Hall of Fame

   A look at the inductees into baseball's Hall of Fame, beginning with the first class of players in 1936 and working up to today.

1936-1969 | 1970-present

1970

• Lou Boudreau
• Committee on Veterans --  Earle Combs, Ford Frick, Jesse Haines

1971

• Committee on Veterans --  Jake Beckley, Dave Bancroft, Chick Hafey, Joe Kelley, Rube Marquard, George Weiss
• Negro League Committee --  Satchel Paige

1972

• Sandy Koufax, Yogi Berra, Early Wynn
• Committee on Veterans --  Ross Youngs

1973

• Warren Spahn 
• Committee on Veterans --  Billy Evans, George Kelly, Mickey Welch 
• Negro League Committee --  Monte Irvin, 
• Special Waiver of 5-year Waiting Period -- Roberto Clemente

1974

• Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford
• Committee on Veterans --  Jim Bottomley, Jocko Conlan, Sam Thompson
• Negro League Committee --  Cool Papa Bell

1975

• Ralph Kiner
• Committee on Veterans --  Earl Averill, Bucky Harris, Billy Herman
• Negro League Committee --  Judy Johnson

1976

• Robin Roberts, Bob Lemon
• Committee on Veterans -- Roger Connor, Fred Linstrom, Cal Hubbard
• Negro League Committee -- Oscar Charleston

1977

• Ernie Banks
• Committee on Veterans --  Amos Rusie, Joe Sewell, Al Lopez
• Negro League Committee --  Martin Dihigo, John Henry Lloyd

1978

• Eddie Mathews
• New Veterans Committee --  Addie Joss, Larry MacPhail

1979

• Willie Mays
• Veterans Committee --  Warren Giles, Hack Wilson

1980

• Al Kaline, Duke Snider
• Veterans Committee -- Chuck Klein, Tom Yawkey

1981

• Bob Gibson
• Veterans Committee -- Johnny Mize, Rube Foster

1982

• Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson
• Veterans Committee -- Travis Jackson, Happy Chandler

1983

• Brooks Robinson, Juan Marichal
• Veterans Committee -- George Kell, Walt Alston

1984

• Luis Aparicio, Harmon Killebrew, Don Drysdale
• Veterans Committee --  Rick Ferrell, Pee Wee Reese

1985

• Hoyt Wilhelm, Lou Brock
• Veterans Committee --  Enos Slaughter, Arky Vaughn

1986

• Willie McCovey
• Veterans Committee --  Bobby Doerr, Ernie Lombardi

1987

• Billy Williams, Catfish Hunter
• Veterans Committee -- Ray Dandridge

1988

• Willie Stargell

1989

• Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski
• Veterans Committee -- Red Schoedienst, Al Barlick

1990

• Jim Palmer, Joe Morgan

1991

• Rod Carew, Gaylord Perry, Ferguson Jenkins
• Veterans Committee -- Tony Lazzeri, Bill Veeck

1992

• Tom Seaver, Rollie Fingers
• Veterans Committee --  Hal Newhouser, Bill McGowan

1993

• Reggie Jackson

1994

• Steve Carlton
• Veterans Committee --  Phil Rizzuto, Leo Durocher

1995

• Mike Schmidt
• Veterans Committee --  Richie Ashburn, Leon Day, William Hulbert, Vic Willis

1996

• Veterans Committee --  Jim Bunning, Bill Foster, Ned Hanlon, Earl Weaver

1997

• Phil Niekro
• Veterans Committee --  Nellie Fox, Tommy Lasorda, Willie Wells

1998

• Don Sutton
• Veterans Committee --  Larry Doby, George Davis, Lee MacPhail, Joe Rogan

1999

• Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount
• Veterans Committee --  Orlando Cepeda, Frank Selee, Nestor Chylak, Smokey Joe Williams

2000

• Sparky Anderson, Bid McPhee, Tony Perez, Carlton Fisk, Turkey Stearnes

2001

• Kirby Puckett, Dave Winfield
• Veterans Committee --  Bill Mazeroski, Hilton Smith

2002

• Ozzie Smith

2003

• Gary Carter, Eddie Murray

2004

• Paul Molitor, Dennis Eckersley

2005

• Wade Boggs, Ryne Sandberg

2006

• Bruce Sutter
• Negro Leagues -- Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, Effa Manley, Jose Mendez, Alex Pompez, Cum Posey, Luis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristobal Torriente, Sol White, J.L. Wilkinson, Jud Wilson

1936-1969 | 1970-present