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==The Negro leagues and the Hall of Fame== {{See also|2006 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting|1971 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting}} In his [[Baseball Hall of Fame]] induction speech in 1966, [[Ted Williams]] made a strong plea for inclusion of Negro league stars in the Hall. After the publication of [[Robert W. Peterson (writer)|Robert Peterson]]'s landmark book ''Only the Ball was White'' in 1970, the Hall of Fame found itself under renewed pressure to find a way to honor Negro league players who would have been in the Hall had they not been barred from the major leagues due to the color of their skin. At first, the Hall of Fame planned a "separate but equal" display, which would be similar to the [[Ford C. Frick Award]] for baseball commentators, in that this plan meant that the Negro league honorees would not be considered members of the Hall of Fame. This plan was criticized by the press, the fans and the players it was intended to honor, and Satchel Paige himself insisted that he would not accept anything less than full-fledged induction into the Hall of Fame. The Hall relented and agreed to admit Negro league players on an equal basis with their Major League counterparts in 1971. A special Negro league committee selected [[Satchel Paige]] in 1971, followed by (in alphabetical order) [[Cool Papa Bell]], [[Oscar Charleston]], [[Martín Dihigo]], [[Josh Gibson]], [[Monte Irvin]], [[Judy Johnson]], [[Buck Leonard]] and [[John Henry Lloyd]]. Of the nine players selected, only Irvin and Paige spent any time in the integrated major leagues. The Veterans Committee later selected [[Ray Dandridge]], as well as choosing [[Rube Foster]] on the basis of meritorious service. Other members of the Hall who played in both the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball are [[Hank Aaron]], [[Ernie Banks]], [[Roy Campanella]], [[Larry Doby]], [[Willie Mays]], and [[Jackie Robinson]]. Except for Doby, their play in the Negro leagues was a minor factor in their selection: Aaron, Banks, and Mays played in Negro leagues only briefly and after the leagues had declined with the migration of many black players to the integrated minor leagues; Campanella (1969) and Robinson (1962) were selected before the Hall began considering performance in the Negro leagues. From 1995 to 2001, the Hall made a renewed effort to honor luminaries from the Negro leagues, one each year. There were seven selections: [[Leon Day]], [[Bill Foster (baseball)|Bill Foster]], [[Bullet Rogan]], [[Hilton Smith]], [[Turkey Stearnes]], [[Willie Wells]], and [[Smokey Joe Williams]]. In February 2006, a committee of twelve baseball historians elected 17 more people from black baseball to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, twelve players and five executives. ; Negro league players (7): [[Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher)|Ray Brown]]; [[Willard Brown]]; [[Andy Cooper]]; [[Biz Mackey]]; [[Mule Suttles]]; [[Cristóbal Torriente]]; [[Jud Wilson]] ; Pre-Negro league players (5) : [[Frank Grant (baseball)|Frank Grant]]; [[Pete Hill]]; [[José Méndez]]; [[Louis Santop]]; [[Ben Taylor (Negro leagues)|Ben Taylor]] ; Negro league executives (4) : [[Effa Manley]]; [[Alex Pompez]]; [[Cumberland Posey|Cum Posey]]; [[J. L. Wilkinson]] ; Pre-Negro league executive, manager, player, and historian (1): [[Sol White]] [[Effa Manley]], co-owner (with her husband [[Abe Manley]]) and business manager of the Newark Eagles club in the [[Negro National League (1933–48)|Negro National League]], is the first woman elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. The committee reviewed the careers of 29 Negro league and 10 Pre-Negro league candidates. The list of 39 had been pared from a roster of 94 candidates by a five-member screening committee in November 2005. The voting committee was chaired by [[Fay Vincent]], Major League Baseball's eighth Commissioner and an Honorary Director of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. === Table of Hall of Fame players === Players whose careers also included [[American League]] or [[National League (baseball)|National League]] teams are noted with a dagger(†). {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Player !Pos !Primary team !Career !Inducted |- |[[Satchel Paige]]† |P |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1927–1953, 1965 |1971 |- |[[Josh Gibson]] |C |[[Homestead Grays]] |1930–1946 |1972 |- |[[Buck Leonard]] |1B |[[Homestead Grays]] |1933–1950 |1972 |- |[[Monte Irvin]]† |OF |[[Newark Eagles]] |1937–1942,<br />1945–1956 |1973 |- |[[Cool Papa Bell]] |OF |[[St. Louis Stars (baseball)|St. Louis Stars]] |1922–1938, 1942,<br />1947–1950 |1974 |- |[[Judy Johnson]] |3B |[[Hilldale Club]] |1918–1937 |1975 |- |[[Oscar Charleston]] |OF |[[Pittsburgh Crawfords]] |1915–1941 |1976 |- |[[Martín Dihigo]] |P |[[Cuban Stars (East)]] |1923–1931,<br />1935–1936, 1945 |1977 |- |[[John Henry Lloyd]] |SS |[[Lincoln Giants]] |1906–1932 |1977 |- |[[Rube Foster]] |P / EXEC |[[Chicago American Giants]] |1902–1926 |1981 |- |[[Ray Dandridge]] |3B |[[Newark Eagles|Newark Dodgers/Eagles]] |1933–1939, 1942,<br />1944, 1949 |1987 |- |[[Leon Day]] |P |[[Newark Eagles|Brooklyn/Newark Eagles]] |1934–1939,<br />1941–1943, 1946,<br />1949–1950 |1995 |- |[[Bill Foster (baseball)|Bill Foster]] |P |[[Chicago American Giants]] |1923–1938 |1996 |- |[[Willie Wells]] |SS |[[St. Louis Stars (baseball)|St. Louis Stars]] |1923, 1924–1936,<br />1942, 1944–1948 |1997 |- |[[Bullet Rogan]] |P |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1917, 1920–1938 |1998 |- |[[Smokey Joe Williams]] |P |[[New York Lincoln Giants]] |1910–1932 |1999 |- |[[Turkey Stearnes]] |OF |[[Detroit Stars]] |1920–1942, 1945 |2000 |- |[[Hilton Smith]] |P |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1932–1948 |2001 |- |[[Ray Brown (Negro leagues pitcher)|Ray Brown]] |P |[[Homestead Grays]] |1931–1945 |2006 |- |[[Willard Brown]]† |OF |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1935–1950 |2006 |- |[[Andy Cooper]] |P |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1920–1941 |2006 |- |[[Pete Hill]] |OF |[[Chicago American Giants]] |1899–1926 |2006 |- |[[Biz Mackey]] |C |[[Hilldale Club]] |1920–1947 |2006 |- |[[José Méndez]] |P |[[Cuban Stars (West)]] |1908–1926 |2006 |- |[[Louis Santop]] |C |[[Hilldale Club]] |1909–1926 |2006 |- |[[Mule Suttles]] |1B |[[Newark Eagles]] |1921, 1923–1944 |2006 |- |[[Ben Taylor (first baseman, born 1888)|Ben Taylor]] |1B |[[Indianapolis ABCs]] |1908–1929 |2006 |- |[[Cristóbal Torriente]] |OF |[[Chicago American Giants]] |1913–1928 |2006 |- |[[Jud Wilson]] |3B |[[Philadelphia Stars (baseball)|Philadelphia Stars]] |1922–1945 |2006 |- |[[Frank Grant (baseball)|Frank Grant]] |EXEC |[[Cuban Giants]] |1886–1903 |2006 |- |[[Effa Manley]] |EXEC |[[Newark Eagles]] |1935–1948 |2006 |- |[[Alex Pompez]] |EXEC |[[New York Cubans]] |1916–1950 |2006 |- |[[Cumberland Posey|Cum Posey]] |EXEC |[[Homestead Grays]] |1920–1946 |2006 |- |[[J. L. Wilkinson]] |EXEC |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1912–1948 |2006 |- |[[Sol White]] |EXEC |[[Philadelphia Giants]] |1887, 1891, 1894,<br />1896–1907 |2006 |- |[[Buck O'Neil]] |EXEC |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1937–1948 |2022 |- |[[Bud Fowler]] |EXEC |[[Page Fence Giants]] |1878–1898 |2022 |} The below players were inducted for their [[Major League Baseball]] career but started their careers in the Negro leagues. {| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" !Player !Pos !Negro league team !Negro league career !Inducted |- |[[Jackie Robinson]] |SS |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1945 |1962 |- |[[Roy Campanella]] |C |[[Baltimore Elite Giants|Wash/Balt Elite Giants]] |1937–1945 |1969 |- |[[Ernie Banks]] | |[[Kansas City Monarchs]] |1950, 1953 |1977 |- |[[Hank Aaron]] |OF |[[Indianapolis Clowns]] |1952 |1982 |- |[[Willie Mays]] |OF |[[Birmingham Black Barons]] |1948–1950 |1979 |- |[[Larry Doby]] |OF |[[Newark Eagles]] |1942–1944,<br />1946–1947 |1998 |- |[[Minnie Miñoso]] |OF |[[New York Cubans]] |1946–1948 |2022 |}
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