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  2. Albert Belle - Wikipedia

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    This contract made him the highest-paid player in baseball for a brief period and the first player in baseball history to make $10 million in a season. [ 17 ] [ 18 ] He enjoyed two great seasons in Chicago, including a career-high 27-game hitting streak in May 1997, and came close to another 50/50 season in 1998 with 49 home runs (a White Sox ...

  3. List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. 2024 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting - Wikipedia

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    The list of players appearing on the BBWAA ballot was released on November 20, 2023. There were 14 players carried over from the 2023 ballot, [3] [4] who garnered at least 5% of the vote and were still eligible for election, as well as 12 players whose last major league appearance was in 2018, played at least 10 seasons of Major League Baseball, and were chosen by a screening committee. [5]

  5. MLB Hall of Fame: Update on Class of 2024 voting, led by ...

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    The Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2024 has been decided. All ballots from Baseball Writers Association of America voters, of which there are estimated to be 384, have been collected. (They had to ...

  6. Baseball Hall of Fame: A way-too-early look at the crowded ...

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    The 2024 Hall of Fame voting cycle is over, and three new former players (plus manager Jim Leyland, who was elected by the veterans committee late last year) will be inducted into the National ...

  7. 2025 Hall of Fame ballot: What to know for Classic Baseball ...

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    Among the seven players nominated, first baseman Steve Garvey earned the highest vote total during the 15 years players were eligible for the Hall of Fame via the writers' ballot – earning 42.6% ...

  8. Rocky Colavito - Wikipedia

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    Rocco Domenico "Rocky" Colavito Jr. (August 10, 1933 – December 10, 2024) was an American professional baseball player, coach, and television sports commentator. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder from 1955 to 1968, most prominently as a member of the Cleveland Indians , with whom he established himself as a fan favorite for ...

  9. Dave Winfield - Wikipedia

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    In December 1980, New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner made Winfield the game's highest-paid player by signing him to a ten-year, $23 million contract (equivalent to $85.1 million in 2023). Steinbrenner mistakenly thought he was signing Winfield for $16 million, unaware of the meaning of a cost-of-living clause in the contract, [ 11 ] a ...