OT- what baseball season had the most HOFers in it?

[theshowandme]

I am only getting 55 HOFers who played a game in 1925 (no matter how they got into the HOF, e.g., Casey Stengel)



Pete Alexander
Dave Bancroft
Charles Bender
Jim Bottomley
Max Carey
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Earle Combs
Stan Coveleski
Kiki Cuyler
Leo Durocher
Red Faber
Jimmie Foxx
Frankie Frisch
Charlie Gehringer
Lou Gehrig
Goose Goslin
Burleigh Grimes
Lefty Grove
Chick Hafey
Jesse Haines
Bucky Harris
Gabby Hartnett
Harry Heilmann
Harry Hooper
Rogers Hornsby
Waite Hoyt
Travis Jackson
Walter Johnson
George Kelly
Freddie Lindstrom
Ted Lyons
Heinie Manush
Rabbit Maranville
Rube Marquard
Herb Pennock
Sam Rice
Eppa Rixey
Edd Roush
Red Ruffing
Babe Ruth
Ray Schalk
Joe Sewell
Al Simmons
George Sisler
Billy Southworth
Tris Speaker
Casey Stengel
Bill Terry
Pie Traynor
Dazzy Vance
Zack Wheat
Hack Wilson
Ross Youngs

[brunswickreeves]

Here’s the 1925 season list I extracted from Wikipedia and filtered…

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by theshowandme

I am only getting 55 HOFers who played a game in 1925 (no matter how they got into the HOF, e.g., Casey Stengel)



Pete Alexander
Dave Bancroft
Charles Bender
Jim Bottomley
Max Carey
Ty Cobb
Mickey Cochrane
Eddie Collins
Earle Combs
Stan Coveleski
Kiki Cuyler
Leo Durocher
Red Faber
Jimmie Foxx
Frankie Frisch
Charlie Gehringer
Lou Gehrig
Goose Goslin
Burleigh Grimes
Lefty Grove
Chick Hafey
Jesse Haines
Bucky Harris
Gabby Hartnett
Harry Heilmann
Harry Hooper
Rogers Hornsby
Waite Hoyt
Travis Jackson
Walter Johnson
George Kelly
Freddie Lindstrom
Ted Lyons
Heinie Manush
Rabbit Maranville
Rube Marquard
Herb Pennock
Sam Rice
Eppa Rixey
Edd Roush
Red Ruffing
Babe Ruth
Ray Schalk
Joe Sewell
Al Simmons
George Sisler
Billy Southworth
Tris Speaker
Casey Stengel
Bill Terry
Pie Traynor
Dazzy Vance
Zack Wheat
Hack Wilson
Ross Youngs

Seems like kind of a caucasian list.

[theshowandme]

::doh::

Baseball Reference and the Lahman database still only have American/National Leagues in their records.

[UKCardGuy]

I had a few mins this evening so I thought I'd play with the data.

Of the 50 HOFers who were playing in 1926, 2 teams aren't represented (Phillies and the Browns). The Phillies and the Browns had no players from their 1926 squads who were eventually inducted into the HOF.

Looking at the teams the HOFers were playing for in 1926 (rather than the team they were inducted into the HOF as), gives these results:

Boston Braves 1
Boston Red Sox 1
Brooklyn Robins 4
Chicago Cubs 3
Chicago White Sox 4
Cincinnati Reds 2
Cleveland Indians 2
Detroit Tigers 4
New York Giants 6
New York Yankees 6
Philadelphia Athletics 4
Pittsburgh Pirates 5
St. Louis Cardinals 4
Washington Senators 4

• Rabbit Maranville was inducted to the HOF with his primary team being the Boston Braves, but in 1926 he was actually playing for Brooklyn.
• Frankie Frisch was inducted as a Cardinal but in 1926 he was playing for the Giants.
• Kiki Cuyler was inducted as a Cub but was playing for the Pirates in 1926.
• Stan Coveleski was inducted as an Indian but played for the Senators in 1926
• Red Ruffin was inducted as a Yankees but played for the Red Sox in 1926
• Grover Cleveland Alexander was inducted as a Philly but played for the Cubs in 1926
• Dave Bancroft was inducted as a Philly but played for the Braves in 1926
• Heinie Manush was inducted as a Senator but played for the Tigers in 1926