The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY announced the selection of 18 former players and executives, including 17 from the Negro Leagues and pre-Negro League era, as this year’s class of inductees. Included in the group is the Hall’s first female inductee, Effa Manley, a White woman who passed as Black, and who along with Black husband Abe, owned the Newark Eagles franchise in the Negro Leagues.
This is the largest group of inductees in any single year, and also includes relief pitcher Bruce Sutter of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Baseball Hall of Fame Elects First Woman (ABC News)
Negro Leaguers called to Hall (Philadelphia Daily News)
Baseball Hall of Fame Inductees (Kansas City Star)
The Kid’s in the Hall (Bejata.com)
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Sadly, Buck O’Neil was not included in this group.
Very interesting here…I’m glad to hear about the Black representation.