Count of Hall of Fame Members by Position Numerical Order
Position	Number of Inductees	Rank
Pitchers	70	1
Center Fielders	25	2
Shortstops	24	3
First Basemen	21	4
Left Fielders	21
Right Fielders	21
Second Basemen	18	7
Catchers	16	8
Third Basemen	14	9
Designated Hitters	1	10
Position	Number of Inductees	Rank
Hall of Fame Positional Frequency

 

First Ballot Inductees In Chronological Order
Name	Year Inducted
Ty Cobb	1936
Walter Johnson	1936
Christy Mathewson	1936
Babe Ruth	1936
Honus Wagner	1936
Bob Feller	1962
Jackie Robinson	1962
Ted Williams	1966
Stan Musial	1969
Sandy Koufax	1972
Warren Spahn	1973
Mickey Mantle	1974
Ernie Banks	1977
Willie Mays	1979
Al Kaline	1980
Bob Gibson	1981
Hank Aaron (bio)	1982
Frank Robinson	1982
Brooks Robinson	1983
Lou Brock	1985
Willie McCovey	1986
Willie Stargell	1988
Johnny Bench	1989
Carl Yastrzemski	1989
Joe Morgan	1990
Jim Palmer	1990
Rod Carew	1991
Tom Seaver	1992
Reggie Jackson	1993
Steve Carlton	1994
Mike Schmidt	1995
George Brett	1999
Nolan Ryan	1999
Robin Yount	1999
Kirby Puckett	2001
Dave Winfield	2001
Ozzie Smith	2002
Eddie Murray	2003
Dennis Eckersley	2004
Paul Molitor	2004
Wade Boggs	2005
Tony Gwynn	2007
Cal Ripken, Jr.	2007
Rickey Henderson	2009
Name
Hall of Fame First Ballot Inductees

 

	During 1999 the most first ballot inductees (three) were enshrined into the National Baseball Hall of Fame since the first year they opened. Through today there are 65 living members (including executives, managers, umpires, players & Negro Leaguers) of the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Did you know that not one single player in the National Baseball Hall of Fame has even been selected with 100% of the possible ballots?