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Originally Posted by packs
But why isn’t there room to induct him or other 19th century players with the rest of the players being inducted? Dick Allen isn’t alive for his ceremony but he will be inducted with four living players. Doesn’t this happen all the time?
In 2022, four of the seven players inducted were dead.
In 2013 all of the players elected were dead.
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The players initially considered for the era committe ballot that voted in Allen and Parker included all players pre 1980 including 19th century players so they are still being considered. All I'm saying is that there's a lot more interest in seeing players inducted that people who are still alive saw play (even if the player isn't) than someone who hasn't played in over 100 years. I think that was true of most of the players inducted in 2022. In 2013, I'm going to guess that it wasn't one of the better attended induction ceremonies since all 3 inductees were long dead as were most if not all of their fans.