1/21/2007

Baseball History -- January 21

Complete entry for January 21 is at BaseballLibrary.com HERE.

Highlighted entries:
1971
The BBWAA fails to elect anyone in the annual Hall of Fame election. With 270 votes required, the nearest finishers are Yogi Berra (242) and Early Wynn (240).

Both Berra and Wynn would get in eventually.
1969
Stan Musial and Roy Campanella are voted into the Hall of Fame by BBWAA members.

Good induction class here.
1960
Stan Musial asks for, and receives, a pay cut from $100,000 to $80,000 a year. Musial says he was overpaid in 1957 and 1958, and his salary should be cut, based on his performance in 1959.

Picture this happening now.
1953
The Hall of Fame passes over Joe DiMaggio in his first year of eligibility and elects P Dizzy Dean and OF Al Simmons to Cooperstown. Dean gathers 209 votes while Simmons' total of 199 is one more than needed. Also joining DiMag, who finished 8th in the voting, are in order Bill Terry, Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Ted Lyons, Chief Bender (9th) and Gabby Hartnett (10th). All will eventually make it.

DiMaggio not making it on a first ballot makes less sense than not voting for Tony Gwynn and Cal Ripken.

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