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Elections to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum for 1987 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected two, Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams.
August 26 – Paul Molitor of the Milwaukee Brewers goes hitless, and ends his 39-game hitting streak; it is the longest American League hitting streak since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game streak in 1941. August 30 – With knuckleball pitcher Charlie Hough on the mound, Texas Rangers catcher Geno Petralli ties a Major League record by committing six ...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a history museum and hall of fame in Cooperstown, New York, operated by private interests.It serves as the central point of the history of baseball in the United States and displays baseball-related artifacts and exhibits, honoring those who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport.
The plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits.
Madlock became a free agent at the end of the 1987 season and played for the Lotte Orions in Japan in 1988. Madlock's four batting titles is the most of any player in major league baseball history who is not enshrined in the Hall of Fame .
The portion of baseball history dominated by Bonds and Clemens can be written accurately for consumption at the Hall of Fame, with an honest effort to widen the lens of the Hall of Fame’s process.
Baines giving a speech at his induction into the Baseball Hall of Fame in July 2019 Baines first became eligible for the National Baseball Hall of Fame with the 2007 election . While 75% of the vote is needed for induction, he never received greater than 6.1% (which he received in 2010). [ 1 ]
Pete Rose talks to the media during a news conference as part of the Reds Hall of Fame induction weekend at Great American Ball Park on June 24, 2016.