Baseball Hall of Fame: How exclusive is the club?
The Baseball Hall of Fame is an extremely exclusive club.
There are only 222 players who have been elected into Cooperstown, less than 2% of all players who reached the major league level.
Combined with Negro League players, the total number of plaques increases to 249. Altogether, when we include managers, umpires and executives, the total enshrined is 319.
What: BBWAA Hall of Fame results
Time: 6 p.m. ET
TV: MLB Network
Streaming: MLB.tv; MLB.com/video
This could be one of the biggest classes in recent years, with six potential new members. Chipper Jones, Vladimir Guerrero, Trevor Hoffman and Jim Thome could join Alan Trammell and Jack Morris, who were elected by the Modern Era ballot in December, as 2018 inductees.
A breakdown of the 319 members:
- Pitchers: 77
- Catchers: 18
- First baseman: 23
- Second baseman: 21
- Third baseman: 16
- Shortstops: 24
- Left fielders: 22
- Center fielders: 24
- Right fielders: 24
- Managers: 23
- Executives: 35
- Umpires: 10
138 -- Members who have captured a World Series title
107 -- Inducted posthumously
99.3% -- Highest percentage of votes, by Ken Griffey Jr. in 2016
99 -- Age of the oldest living member -- Bobby Doerr
73 -- Living members
52 -- First-ballot members
24 -- Most members by one club, the New York Yankees
Source: Baseball Hall of Fame
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Gallery 2018 Hall of Fame ballot