List of members of the Baseball Hall of Fame


The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits. Elections of worthy individuals to be honored by induction into the Hall of Fame commenced in 1936, although the first induction ceremonies were not held until the hall opened in 1939. Through the elections for, a total of 333 people have been inducted, including 235 former major league players, 31 executives, 35 Negro Leagues players and executives, 22 managers, and 10 umpires. Each is listed showing his primary position; that is, the position or role in which the player made his greatest contribution to baseball according to the Hall of Fame.
According to the current rules, players must have at least 10 years of major league experience to be eligible for induction. In addition, they must be retired for at least five years if living, or deceased for at least six months. Players meeting these qualifications must pass through a screening committee, and are then voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Each writer may vote for up to 10 players; to be admitted into the Hall of Fame, a player must be approved by 75% of those casting ballots. Players receiving less than 5% approval are removed from future BBWAA ballots. The rules, as revised in July 2016, allow that all individuals eligible for induction but not for the BBWAA ballot—players who have not been approved by the BBWAA election process within 15 years of their retirement, umpires, managers, pioneers, and executives—may be considered by one of four voting bodies that have taken over the role of the former Veterans Committee, based on the era in which each individual candidate made his greatest contribution to the sport. On a few occasions, exceptions have been made to the guidelines in place at the time: Lou Gehrig was elected in 1939 following his diagnosis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Roberto Clemente was elected shortly after his death in 1972; and Addie Joss was elected in 1978 even though he completed only nine seasons before his death.
Between 1971 and 1977, nine players from the Negro Leagues were inducted by a special Negro Leagues Committee, which was given the task of identifying worthy players who played in the Negro Leagues prior to the breaking of baseball's color line. Since 1977, players from the Negro Leagues have been considered by the Veterans Committee, and nine more individuals have been approved by that body. In 2005, the Hall announced the formation of a Committee on African-American Baseball, which held a 2006 election for eligible figures from the Negro Leagues and earlier 19th-century teams; 17 additional Negro League figures were chosen in that election, including executive Effa Manley, the first woman inducted.

Key

PPitcher
CCatcher
1BFirst baseman
2BSecond baseman
3BThird baseman
SSShortstop
LFLeft fielder
CFCenter fielder
RFRight fielder
DHDesignated hitter

Members

In the table below, "primary team" is based on the inductees' biographies at the Hall of Fame website. This does not necessarily match the cap logo on the inductee's Hall of Fame plaque.
YearNamePrimary positionPrimary teamCareerInduction methodVote %Ref
1936'CFDetroit Tigers1905–1928BBWAA98.23%
1936'PWashington Senators1907–1927BBWAA83.63%
1936'PNew York Giants1900–1916BBWAA90.71%
1936'RFNew York Yankees1914–1935BBWAA95.13%
1936'SSPittsburgh Pirates1897–1917BBWAA95.13%
1937EXEC1874–1876VC
1937EXEC1900–1927VC
19372BCleveland Indians1896–1916BBWAA83.58%
1937MGRPhiladelphia Athletics1894–1950VC
1937MGRNew York Giants1899
1901–1932
VC
1937CFCleveland Indians1907–1928BBWAA82.09%
1937EXEC/PIOBoston Red Stockings1867–1882VC
1937PCleveland Spiders1890–1911BBWAA76.12%
1938PPhiladelphia Phillies1911–1929BBWAA80.92%
1938PIOKnickerbocker Base Ball ClubVC
1938PIOVC
19391BChicago White Stockings1871–1897VC
19392BChicago White Sox1906–1930BBWAA77.74%
1939EXEC/PIOChicago White Sox1900–1931VC
1939EXEC/PIOHartford Dark Blues1872–1877VC
1939CNew York Giants1880–1897VC
19391BNew York Yankees1923–1939BBWAA
1939RFNew York Highlanders1892–1910BBWAA75.55%
1939PProvidence Grays1881–1891VC
19391BSt. Louis Browns1915–1922
1924–1930
BBWAA85.77%
1939EXEC/PIOChicago White Stockings1871–1878VC
19422BSt. Louis Cardinals1915–1937BBWAA78.11%
1944EXEC1920–1944VC
1945CNew York Giants1897
1900–1915
VC
19451BBuffalo Bisons1879–1896
1904
VC
1945LFPittsburgh Pirates1894–1915VC
19453BBoston Red Sox1895–1908VC
1945LFPhiladelphia Phillies1888–1903VC
1945CFBoston Beaneaters1888–1906VC
1945SSBaltimore Orioles 1891–1918VC
1945RFChicago White Stockings1878–1893VC
1945LFNew York Giants1872–1893
1904
VC
1945MGRBrooklyn Dodgers1902
1914–1931
VC
1946LFCleveland Spiders1890–1905VC
19461BChicago Cubs1898–1914VC
1946PNew York Highlanders1899–1909VC
19462BChicago Cubs1902–1917
1922
1929
VC
1946EXEC/PIOWashington Senators1891–1914VC
1946RFBoston Beaneaters1884–1896VC
1946PNew York Giants1899–1908VC
1946PPhiladelphia Athletics1901–1917VC
1946SSChicago Cubs1902–1916VC
1946PPhiladelphia Athletics1897
1899–1910
VC
1946PChicago White Sox1904–1917VC
1947CPhiladelphia Athletics1925–1937BBWAA79.5%
19472BSt. Louis Cardinals1919–1937BBWAA84.47%
1947PPhiladelphia Athletics1925–1941BBWAA76.4%
1947PNew York Giants1928–1943BBWAA86.96%
1948PNew York Yankees1912–1934BBWAA77.69%
19483BPittsburgh Pirates1920–1935
1937
BBWAA76.86%
1949PChicago Cubs1903–1916VC
19492BDetroit Tigers1924–1942BBWAA85.03%
1949PBoston Beaneaters1890–1901
1904–1906
VC
19511BPhiladelphia Athletics1925–1942
1944–1945
BBWAA79.2%
1951RFNew York Giants1926–1947BBWAA87.17%
1952RFDetroit Tigers1914
1916–1931
BBWAA86.75%
1952RFPittsburgh Pirates1926–1945BBWAA83.33%
1953EXECNew York Yankees1921–1945VC
1953PPhiladelphia Athletics1903–1917
1925
VC
1953UMP1898–1931VC
1953PSt. Louis Cardinals1930
1932–1941
1947
BBWAA79.17%
1953UMP1905–1941VC
1953LFPhiladelphia Athletics1924–1941
1943–1944
BBWAA75.38%
1953SSSt. Louis Browns1894–1918VC
1953EXECPhiladelphia Phillies1871–1893VC
1954CNew York Yankees1928–1943
1946
BBWAA80.16%
1954SSBoston Braves1912–1933
1935
BBWAA82.94%
19541BNew York Giants1923–1936BBWAA77.38%
19553BPhiladelphia Athletics1908–1914
1916–1919
1921–1922
VC
1955CFNew York Yankees1936–1942
1946–1951
BBWAA88.84%
1955CChicago Cubs1922–1941BBWAA77.69%
1955PChicago White Sox1923–1942
1946
BBWAA86.45%
1955CChicago White Sox1912–1929VC
1955PBrooklyn Dodgers1915
1918
1922–1935
BBWAA81.67%
1956SSBoston Red Sox1926–1945BBWAA78.76%
19561BDetroit Tigers1930
1933–1941
1945–1947
BBWAA84.97%
1957RFDetroit Tigers1899–1917VC
1957MGRNew York Yankees1926–1946
1948–1950
VC
1959LFBrooklyn Dodgers1909–1927VC
1961CFPittsburgh Pirates1910–1929VC
1961CFPhiladelphia Phillies1888–1901VC
1962'PCleveland Indians1936–1941
1945–1956
BBWAA93.75%
1962MGRCincinnati Reds1915
1922–1926
1928–1946
VC
1962'2BBrooklyn Dodgers1947–1956BBWAA77.5%
1962CFCincinnati Reds1913–1929
1931
VC
1963PBoston Beaneaters1882
1884–1894
VC
1963RFCleveland Indians1898–1910VC
1963RFWashington Senators1915–1934VC
1963PCincinnati Reds1912–1917
1919–1933
VC
1964SSChicago White Sox1930–1943
1945–1950
BBWAA94.03%
1964PChicago White Sox1914–1933VC
1964PBrooklyn Dodgers1916–1934VC
1964MGRNew York Yankees1913–1929VC
1964PNew York Giants1880–1893VC
1964LFWashington Senators1923–1939VC
1964SSNew York Giants1878–1894VC
1965PBuffalo Bisons1875
1879–1892
VC
1966MGRNew York Yankees1934–1936
1938–1943
1946–1960
1962–1965
VC
1966'LFBoston Red Sox1939–1942
1946–1960
BBWAA93.38%
1967EXEC1925–1955VC
1967PNew York Yankees1924–1942
1945–1947
BBWAA86.93%
1967CFPittsburgh Pirates1927–1942
1944–1945
VC
1968RFChicago Cubs1921–1938VC
1968LFWashington Senators1921–1938VC
1968LFSt. Louis Cardinals1932–1948BBWAA84.81%
1969CBrooklyn Dodgers1948–1957BBWAA79.41%
1969PCleveland Indians1912
1916–1928
VC
1969PNew York Yankees1918–1938VC
1969'LFSt. Louis Cardinals1941–1944
1946–1963
BBWAA93.24%
1970SSCleveland Indians1938–1952BBWAA77.33%
1970CFNew York Yankees1924–1935VC
1970EXEC1934–1951
1951–1965
VC
1970PSt. Louis Cardinals1918
1920–1937
VC
1971SSPhiladelphia Phillies1915–1930VC
19711BPittsburgh Pirates1888–1907VC
1971LFSt. Louis Cardinals1924–1935
1937
VC
1971RFBoston Red Sox1909–1925VC
1971LFBaltimore Orioles 1891–1906
1908
VC
1971PNew York Giants1908–1925VC
1971PKansas City Monarchs1927–1953
1955
1965
NLC
1971EXECNew York Yankees1947–1966VC
1972CNew York Yankees1946–1963
1965
BBWAA85.61%
1972CHomestead Grays1930–1946NLC
1972PNew York Yankees1930–1943VC
1972EXEC1909–1925VC
1972'PLos Angeles Dodgers1955–1966BBWAA86.87%
19721BHomestead Grays1933–1950NLC77.78%
1972PCleveland Indians1939
1941–1944
1946–1962
BBWAA76.01%
1972RFNew York Giants1917–1926VC
1973'RFPittsburgh Pirates1955–1972BBWAA92.69%
1973UMP1906–1927VC
1973LFNewark Eagles1937–1942
1945–1956
NLC75%
19731BNew York Giants1915–1917
1919–1930
1932
VC
1973'PMilwaukee Braves1942
1946–1965
BBWAA82.89%
1973PNew York Giants1880–1892VC
1974CFSt. Louis Stars1922–1938
1942
1947–1950
NLC
19741BSt. Louis Cardinals1922–1937VC
1974UMP1941–1965VC
1974PNew York Yankees1950
1953–1967
BBWAA77.81%
1974'CFNew York Yankees1951–1968BBWAA88.22%
1974RFPhiladelphia Phillies1885–1898
1908
VC
1975CFCleveland Indians1930–1941VC
1975MGRWashington Senators1924–1943
1947–1948
1950–1956
VC
19752BChicago Cubs1931–1943
1946–1947
VC
19753BHilldale Daisies1918–1937NLC
1975LFPittsburgh Pirates1946–1955BBWAA75.41%
1976CFPittsburgh Crawfords1915–1950
1954
NLC
19761BNew York Giants1880–1897VC
1976UMP1936–1951VC
1976PCleveland Indians1941–1942, 1946–1958BBWAA78.61%
19763BNew York Giants1924–1935VC
1976PPhiladelphia Phillies1948–1966BBWAA86.86%
1977'SSChicago Cubs1953–1971BBWAA83.81%
1977PCuban Stars 1923–1931
1935–1936
1945
NLC87.5%
1977SSNew York Lincoln Giants1906–1932NLC87.5%
1977MGRChicago White Sox1951–1965
1968–1969
VC
1977PNew York Giants1889–1895
1897–1898
1901
VC
1977SSCleveland Indians1920–1933VC
1978PCleveland Indians1902–1910VC
1978EXEC1933–1942
1945–1947
VC
19783BMilwaukee Braves1952–1968BBWAA79.42%
1979EXECCincinnati Reds1937–1951
1951–1969
VC
1979'CFSan Francisco Giants1951–1952
1954–1973
BBWAA94.68%
1979CFChicago Cubs1923–1934VC
1980'RFDetroit Tigers1953–1974BBWAA88.31%
1980RFPhiladelphia Phillies1928–1944VC
1980CFBrooklyn Dodgers1947–1964BBWAA86.49%
1980EXECBoston Red Sox1933–1976VC
1981MGRChicago American Giants1902–1926VC
1981'PSt. Louis Cardinals1959–1975BBWAA84.04%
19811BSt. Louis Cardinals1936–1942
1946–1953
VC
1982'RFMilwaukee Braves1954–1976BBWAA97.83%
1982EXEC1945–1951VC
1982SSNew York Giants1922–1936VC
1982'RFCincinnati Reds1956–1976BBWAA89.16%
1983MGRLos Angeles Dodgers1954–1976VC
19833BDetroit Tigers1943–1957VC
1983PSan Francisco Giants1960–1975BBWAA83.69%
1983'3BBaltimore Orioles1955–1977BBWAA91.98%
1984SSChicago White Sox1956–1973BBWAA84.62%
1984PLos Angeles Dodgers1956–1969BBWAA78.41%
1984CBoston Red Sox1929–1945
1947
VC
19841BMinnesota Twins1954–1975BBWAA83.13%
1984SSBrooklyn Dodgers1940–1942
1946–1958
VC
1985'LFSt. Louis Cardinals1961–1979BBWAA79.75%
1985RFSt. Louis Cardinals1938–1942
1946–1959
VC
1985SSPittsburgh Pirates1932–1943
1947–1948
VC
1985PChicago White Sox1952–1972BBWAA83.8%
19862BBoston Red Sox1937–1944
1946–1951
VC
1986CCincinnati Reds1931–1947VC
1986'1BSan Francisco Giants1959–1980BBWAA81.41%
19873BNewark Eagles1933–1939
1942
1944
1949
VC
1987POakland Athletics1965–1979BBWAA76.27%
1987LFChicago Cubs1959–1976BBWAA85.71%
1988'LFPittsburgh Pirates1962–1982BBWAA82.44%
1989UMP1940–1943
1946–1955
1958–1971
VC
1989'CCincinnati Reds1967–1983BBWAA96.42%
19892BSt. Louis Cardinals1945–1963VC
1989'LFBoston Red Sox1961–1983BBWAA94.63%
1990'2BCincinnati Reds1963–1984BBWAA81.76%
1990'PBaltimore Orioles1965–1984BBWAA92.57%
1991'1BMinnesota Twins1967–1985BBWAA90.52%
1991PChicago Cubs1965–1983BBWAA75.4%
19912BNew York Yankees1926–1939VC
1991PSan Francisco Giants1962–1983BBWAA77.2%
1991EXECChicago White Sox1946–1949
1951–1953
1959–1961
1975–1980
VC
1992POakland Athletics1968–1982
1984–1985
BBWAA81.16%
1992UMP1925–1954VC
1992PDetroit Tigers1939–1955VC
1992'PNew York Mets1967–1986BBWAA98.84%
1993'RFOakland Athletics1967–1987BBWAA93.62%
1994'PPhiladelphia Phillies1965–1988BBWAA95.82%
1994MGRBrooklyn Dodgers1939–1946
1948–1955
1966–1973
VC
1994SSNew York Yankees1941–1942
1946–1956
VC
1995CFPhiladelphia Phillies1948–1962VC
1995PNewark Eagles1934–1939
1941–1943
1946
1949–1950
VC
1995EXEC1876–1882VC
1995'3BPhiladelphia Phillies1972–1989BBWAA96.52%
1995PBoston Braves1898–1910VC
1996PDetroit Tigers1955–1971VC
1996PChicago American Giants1923–1938VC
1996MGRBaltimore Orioles 1889–1890
1892–1907
VC
1996MGRBaltimore Orioles1968–1982
1985–1986
VC
19972BChicago White Sox1947–1965VC
1997MGRLos Angeles Dodgers1976–1996VC
1997PAtlanta Braves1964–1987BBWAA80.34%
1997SSSt. Louis Stars1923
1924–1936
1942
1944–1948
VC
1997SSNew York Giants1890–1909VC
1998CFCleveland Indians1942–1943
1946–1959
VC
1998EXEC1958–1984VC
1998PKansas City Monarchs1917
1920–1938
VC
1998PLos Angeles Dodgers1966–1988BBWAA81.61%
1999'3BKansas City Royals1973–1993BBWAA98.19%
19991BSan Francisco Giants1958–1974VC
1999UMP1954–1978VC
1999'PCalifornia Angels1966
1968–1993
BBWAA98.79%
1999MGRBoston Beaneaters1890
1892–1905
VC
1999PNew York Lincoln Giants1910–1932VC
1999'SSMilwaukee Brewers1974–1993BBWAA77.46%
2000MGRDetroit Tigers1970–1995VC
2000CChicago White Sox1969
1971–1993
BBWAA79.56%
20002BCincinnati Red Stockings1882–1899VC
20001BCincinnati Reds1964–1986BBWAA77.15%
2000CFDetroit Stars1920–1942
1945
VC
20012BPittsburgh Pirates1956–1972VC
2001'CFMinnesota Twins1984–1995BBWAA82.14%
2001'RFNew York Yankees1973–1995BBWAA84.47%
2001PKansas City Monarchs1932–1948VC
2002'SSSt. Louis Cardinals1978–1996BBWAA91.74%
2003CMontreal Expos1974–1992BBWAA78.02%
2003'1BBaltimore Orioles1977–1997BBWAA85.28%
2004'POakland Athletics1975–1998BBWAA83.2%
2004'3BMilwaukee Brewers1978–1998BBWAA85.18%
2005'3BBoston Red Sox1982–1999BBWAA91.86%
20052BChicago Cubs1981–1994
1996–1997
BBWAA76.16%
2006PHomestead Grays1931–1945SCNL
2006CFKansas City Monarchs1935–1950SCNL
2006PKansas City Monarchs1920–1941SCNL
20062BCuban Giants1886–1903SCNL
2006CFChicago American Giants1899–1926SCNL
2006CHilldale Giants1920–1947SCNL
2006EXECNewark Eagles1935–1948SCNL
2006PCuban Stars1908–1926SCNL
2006EXECNew York Cubans1916–1950SCNL
2006EXECHomestead Grays1920–1946SCNL
2006CHilldale Daisies1909–1926SCNL
2006PChicago Cubs1976–1988BBWAA76.92%
20061BNewark Eagles1921
1923–1944
SCNL
20061BIndianapolis ABCs1908–1929SCNL
2006CFChicago American Giants1913–1928SCNL
2006EXECPhiladelphia GiantsSCNL
2006EXECKansas City Monarchs1912–1948SCNL
20063BPhiladelphia Stars1922–1945SCNL
2007'RFSan Diego Padres1982–2001BBWAA97.61%
2007'SSBaltimore Orioles1981–2001BBWAA98.53%
2008EXEC/PIOPittsburgh Pirates1899–1932VC83.33%
2008PNew York Yankees1972–1989
1991–1994
BBWAA85.82%
2008EXEC1969–1984VC83.33%
2008EXECLos Angeles Dodgers1950–1979VC75%
2008MGRSt. Louis Cardinals1929
1940–1951
VC81.25%
2008MGRMontreal Expos1967–1969
1971–1988
VC81.25%
20092BNew York Yankees1938–1950VC83.33%
2009'LFOakland Athletics1979–2003BBWAA94.81%
2009LFBoston Red Sox1974–1989BBWAA76.44%
2010UMP1962–1992VC93.75%
2010MGRSt. Louis Cardinals1973–1990VC87.5%
2010RFMontreal Expos1977–1996BBWAA77.9%
20112BToronto Blue Jays1988–2004BBWAA90.01%
2011PMinnesota Twins1970–1992BBWAA79.69%
2011EXECToronto Blue Jays1978–2008VC
81.3%
2012SSCincinnati Reds1986–2004BBWAA86.39%
20123BChicago Cubs1960–1974VC
93.75%
2013UMP1895–1927VC
93.8%
2013EXECNew York Yankees1915–1938VC
93.8%
20133BBuffalo Bisons 1871–1890VC
87.5%
2014MGRAtlanta Braves1978–2010VC
100%
2014'PAtlanta Braves1987–2008BBWAA91.94%
2014MGRSt. Louis Cardinals1979–2011VC
100%
2014'PAtlanta Braves1986–2008BBWAA97.2%
2014'1BChicago White Sox1990–2008BBWAA83.71%
2014MGRNew York Yankees1977–2010VC
100%
20152BHouston Astros1988–2007BBWAA82.7%
2015'PSeattle Mariners1988–2009BBWAA97.27%
2015'PBoston Red Sox1992–2009BBWAA91.07%
2015'PAtlanta Braves1988–2009BBWAA82.88%
2016'CFSeattle Mariners1989–2010BBWAA99.32%
2016CNew York Mets1992–2008BBWAA82.95%
20171BHouston Astros1991–2005BBWAA86.2%
2017LFMontreal Expos1979–2002BBWAA85.97%
2017'CTexas Rangers1991–2011BBWAA76.02%
2017EXECAtlanta Braves1966–presentVC
100%
2017EXEC1992–2015VC
93.8%
2018RFAnaheim Angels1996–2011BBWAA92.89%
2018PSan Diego Padres1993–2010BBWAA79.86%
2018'3BAtlanta Braves1993
1995–2012
BBWAA97.16%
2018'1BCleveland Indians1991–2012BBWAA89.81%
2018PDetroit Tigers1977–1994VC
87.5%
2018SSDetroit Tigers1977–1996VC
81.3%
2019'PNew York Yankees1995–2013BBWAA100%
2019'PToronto Blue Jays1998–2013BBWAA85.41%
2019DHSeattle Mariners1987–2004BBWAA85.41%
2019PBaltimore Orioles1991–2008BBWAA76.71%
2019DHChicago White Sox1980–2001VC
75%
2019PChicago Cubs1980–1997VC
100%
2021'SSNew York Yankees1995–2014BBWAA99.75%
2021RFColorado Rockies1989–2005BBWAA76.57%
2021EXEC1966–1982VC
75%
2021CSt. Louis Cardinals1968–1988VC
81.3%