Players removed from the ballot (those
listed where it begins removed AND Jim
Kaat
for reaching the fifteen-year ballot limit)
are not
eligible for selection by the Veterans Committee until twenty-three years
after their retirement date!
Did you know that Eddie
Murray was the thirty-eighth
player elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame during
his first year of eligibility?
Who would you have chosen? Were there "locks"
on the list? Are there players who do not belong on the ballot
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