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''"To the pioneers who were the moving spirits of the game in its infancy and to the players who have been elected to the Hall of Fame, we pay just tribute. But I should like to dedicate this museum to all America." - Kenesaw Landis on July 12, 1939.''  

''"To the pioneers who were the moving spirits of the game in its infancy and to the players who have been elected to the Hall of Fame, we pay just tribute. But I should like to dedicate this museum to all America." - Kenesaw Landis on July 12, 1939.''  

''The all time pinnacle for any player or person associated with US national pastime is enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, [[New York]].'' <ref> [http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hofmenu.shtml Hall of Fame] </ref>

''The all time pinnacle for any player or person associated with US national pastime is enshrinement into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, [[New York]].'' <ref>[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/hofmenu.shtml Hall of Fame]</ref>

In the first election, five players were named: [[Ty Cobb]], [[Babe Ruth]], [[Honus Wagner]], [[Christy Mathewson]], and [[Walter Johnson]]. As of 2007, the [[pitcher]] position has the greatest amount of total inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 61 players.  

In the first election, five players were named: [[Ty Cobb]], [[Babe Ruth]], [[Honus Wagner]], [[Christy Mathewson]], and [[Walter Johnson]]. As of 2007, the [[pitcher]] position has the greatest amount of total inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame with 61 players.  

== Excluded from the Hall of Fame ==

== Excluded from the Hall of Fame ==

Players who [[gambling|gambled]] on baseball while they were players -- mostly notably Shoeless Joe Jackson who allegedly accepted an improper payment connected with the fix of the 1919 World Series,<ref>http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4654657-shoeless-joe-jackson-baseball-hall-of-fame-reinstatement-rob-manfred-black-sox</ref> and more recently Pete Rose for his alleged gambling as a player and later as a manager -- have been declared ineligible for induction into the Hall of Fame.

Players who [[gambling|gambled]] on baseball while they were players—mostly notably Shoeless Joe Jackson who allegedly accepted an improper payment connected with the fix of the 1919 World Series,<ref>http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb-news/4654657-shoeless-joe-jackson-baseball-hall-of-fame-reinstatement-rob-manfred-black-sox</ref> and more recently Pete Rose for his alleged gambling as a player and later as a manager—have been declared ineligible for induction into the Hall of Fame.

==  References ==

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