue 01-31-2018 09:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth (Post 1743819)
I seem to recall Harry Heilmann died young but don't know if the writers voted him in or not.
That’s 4 out of 5.

One remaining. The one I missed the first time.


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