All-Time Team of Hall of Famers Who Weren’t Elected on their First BBWAA Ballot

Perhaps we’ll call them “The Eventuals”

1b -       JIMMIE FOXX* 1951 (1944-50)

2b -       Rogers Hornsby* 1942 (1938-41)

3b -       EDDIE MATHEWS* 1978 (1974-77)

SS -      LUIS APARICIO* 1984 (1978-83)

 C -       YOGI BERRA* 1972 (1971)

LF -       BILLY WILLIAMS* 1987 (1982-86)

CF -      Tris Speaker* 1937 (1936)

RF -      MEL OTT* 1951 (1949-50)

DH -      HARMON KILLEBREW* 1984 (1981-83)

PH - (r)   JOE DiMAGGIO* 1955 (1952-54)

PH - (l)   BILL TERRY* 1954 (1941-53)

PH - (b)  FRANKIE FRISCH* 1947 (1942-46)

PR -       Eddie Collins* 1939 (1936-38)

Pitching

RH -      Cy Young* 1937 (1936)

RH -      Pete Alexander* 1938 (1936-37)

RH -      JUAN MARICHAL* 1983 (1981-82)

RH -      Dazzy Vance* 1955 (1939-1954)

LH -      LEFTY GROVE* 1947 (1944-46)

LH -      CARL HUBBELL* 1947 (1945-46)

LH -      WHITEY FORD* 1973 (1972)

RP -       BRUCE SUTTER* 2006 (1996-2005)

RP -       HOYT WILHELM* 1985 (1977-1984)

RP -       RICH GOSSAGE* 2008 (2000-07)

Closer - ROLLIE FINGERS* 1992 (1991)

Mgr -     GABBY HARTNETT* 1955 (1944-54)

GM -      HANK GREENBERG* 1956 (1948-55)

League President -  JOE CRONIN* 1956 (1947-55)

Reserves

ROBERTO ALOMAR* 2011 (2010)

BERT BLYLEVEN* 2011 (1998-2010)

LOU BOUDREAU* 1970 (1961-69)

ROY CAMPANELLA* 1969 (1965-68)

GARY CARTER* 2003 (1998-2002)

MICKEY COCHRANE* 1947 (1942-46)

ANDRE DAWSON* 2010 (2002-09)

DIZZY DEAN* 1953 (1945-52)

BILL DICKEY* 1954 (1946-63)

DON DRYSDALE* 1984 (1975-1983)

CARLTON FISK* 2000 (1999)

Harry Heilman* 1952 (1941-51)

CATFISH HUNTER* 1987 (1984-86)

FERGIE JENKINS* 1991 (1989-90)

Willie Keeler* 1939 (1936-38)

RALPH KINER* 1975 (1962-74)

Napoleon Lajoie* 1937 (1936)

BOB LEMON* 1976 (1964-75)

TED LYONS* 1955 (1946-1944)

RABBIT MARANVILLE* 1954 (1941-53)

JOE MEDWICK* 1968 (1959-67)

PHIL NIEKRO* 1997 (1993-96)

Herb Pennock* 1948 (1941-47)

TONY PEREZ* 2000 (1992-99)

GAYLORD PERRY* 1991 (1989-90)

JIM RICE* 2009 (1994-2008)

ROBIN ROBERTS* 1976 (1973-75)

RYNE SANDBERG* 2005 (2003-04)

AL SIMMONS* 1953 (1946-52)

George Sisler* 1939 (1936-38)
DUKE SNIDER* 1980 (1970-79)

DON SUTTON* 1998 (1994-97)

PIE TRAYNOR* 1948 (1941-47)

PAUL WANER* 1952 (1946-51)

EARLY WYNN* 1972 (1969-71)

Key

*Hall of Fame (By definition)

ALL CAPS = All-Star

Bold = Inspiration