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The June 13, 1946, induction ceremony in Cooperstown, New York, honored former Commissioner of Baseball Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who had been elected to the Hall of Fame shortly after his death in late 1944. [2] The players elected in 1946 were inducted—along with players elected the following year—on July 21, 1947, in Cooperstown. [3]
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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1946 were conducted by methods refashioned and then fashioned again during the year. As in 1945, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent players, and elected no one. Also, as in 1945, the Old Timers Committee responded by electing the biggest class yet, then 10 and now 11 people: Jesse Burkett, Frank ...
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May 26, 2022 · 1946 Hall of Fame Election. The 1946 Hall of Fame Induction took place in two rounds, in order to address the problem of the writers' votes being spread over too many candidates, resulting in no one gaining election. The first round thus became a nominating vote, followed by a regular election with a ballot featuring the top twenty candidates ...
Collecting 78.1% of the vote in the 1942 ballot, Rogers Hornsby joined the Hall of Fame as the single electee. The first National League player to ever hit 300 home runs in his career, was an exceptional hitter who holds the National League record for career batting average standing at .359. Hornsby was the first to be inducted to the Hall of ...
