Baseball Hall of Fame Infielders by Baseball Almanac

Baseball Hall of Fame Infielders

The few, the elite, the enshrined members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Listed below in positional order are the infielders who are members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

"I'm proud of my stats, but I don't think I ever got on for Joe Morgan. If I stole a base, it was to help us win a game, and I like to think that's what made me special." - Joe Morgan

Hall of Fame Members First Basemen
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Cap Anson^(bio)	1939	Veterans
Jake Beckley	1971	Veterans
Jim Bottomley	1974	Veterans
Dan Brouthers	1945	Veterans
Orlando Cepeda	1999	Veterans
Frank Chance	1946	Veterans
Roger Connor	1976	Veterans
Jimmie Foxx	1951	BBWAA	226	179	79.20%
Lou Gehrig	1939	BBWAA
Hank Greenberg	1956	BBWAA	193	164	84.97%
George Kelly	1973	Veterans
Harmon Killebrew	1984	BBWAA	403	335	83.13%
Willie McCovey	1986	BBWAA	425	346	81.41%
Johnny Mize	1981	Veterans
Eddie Murray	2003	BBWAA	496	423	85.28%
Tony Perez	2000	BBWAA	499	385	77.15%
George Sisler	1939	BBWAA	274	235	85.77%
Bill Terry	1954	BBWAA	252	195	77.38%
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Hall of Fame First Basemen

Hall of Fame Members Second Basemen
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Rod Carew	1991	BBWAA	443	401	90.52%
Eddie Collins	1939	BBWAA	274	213	77.74%
Bobby Doerr	1986	Veterans
Johnny Evers	1946	Veterans
Nellie Fox	1997	Veterans
Frankie Frisch	1947	BBWAA	161	136	84.47%
Charlie Gehringer	1949	BBWAA	187	159	85.03%
Billy Herman	1975	Veterans
Rogers Hornsby	1942	BBWAA	233	182	78.11%
Nap Lajoie	1937	BBWAA	201	168	83.58%
Tony Lazzeri	1991	Veterans
Bill Mazeroski	2001	Veterans
Bid McPhee	2000	Veterans
Joe Morgan	1990	BBWAA	444	363	81.76%
Jackie Robinson	1962	BBWAA	160	124	77.50%
Ryne Sandberg	2005	BBWAA	516	393	76.16%
Red Schoendienst	1989	Veterans
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Hall of Fame Second Basemen

Hall of Fame Members Third Basemen
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Frank Baker	1955	Veterans
Wade Boggs	2005	BBWAA	516	474	91.86%
George Brett	1999	BBWAA	497	488	98.19%
Jimmy Collins	1945	Veterans
Ray Dandridge	1987	Veterans
George Kell	1983	Veterans
Freddie Lindstrom	1976	Veterans
Eddie Mathews	1978	BBWAA	379	301	79.42%
Brooks Robinson	1983	BBWAA	374	344	91.98%
Mike Schmidt	1995	BBWAA	460	444	96.52%
Pie Traynor	1948	BBWAA	121	93	76.86%
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Hall of Fame Third Basemen

Hall of Fame Members Shortstops
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Luis Aparicio^(bio)	1984	BBWAA	403	341	84.62%
Luke Appling^(bio)	1964	BBWAA	225	189	84.00%
Dave Bancroft	1971	Veterans
Ernie Banks	1977	BBWAA	383	321	83.81%
Lou Boudreau	1970	BBWAA	300	232	77.33%
Joe Cronin	1956	BBWAA	193	152	78.76%
George Davis	1998	Veterans
Travis Jackson	1982	Veterans
Hughie Jennings	1945	Veterans
Rabbit Maranville	1954	BBWAA	252	209	82.94%
Pee Wee Reese	1984	Veterans
Cal Ripken, Jr.	2007	BBWAA	545	537	98.53%
Phil Rizzuto	1994	Veterans
Joe Sewell	1977	Veterans
Ozzie Smith	2001	BBWAA	472	433	91.74%
Joe Tinker	1946	Veterans
Arky Vaughan	1985	Veterans
Honus Wagner	1936	BBWAA	226	215	95.13%
Bobby Wallace	1953	Veterans
John Ward	1964	Veterans
Willie Wells	1997	Veterans
Robin Yount	1999	BBWAA	497	385	77.46%
Name	Year	Method	Ballots	Votes	%
Hall of Fame Shortstops

Did you know that you could use the charts posted above to determine who the first inductees were at each and every position?

Players who received the highest percentage of votes by position are: George Sisler (1B), Rod Carew (2B), George Brett (3B), Cal Ripken, Jr. (SS), Johnny Bench (C), Tom Seaver (P), Carl Yastrzemski (LF), Ty Cobb (CF), and Hank Aaron (RF).

Do you know which of these infielders were elected to the National Baseball Fall of Fame the first time they appeared on a ballot?

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