Baseball Hall of Famers on First Ballot
Typically, a player becomes eligible five years after retirement, or immediately upon his death, whichever comes first. The first Hall of Fame class was elected in 1936, thus making that the first year any player could be eligible. Babe Ruth retired in 1935, but his five-year waiting period was waived so that he could be part of the first Hall of Fame class. Lou Gehrig's waiting period also was waived, and he was inducted in 1939 on his first ballot. (Joe Dimaggio's five-year moratorium was waived, too, but he did not get elected his first time, although he did get in less that five years after retirement, but before his death.)
Ranked by year of induction into Hall of Fame.
This Category is Ranked. Sort by Ranking Based on Votes by clicking on Vote Ranking. Sort by the Collection's Ranking by clicking on List Ranking.
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17
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0
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Organization
39.13% (45 of 115 votes)
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54
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0
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Location
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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13
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1936
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Baseball Player
47.83% (55 of 115 votes)
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27
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1936
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Baseball Player
5.88% (1 of 17 votes)
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41
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1936
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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44
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1936
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 2 votes)
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51
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1936
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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15
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1939
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Baseball Player
39.53% (34 of 86 votes)
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4
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1962
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Baseball Player
100% (2 of 2 votes)
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9
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1962
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Baseball Player
52.61% (121 of 230 votes)
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40
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1966
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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33
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1969
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 4 votes)
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32
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1972
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 2 votes)
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39
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1973
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 11 votes)
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16
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1974
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Baseball Player
39.35% (85 of 216 votes)
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11
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1977
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Baseball Player
50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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14
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1979
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Baseball Player
45.88% (78 of 170 votes)
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52
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1980
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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45
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1981
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 6 votes)
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22
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1982
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Baseball Player
33.01% (34 of 103 votes)
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28
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1982
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Baseball Player
5.88% (1 of 17 votes)
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47
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1983
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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20
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1985
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Baseball Player
33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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31
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1986
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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29
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1988
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Baseball Player
4.35% (1 of 23 votes)
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37
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1989
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 15 votes)
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43
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1989
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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10
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1990
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Baseball Player
50.0% (1 of 2 votes)
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36
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1990
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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46
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1991
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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23
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1992
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Baseball Player
30.58% (37 of 121 votes)
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19
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1993
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Baseball Player
34.55% (38 of 110 votes)
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35
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1994
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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30
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1995
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 8 votes)
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6
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1999
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Baseball Player
87.50% (35 of 40 votes)
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38
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1999
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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53
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1999
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 3 votes)
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25
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2001
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Baseball Player
14.29% (1 of 7 votes)
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42
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2001
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 1 votes)
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2
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2002
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Baseball Player
100% (1 of 1 votes)
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21
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2003
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Baseball Player
33.33% (1 of 3 votes)
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3
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2004
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Baseball Player
100% (1 of 1 votes)
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34
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2004
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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5
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2005
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Baseball Player
91.67% (11 of 12 votes)
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12
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2007
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Baseball Player
50.0% (31 of 62 votes)
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55
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2007
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 5 votes)
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18
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2009
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Baseball Player
35.48% (11 of 31 votes)
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24
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2014
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Baseball Player
25.00% (1 of 4 votes)
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49
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2014
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 12 votes)
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50
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2014
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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26
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2015
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Baseball Player
12.50% (1 of 8 votes)
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48
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2015
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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1
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2016
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Baseball Player
100% (5 of 5 votes)
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7
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2017
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Baseball Player
68.32% (207 of 303 votes)
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57
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2018
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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58
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2018
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 0 votes)
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8
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2019
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Baseball Player
60.0% (3 of 5 votes)
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56
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2019
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Baseball Player
0% (0 of 5 votes)
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