Cooperstown by the Numbers : an Analysis of Baseball Hall of Fame Elections.

For any baseball fanatic, a trip to Cooperstown can take on the aura of a holy pilgrimage. Yet many fans are unaware of what goes into the selection of players to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Part I of this volume offers a chronology of Hall of Fame voting from 1936 to the present. Part II provides in...

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Main Author: McConnell, John
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Language:English
Published: Jefferson : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010.
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505 0 |a Cover; Table of Contents; Preface; Part I: A History of Hall of Fame Voting; Introduction; The 1930s; The 1940s; The 1950s; The 1960s; The 1970s; The 1980s; The 1990s; The 2000s; Summary; The Veterans Committee; Part II: Hall of Farmers- Other Factors and Other Awards; Introduction; Where Did the Hall of Famers Play?; Managers and the Hall of Fame; Gold Glove Award and the Hall of Fame; Summary of Gold Glove Award Winners by Position; Cy Young Award and the Hall of Fame; Rookie of the Year Award and the Hall of Fame; Most Valuable Player Award and the Hall of Fame. 
505 8 |a Status of the Top Ten Vote-Getters in Each Baseball Writers' Association ElectionStatus of Non-Hall of Famers Who Ranked in the Top Ten; The Sporting News All-Star Team Selections and the Hall of Fame; The Longevity Factor; The Longevity Factor Among Pitchers; Ethnic Minorities in the Hall of Fame; Part III: Analysis of Hall of Fame Players by Position; Introduction; Pitchers; Catchers; First Basemen; Second Basemen; Third Basemen; Shortstops; Outfielders; Index. 
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