Today is the 2007 Hall of Fame Induction, with the inductees being Cal Ripken Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles and Tony Gwynn of the Padres.... so I thought that I'd list some of the greatest players as well as managers and executives in the history of baseball (along with their teams and Hall of Fame dates if I remember them... some that are listed are still active and some are retired, but not in the Hall of Fame) in honor of this event... Be prepared for a long list.
Many thanks to baseball-reference.com for their help!
Babe Ruth, Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees/Boston Braves 1914-1935 HOF 1936Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees, 1925-1939 HOF 1939
Joe DiMaggio, New York Yankees, 1936-1951 HOF 1955
Mickey Mantle, New York Yankees, 1951-1968, HOF 1974
Roberto Clemente, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1955-1972, HOF 1973
Addie Joss, Cleveland Indians 1902-1911, HOF 1978
Cy Young, various, 1890-1911 HOF 1936
Ty Cobb, Detroit Tigers/Philadelphia Athletics, 1905-1928, HOF 1936
Walter Johnson, Washington Senators 1907-1927, HOF 1936
Dom DiMaggio, Boston Red Sox, 1940-1953
Ted Williams, Boston Red Sox 1939-1960 HOF 1966
Carlton Fisk, Boston Red Sox/Chicago White Sox 1969-1993, HOF 2000
Nolan Ryan, various teams, 1966-1993, HOF 1999
Billy Pierce, Chicago White Sox/SF Giants, 1945-1964
Warren Spahn, Boston/Milwaukee Braves, 1942-1965, HOF 1973
Ted Lyons, Chicago White Sox, 1923-1946, HOF 1955
Yogi Berra, New York Yankees, 1946-1965, HOF 1972
George Brett, Kansas City Royals, 1973-1993, HOF 1999
Wade Boggs, Boston Red Sox/New York Yankees/Tampa Devil Rays, 1982-1999, HOF 2005
Dennis Eckersley, various teams, 1975-1998, HOF 2004
Paul Molitor, various teams, 1978-1998, HOF 2004
Ozzie Smith, San Diego Padres/St Louis Cardinals, 1978-1996, HOF 2002
Robin Yount, Milwaukee Brewers, 1974-1993, HOF 1999
Nellie Fox, Philadelphia A's/Chicago White Sox/Houston Colt .45 (Astros), 1947-1965 HOF 1997
Jim Bunning, Detoit Tigers/Philadelphia Phillies, 1955-1971, HOF 1996
Steve Carlton, various teams, 1965-1988, HOF 1994
Mike Schmidt, Philadelphia Phillies, 1972-1989 HOF 1995
Tom Seaver, various teams, 1967-1986, HOF 1992
Catfish Hunter, Kansas City/Oakland Athletics/New York Yankees, 1965-1979, HOF 1987
Lou Brock, Chicago Cubs/St. Louis Cardinals, 1961-1979, HOF 1985
Hoyt Wilhem, various teams, 1952-1972, HOF 1985
Hank Aaron, Milwaukee/Atlanta Braves/Milwaukee Brewers, 1954-1976, HOF 1982
Willie Mays, New York/San Fransisco Giants/New York Mets, 1951-1973, HOF 1979
Joe Sewell, Cleveland Indians, 1920-1933, HOF 1977
Ralph Kiner, various teams, 1946-1955 HOF 1975
Whitey Ford, New York Yankees, 1950-1967, HOF 1974
Sandy Koufax, Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers, 1955-1966, HOF 1972 (youngest HOF inductee, at 36)
Luke Appling, Chicago White Sox, 1930-1950, HOF 1964
Stan Musial, St. Louis Cardinals, 1941-1963, HOF 1969
John Ward, various teams, 1878-1894, HOF 1964
Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians, 1936-1956, HOF 1962
Cap Anson, Chicago White Stockings, 1871-1897, HOF 1939
George Sisler, St Louis Browns, 1915-1930, HOF 1939
Honus Wagner, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1897-1917 HOF 1936
Nap Lajoie, various teams, 1896-1916 HOF 1937
Kirby Puckett, Minnesota Twins, 1984-1995
Bill Mazeroski, Pittsburgh Pirates, 1956-1972
Active Players:
Alex Rodriguez, Seattle Mariners/Texas Rangers/New York Yankees 1993-
Derek Jeter, New York Yankees, 1996-
Frank Thomas, Chicago White Sox/Oakland A's/Toronto Blue Jays, 1989-
Rickey Henderson, various teams, 1979-2003
Julio Franco, various teams 1982- ***NOTE-- This guy is nearly 50 years old and still playing!!*
Johan Santana, Minnesota Twins, 2000-
Mark Buehrle, Chicago White Sox, 2000-
Carlos Beltran, Kansas City Royals/Houston Astros/New York Mets, 1998-
David Ortiz, Minnesota Twins/Boston Red Sox, 1997-
Jim Thome, Cleveland Indians/Philadelphia A's/Chicago White Sox, 1991-
Albert Pujols, St Louis Cardinals, 2001-
Greg Maddux, Chicago Cubs/Atlanta Braves/LA Dodgers/San Diego Padres, 1986-
John Smoltz, Atlanta Braves, 1988-
Tom Glavine, Atlanta Braves/New York Mets, 1987-
Roger Clemens, various teams 1984-
Managers:
Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers, 1976-1996, HOF 1997
Joe McCarthy, Chicago Cubs/New York Yankees/Boston Red Sox, 1926-1950, HOF 1957
Connie Mack, manager/owner, Pittsburgh Pirates/Philadelphia Athletics, 1894-1950 (player 1886-1896) HOF 1937
John McGraw, manager/owner, New York Giants, 1899-1932 HOF 1937
Al Lopez, Cleveland Indians/Chicago White Sox, 1951-1965 & 1968-69 HOF 1977
Team Executives:
Bill Veeck, owner, various teams, 1948-1981 HOF 1991
Charles Comiskey, owner, St. Paul Saints/Chicago White Sox (both are the same team) 1893-1931 HOF 1939
Commissoners:
Ford Frick, 1951-1965
Judge Kennesaw Mountain Landis, (1st Commish) 1921-1944 HOF 1944
Ban Johnson, Western/American League President 1894-1927 HOF 1937
Well, that's all I can think of.... it's a pretty good list.