1957 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

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1957 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
New inductees2
via Veterans Committee2
Total inductees83
Induction dateJuly 22, 1957
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Elections to the

Baseball Hall of Fame
for 1957 followed a system established after the 1956 election. The baseball writers would vote on recent players only in even-number years (until 1967). The
Joe McCarthy, who managed the New York Yankees to eight pennants in sixteen seasons, with seven World Series titles including four consecutive championships (1936–1939). A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 22, 1957, with Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick presiding.[1]

Joe McCarthy

References

  1. ^ Gray, Sid (July 23, 1957). "Crawford, McCarthy Enter Hall of Fame". The Boston Globe. p. 14. Retrieved October 13, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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