12-08-2008, 02:06 PM
<!--quoteo-->QUOTE <!--quotec-->LAS VEGAS -- Joe Gordon, a nine-time All-Star second baseman for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians and an American League MVP, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday by one of the two Veterans Committees charged with the assignment.
Gordon was the only one of 20 potential candidates elected by separate committees analyzing the careers of players whose careers began prior to 1943 and 1943 or after. Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski was the last player voted into the Hall by a different formation of the current Veterans Committee in 2001.
Gordon, whose career began in 1938, was picked by the 12-person committee surveying candidates from his era. He received 10 votes. The announcement came on Monday at the annual Winter Meetings.
"We are thrilled and proud to welcome Joe Gordon to the Hall of Fame family," said Hall of Fame chairman of the board Jane Forbes Clark. "The Veterans Committee for this ballot had the challenge of considering players who retired long ago, but the Hall of Famers and historians on the Committee did their homework with diligence and effort, and we thank them."
Gordon will be inducted posthumously along with anyone selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America next July 26 during the annual ceremonies behind the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. On the BBWAA ballot, the most likely candidates are Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice.
<b>No one from the post-1942 committee was elected. That group included such fan favorites as Ron Santo, Joe Torre, Gil Hodges, Dick Allen, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson, Luis Tiant and Maury Wills. That 10-player ballot was handled by a Veterans Committee made up of the 64 living Hall of Famers. The vote was taken on Sunday.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Gordon was the only one of 20 potential candidates elected by separate committees analyzing the careers of players whose careers began prior to 1943 and 1943 or after. Pittsburgh Pirates second baseman Bill Mazeroski was the last player voted into the Hall by a different formation of the current Veterans Committee in 2001.
Gordon, whose career began in 1938, was picked by the 12-person committee surveying candidates from his era. He received 10 votes. The announcement came on Monday at the annual Winter Meetings.
"We are thrilled and proud to welcome Joe Gordon to the Hall of Fame family," said Hall of Fame chairman of the board Jane Forbes Clark. "The Veterans Committee for this ballot had the challenge of considering players who retired long ago, but the Hall of Famers and historians on the Committee did their homework with diligence and effort, and we thank them."
Gordon will be inducted posthumously along with anyone selected by the Baseball Writers Association of America next July 26 during the annual ceremonies behind the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. On the BBWAA ballot, the most likely candidates are Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice.
<b>No one from the post-1942 committee was elected. That group included such fan favorites as Ron Santo, Joe Torre, Gil Hodges, Dick Allen, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Al Oliver, Vada Pinson, Luis Tiant and Maury Wills. That 10-player ballot was handled by a Veterans Committee made up of the 64 living Hall of Famers. The vote was taken on Sunday.</b><!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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