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unusual facts about National Baseball Hall of Fame



Anderson Joes

Shoeless Joe Jackson is not in the National Baseball Hall of Fame due to the Black Sox Scandal, when he and seven other players were accused of "throwing" the 1919 World Series.

Douglas Brei

He has contributed to the Pro Football Encyclopedia, the PGA Tour Media Guide, the Archives of the Giamatti Research Center at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Association for Professional Basketball Research, the American Soccer History Archives, the Canadian Football League Record Book, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Rochester Public Library, and the Rochester Museum and Science Center among others.

Hal McCoy

He was honored by the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) in 2002 as the winner of the J. G. Taylor Spink Award, which is awarded annually at the National Baseball Hall of Fame induction festivities "for meritorious contributions to baseball writing."

José Oquendo

It featured Randy and Jason Sklar of Cheap Seats going on a trip all the way to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown on a campaign to get José "The Utilityman" Oquendo inducted for his versatility to play any position on the baseball field.

Nashville Vols all-time roster

Two members of the Vols were later honored by being inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rick Hummel

Hummel was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York in 2007 when he was honored with the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for baseball writing.


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Ross Newhan

He garnered the 1997 Associated Press Sports Editors Award for his story on the sale of the Dodgers and was given the 2000 J. G. Taylor Spink Award by the National Baseball Hall of Fame.