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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 2009 proceeded according to revised rules enacted in 2001 and further revamped in 2007. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, and elected Jim Rice and Rickey Henderson.
The plaque gallery at the Baseball Hall of Fame Ty Cobb's plaque at the Baseball Hall of Fame. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, honors individuals who have excelled in playing, managing, and serving the sport, and is the central point for the study of the history of baseball in the United States and beyond, displaying baseball-related artifacts and exhibits.
In 2009, Webb was named #31 on the Sporting News' list of the 50 top current players in baseball. [16] Webb pitched on opening day against the Colorado Rockies, but was limited to just four innings. On April 7, 2009, he was placed on the disabled list with right shoulder bursitis. On August 3, 2009, Dr. Keith Meister of the Rangers performed ...
He was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the 2009 class. During his remarks after he broke Brock's all-time steals record, Henderson alluded to his "I'm the greatest of all time" line.
A panel of 100 baseball people, many of them members of the Baseball Hall of Fame and winners of major baseball awards, was polled to arrive at the list. [40] As of the conclusion of his start on September 20, 2009, Halladay was tied for the second-longest streak in the American League that season with a 24-inning scoreless streak. [41]
The 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame voting is complete, with Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia and Billy Wagner getting their calls to the Hall. ... The next several ballots have very few players who are ...
The case for Ichiro Suzuki. Hall of Fame regulations state a player “must have played in at least 10 Major League championship seasons,” along with the five-year wait after retirement, to ...
May 8 – Eunice Taylor, 75, catcher and one of the original members of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, who in 1988 gained National Baseball Hall of Fame induction; May 11 – Bill Kelso, 69, relief pitcher who posted a 12–5 record with a 3.13 ERA and 14 saves in four seasons for the Angels and Reds