Interested to see if there is higher than normal numbers in the next few years.
Up until a certain date, the Hall had a lot of long-gone players elected (the pre-1939 backlog). Then a higher percentage of players were selected via the veterans committee (relative to more recent elections).
It wasn’t until these 60’s and 70’s stars became eligible that we had a high percent of recent era players (retired 5-10 years) making up the vast majority of those elected. If these players all played at the same time, it makes sense that they’d be of similar age and pass away at about the same time.
Or maybe (hopefully) 2020 is just the fluke / dumpster fire we all know it is!
