Small Hall of Fame



This is a project set up by posters on the BillJamesonline site. At some point that site will no longer be around, though a member is working on moving the content to a new location. I'll update after that happens. It is kept small by electing only one additional person each year.

I had a thought about going even smaller, and electing Baseball's inner circle. What I will do is use this list as a starting point - if you aren't in the small hall, you can't be considered for the inner circle.

These are the guys currently in:

  • 1936 Babe Ruth
  • 1937 Honus Wagner
  • 1938 Walter Johnson
  • 1939 Ty Cobb
  • 1940 Lou Gehrig
  • 1941 Cy Young
  • 1942 Oscar Charleston
  • 1943 Tris Speaker
  • 1944 Eddie Collins
  • 1945 Christy Mathewson
  • 1946 Rogers Hornsby
  • 1947 Lefty Grove
  • 1948 Grover Cleveland Alexander
  • 1949 Pop Lloyd
  • 1950 Cap Anson
  • 1951 Satchel Paige
  • 1952 Jimmy Foxx
  • 1953 Mel Ott
  • 1954 Nap Lajoie
  • 1955 Hank Greenberg
  • 1956 Josh Gibson
  • 1957 Joe DiMaggio
  • 1958 Mickey Cochrane
  • 1959 Carl Hubbell
  • 1960 Kid Nichols
  • 1961 Charlie Gehringer
  • 1962 Jackie Robinson
  • 1963 Bob Feller
  • 1964 Johnny Mize
  • 1965 Frank Baker
  • 1966 Ted Williams
  • 1967 Arky Vaughan
  • 1968 Roy Campanella
  • 1969 Stan Musial
  • 1970 Duke Snider
  • 1971 Warren Spahn
  • 1972 Yogi Berra
  • 1973 Sandy Koufax
  • 1974 Mickey Mantle
  • 1975 Eddie Mathews
  • 1976 Roberto Clemente
  • 1977 Ernie Banks
  • 1978 Robin Roberts
  • 1979 Willie Mays
  • 1980 Al Kaline
  • 1981 Bob Gibson
  • 1982 Hank Aaron
  • 1983 Frank Robinson
  • 1984 Juan Marichal
  • 1985 Brooks Robinson
  • 1986 Harmon Killebrew
  • 1987 Willie McCovey
  • 1988 Buck Leonard
  • 1989 Johnny Bench
  • 1990 Joe Morgan
  • 1991 Carl Yastrzemski
  • 1992 Tom Seaver
  • 1993 Reggie Jackson
  • 1994 Steve Carlton
  • 1995 Mike Schmidt
  • 1996 Rod Carew
  • 1997 Gaylord Perry
  • 1998 Gary Carter
  • 1999 George Brett
  • 2000 Nolan Ryan
  • 2001 Joe Williams
  • 2002 Ozzie Smith
  • 2003 Eddie Murray
  • 2004 Turkey Stearnes
  • 2005 Wade Boggs
  • 2006 Robin Yount
  • 2007 Cal Ripken Jr.
  • 2008 Tony Gwynn
  • 2009 Rickey Henderson
  • 2010 Phil Niekro
  • 2011 Jeff Bagwell
  • 2012 Hoyt Wilhelm
  • 2013 Barry Bonds*
  • 2014 Greg Maddux
  • 2015 Randy Johnson
  • 2016 Ken Griffey Jr.
  • 2017 Pedro Martinez
  • 2018 Roger Clemens*
  • 2019 Mariano Rivera
  • 2020 Derek Jeter
  • 2021 Cool Papa Bell
  • 2022 Alex Rodriguez*
  • 2022 Whitey Ford
  • 2022 Martin Dihigo
  • 2023 Pete Rose*
  • 2024 Mike Piazza

  • *Not in Cooperstown

    This page was last modified 12/11/2023