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Posted By: B Hodes

While Munson didn't have to wait the five years he didn't get in -- and still hasn't mustered the support necessary to gain induction. Kile, as the post above indicated, is entitled to a waiver of the five year waiting period as a matter of course.
Both Gehrig and Clemente were clear 1st ballot Hofers anyway so I think their tragic early deaths did not help them get into the Hall of Fame. I have read that some of the old-timers choosen by the various incarnations of the Veteran's Commitee, did seem have theri candidacies buttressed as a result of either their deaths or their impending deaths...