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Any Jewish baseball fan knows the names of the two Jews in MLB’s Hall of Fame: Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg. But since Koufax got his Hall call 52 years ago to the day — when he became the youngest player ever elected, at 36 — exactly zero Jewish players have made it into Cooperstown. And that drought will stretch for at least one more year: No Jews appear on the 2024 Hall of Fame ballot, whose voting results will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23, by the Hall’s Jewish president, Josh Rawitch.
Jewish players are actually pulling their weight, more or less, when it comes to making the Hall of Fame: Of the 20,532 players who have appeared in what is now known as Major League Baseball, 194 have been Jewish — a ratio of 0.9 percent. That’s not much higher than the 0.7 percent of Hall of Fame players who are Jewish — two out of 270.
One of the old, and I mean old players who unfortunately came up short on statistics to be in the MLB HOF, would be Al Rosen, who played third base for the Cleveland Indians from 1947 to 1956. Not necessarily a great player but a pretty damn good player. My dad was an Indian fan and Rosen as well as Bob Feller were his two favorite players from that club. Sadly Rosen came up short on stats regarding being HOF worthy. Note-----
Lifetime batting average of .285
4 time A.L. all-star
American League MVP in 1953
American League leader in home runs with 43
One wonders how Rosen could have done if he didn't have bad back problems in the last 5 years of his career. What would his stats be if he played an extra 5-6 years.
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