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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791099703321

Autore

McConnell John J. <1924->

Titolo

Cooperstown by the numbers : an analysis of baseball Hall of Fame elections / / John J. McConnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jefferson, North Carolina : , : McFarland & Company, , 2010

ISBN

0-7864-5562-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Disciplina

796.357/640973

796.357640973

Soggetti

Baseball - United States - History

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

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

Sommario/riassunto

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 information about the awards won (Cy Young, MVP, Rookie), honors (Sporting News All-Star selections), and other career details (longevity, benchmark statistical achievements) that tend to



sway voters. And Part III summarizes the voting trends by position.