Baseball Hall of Fame by GrecoD

Champion(s):

BarkerC
"We fight for better days."


Runner(s)-Up:

WellsW
If you ain't first, you're last


Quiz Description

This is a quiz about the Baseball Hall of Fame. Unless otherwise noted, votes and percentages are based upon the annual (well, mostly annual) BBWAA election. Have fun, and as always, I welcome any feedback. Play Ball!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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1 BarkerC 460 98 15
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2 WellsW 443 95 15
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3 PeskinK 416 91 15
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4 ggreco 413 88 15
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5 ChernicoffS 384 85 15
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6 BoyleJ 379 82 15
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7 SheahanJ 368 79 15
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8 SussmanM 341 75 00
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9 BarrientosB 339 72 15
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10 OppenheimS 325 67 00
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10 randalleng 325 67 15
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12 BoyerA 314 62 00
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13 AllenJ 310 59 00
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14 SchroederS 303 56 15
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15 ChrisRosenberg 290 53 15
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16 HulkaE 288 50 15
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17 BurgerM 287 46 00
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18 AdelmanM 242 43 00
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19 GoldsteinB 198 40 00
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20 LangeS17 194 37 15
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21 JonesRW 173 33 00
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22 ConnorA 154 30 00
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23 JordanG 149 27 00
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24 Radzie 140 24 15
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25 guy 137 20 00
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26 PolinskyL 136 17 00
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27 MatthewsP 114 14 00
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29 GrahamJ 82 8 00
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30 MoyseyC 70 4 00
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31 chc 64 1 00
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Questions:

There are 3 statues of players on the first floor of the Hall of Fame. Two of them are of Babe Ruth and Ted Williams. The third is for a player, scout, and coach who has a Hall of Fame award named after him, but is not himself a member of the Hall of Fame. Who is he?

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Buck O'Neill

There are two Hall of Fame media awards given annually during induction weekend. One is given to honor excellence in print journalism; the other to honor excellence in broadcast journalism. Name either award.

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Ford C. Frick Award, J.G. Taylor Spink Award

Give either 2015 recipient of the awards in the previous question.

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Dick Enberg, Tom Gage

What man, a Hall of Famer himself, was a member of the Veteran's Committee from 1967-1972, and helped to elect several people considered to be among the worst players in the Hall of Fame, including teammates George Kelly, Ross Youngs, and Freddie Lindstrom?

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Frankie Frisch

There have been two Dominican born baseball players elected to the Hall of Fame. The first player was elected 32 years before the second. Name both players.

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Juan Marichal, Pedro Martinez

A 2006 inductee was the co-owner of the Newark Eagles and treasurer of the Negro Leagues. What distinction does this Hall of Famer have?

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the first/only female inductee (Effa Manley)

What 1992 inductee was elected with the highest percentage (98.84%) of votes?

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Tom Seaver

Who is the player and World Series winning manager that has, excluding those players currently on the ballot, the highest percentage of votes of any non-Hall of Famer (63.4% in 1983, his last year of eligibility)?

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Gil Hodges

What 1964 inductee and 19th century player shared his name with a leading retailer of that era and amassed over 150 pitching wins and 2000 hits in his career?

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John Montgomery Ward

Name all five members of the inaugural 1936 Hall of Fame class

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Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson

Name any two of the three players who were elected the next year (1937)

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Tris Speaker, Cy Young, Nap Lajoie

Name the newspaper publisher, art collector, and benefactor who founded the Hall of Fame, and whose granddaughter is the current Chairman of the Board

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Steven C. Clark