1982 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

1982 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
New inductees4
via BBWAA2
via Veterans Committee2
Total inductees180
Induction dateAugust 1, 1982
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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1982 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected two, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro leagues. It selected the second Commissioner of Baseball, Happy Chandler, and former New York Giants shortstop Travis Jackson. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 1, 1982, with the current Commissioner of Baseball, Bowie Kuhn, presiding.[1]

  1. ^ Holtzman, Jerome (August 2, 1982). "'Hall' welcomes Aaron, Robinson". Chicago Tribune. p. 4-3. Retrieved October 10, 2019 – via newspapers.com.

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