General view of the plaques dedicated to the Legends of Baseball at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.Mandatory Credit: Ezra O. Shaw...
Inductees, from left, Jim Leyland, Adrian Beltre, Todd Helton and Joe Mauer pose for a photograph with their plaques during the Baseball Hall of Fame...
General view of National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum prior to the Baseball Hall of Fame Induction ceremonies at the Clark Sports Center in...
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is seen during the Baseball Hall of Fame weekend on July 26, 2008 in Cooperstown, New York.
Warren Spahn, Monte Irvin and the late Roberto Clemente, will be inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame on August 6th. Spahn won more games than any...
2000s: General View of the Roberto Clemente statue at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Clemente played for the Pirates from 1955-72.
Baseball fan looks at the plaques of players inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum during the Baseball Hall of Fame weekend on...
Daily News Back Page dates 2007, Headline: GOLDEN GOOSE, Goosage elected to Hall; Ric, Mac left out again, Afte 9-year wait, ex-Yankee reliever Rich...
Cal Ripken Jr. And Tony Gwynn, wearing their Hall of Fame jerseys, shake hands during a news conference at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel announcing their...
Photographic carte-de-visite of a comical military character posing with a flintlock rifle, Cooperstown, New York, circa 1865.
Cooperstown, New York: Willie Stargell, affectionally known as "Pops" playing for the Pirates, holds back his emotion while holding the Hall of Fame...
Chicago: Bob Lemon, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and former pitching coach of the New York Yankees, who was named new manager of the Chicago...
Young baseball fans reach out to shake the hand of Casey Stengel here, as he passes in car at Busch Memorial Stadium where 26 living members of the...
Frankie Frisch, a veteran of the Baseball Hall of Fame, elected January 23, sings along during a harmony session here January 28th. Medwick played...
Chicago, Illinois: Former White Sox shortstop Luis Aparicio waves to a cheering crowd during ceremonies at Comskey Park, August 14th, to retire...
Choosing sides for baseball's centennial game at Cooperstown, New York. Left to right: Honus Wagner and Eddie Collins.
After almost breaking into tears at the announcement that he had ben elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame here, Casey Stengel became his true self....
New York, NY: Giants' star Willie McCovey at a press conference upon his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame. A star in the late 50's through the...
Cooperstown, NY: Johnny Bench, former catcher for the Cincinnati Reds, is all smiles 7/23 with his Hall of Fame plaque at the induction ceremonies in...
Cooperstown, NY: Hank Aaron, who has hit more home runs than any other player, was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 8/1. Baseball Commissioner...
Inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown posing with their plaques. They are Rick Ferrell, Pee Wee Reese, Don Drysdale, Roy...
Close-up of George Brett, third baseman for the Kansas City Royals, who was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999.
Gene Mauch, known as the "Little General", managed four different baseball clubs in his career and is known for losing more games than he lost, went...
Cooperstown, NY- Pictured at the celebration of the hundredth birthday of baseball here, June 12th, are some of those old timers who made the game...
New York, New York-Carl Yastrzemski of the Boston Red Sox, and Johnny Bench of the Reds are introduced as the newly-inducted members of the Baseball...
Cooperstown, N.Y.: Ray Dandridge, Catfish Hunter and Billy Williams are introduced to fans at the start of the Baseball Hall of Fame indiction...
Photo shows the crowning moment of Joe Medwick, who was elected to Baseball Hall of Fame, as he wears the Babe Ruth Sultan of Swat crown presented to...
Hank Aaron's 715th homer in Atlanta on April 8th caused a tremor as far as Cooperstown as Cliff Kachline, historian and keeper of the Home Run Board...
The Baseball Hall of Fame's newest members display their plaques after being inducted to the Hall. Standing left to right are Mickey Mantle and...
The Baseball Hall of Fame's four newest members are shown during induction ceremonies : Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, James "Cool Papa" Bell, and Jocko...
New Hall of Famers Mickey Mantle, and Whitey Ford are congratulated by the "Old Professor" Casey Stengel after the two famous Yankees were inducted...
"Hase" hunters Red Schoendienst , St. Louis baseball Cardinal manager, and Joe Medwick , ex-Cardinal voted into Baseball Hall of Fame last month,...
Smiling Jackie Robinson, who broke baseball's color line in 1947, holds a plaque after he was inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame here 7/23.
Joe DiMaggio, who retired from baseball after a great career last season's end, is shown as he turned over his famed No.5 uniform and glove to Rolan...
Washington, D.C.: Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, Detroit Tigers' ace hurler, took his place in the Baseball Hall of Fame by equaling the American League...
Cooperstown, NY- Governor Thomas E. Dewey hurls the ball for the start of the exhibition game between the Giants and the Detroit Tigers at...
New York, NY: St. Louis Cardinals' Lou Brock, the greatest base-stealer in the history of modern baseball, stops here enroute to spring training to...
Willie Mays, centerfielder for the New York Giants, hit 660 home runs in his career and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1979.
Picture shows American baseball pitcher Christy mathewson in the follow through of a pitch, 1900s. Methewson was an original inductee into the...
Photographic portrait of Tommy McCarthy wearing a Philadelphia Quakers uniform, in the photograph he is posing as though he is about to throw a...
Photographic portrait of Tommy McCarthy wearing a Philadelphia Quakers uniform, in the photograph he is catching a ball that was thrown to him, he...
Photo shows the body of the Cardiff Giant on display at the Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, New York, where it went on display in May of 1948. The...
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton autographing baseball for young fan outside Baseball Hall of Fame in appearance opening her undeclared campaign for...
Jackie Robinson , the first African-American baseball player to play in the major leagues and to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame,...
Former baseball player Willie Mays speaking at a press conference after being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, New York, January 23rd 1979.
Former baseball player Willie Mays speaking at a press conference after being elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, New York, January 23rd 1979.
Still-life of baseball bats used by Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Frank Baker and Napoleon Lajois, as exhibited at the National Baseball Hall of...
American former baseball player Jackie Robinson of the Brooklyn Dodgers is congratulated on his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, October 2,...
Former baseball players Frank Robinson and Hank Aaron are inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, August 1st 1982.
The Cardiff Giant, famous hoax of the 1860's, is still a leading attraction at the Farmer's Museum in Cooperstown, New York, 1955.
An illustration in the book Baseball by Seymour Church features baseball Hall of Fame players Adrian 'Cap' Anson and George Wright, published in 1902...
Two Cuban baseball stars, both players in the U.S. Major Leagues pose in Almendares Park before a game circa 1920 in Havana, Cuba.
Photographic cigarette insert card for Billiken cigarettes features Cuban Hall of Famer Cristobal Torriente was produced in 1923 in Havana, Cuba.
Hall of Fame baseball players John Clarkson and Tim Keefe appear on a game card from the E.R. Williams Company which were printed in 1889 in New York...
