Who are the only two people inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, who are not at all affiliated with MLB?
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Alexander Cartwright\nHenry Chadwick\n\nYou better not be claiming Abbott and Costello--because they are NOT.\n\nhttp://www.baseballhalloffame.org
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The hall of fame is for MLB players.  If O'Niel is in, then Josh Gibson is the HR king with over 900 hr's and Satchel Page is the best pitcher not Cy Young or Nolan Ryan.  But thank god those are not the rules.
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TWO LEGENDS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE GAMES.
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One name: Steve Dalkowski.  You could talk about him for five minutes or five hours, but he might be the most interesting baseball figure of all time, though he never made the majors.  He was a minor league phenom who played in the 1960s and was rumored to throw 110 mph.  Not surprisingly, he had massive control problems and just when he started to put it all together, he blew out his elbow.  There's a lot of stuff on the Internet about him, but there's one particularly good interview here:  http://www.widewordofsports.com/Articles-016.htm
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Casey Stengel, NY Yankees.  They said he was 'too old' after the '60 Series.  His reply -- I'll never make the mistake of being 70 again!"\n\nEnded up with the Mets in their first season in '62
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Gwynn and Ripkin are shoe-ins for the hall.  McGwire will not make it for at least for a few years if ever.  When he faced congress a couple of years ago he really hurt himself when confronted about his possible use of steroid.  Of course he admitted to the use of a certain steroid in 1998 when he "broke" Maris record.\n\nOne of my biggest concerns is that there are players that should be in the hall and for whatever reason have yet to be voted in.  Among my own personal list are players like, Jice Rice, Dave Parker, Don Mattingly, Dwight Evans, Lee Smith, Alan Trammell, Jack Morris, and of course the "Goose" Rich Gossage.\n\nSomebody please tell me why these guys are not hall of famers????
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I assume you meant pete gray. The one armed outfielder for the browns during the 1943 or 1944 season. Batted and threw lefthanded a movie was made about him in the early or mid 80s starring one of the carradine brothers. he was supposed to be an icon for handicapped people but actually he was kind of a mean guy and did not get along with teammates
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I grew up with Rickey Henderson as my favorite baseball player ever.  I loved the guy, hell i even had his book, and comic book.  OH yeah, he had a comic book.  Anyways he dominated the game, the best leadoff hitter of all time, hands down.  He should be a first ballot hall of famer.  Lets not forget his records in leadoff game home runs either.
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Apparently Johnny Grabowski was the first player to wear that number for the Yankees.  The number is retired for Bill Dickey and Yogi Berra, and has been since '72.
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Ichiro is a hitting machine. And could be the first player to hit .400 and i hope he passes Pete Rose that way the best hitter will at least be in the hall of fame.
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I love those old Twins, like Tony O (would've been a sure HOF if not for his knees?)...I loved the Kirby/"Hrbe" teams as well...Too bad, you couldn't get Rod Carew there, but I guess you had to choose btwn him and Puckett, given the one HOF'er rule...\n\nSince I'm a lifetime Phillies fan, here goes (since I've been following anyway):\n\nC- Bob Boone\n1B - Dick Allen  (almost snuck in Pete Rose here)\n2B - Chase Utley (apologies to Manny Trillo and Juan Samuel)\nSS - Larry Bowa\n3B - Michael Jack Schmidt (HOF)\nLF - Lonnie Smith (a personal fave who started here, and was actually the leadoff hitter on 3, and almost 4 World Series winners)\nCF - Gary Maddox\nRF - Bake McBride\n\nLINEUP:  Smith - Utley - Schmidt - Allen - McBride - Maddox - Boone - Bowa - Carlton (no DH)\n\nReserves:  Cookie Rojas (IF), Greg Gross/Del Unser (OF) and one more?  Tomas Perez\n\nRotation\nLHP Steve Carlton (HOF)\nRHP Curt Schilling  \nRHP Jim Bunning  \nLHP Randy Wolf (a little weak)\nRHP Rick Wise (not great either, but...he once threw a no-hitter and hit 2 HRs in same game, and we traded him for "Lefty"\n\n\n\nBullPen\nTug McGraw (the late, great)\nMitch Williams (keep things exciting)\nGene Garber (liked the swivel delivery)
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Barry Bonds (90 in 2003) and Harmon Killebrew (96 in 1963) both had 45 homers in a season without reaching the 100 mark.  They were the record-holders until Soriano broke their marks this season.\n\nOthers who have hit 40+ without reaching 100 include:\n\nAaron 1969 - 44 - 97\nDavey Johnson 1973 - 43 - 99\nMatt Williams 1994 - 43 - 96 \nMickey Mantle 1958 - 42 - 97 \nDuke Snider 1957 - 40 - 92 \nMickey Mantle 1960 - 40 - 94 \nHank Aaron 1973 - 40 - 96 \nRico Petrocelli 1969 - 40 - 97 \nKen Griffey Jr. 1994 - 40 - 90 \nDarrell Evans 1985 - 40 - 94
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According to Major League Baseball:\n"The MLB logo: No one player has ever been identified as the model of the 1969 Major League Baseball batter logo."
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Pete Rose deserves to be in the Baseball Hall of Fame.  The hall of fame is to highlight those players who proved their baseball skills on the field or those who helped to elevate the game off of the field.  That man proved himself day after day on the diamond and as such deserved a place.  For goodness sakes, the man is one of the greatest hitters to pick up a bat, and he did it 'roid free! How many of today's current players are juiced up and heading for the hall?? \nAnd beside that, all he did was bet on baseball.  There are people who are either already in the hall or who you KNOW are going to be in the hall that have done far worse things.  There are drug abusers (and I am not just speaking of steroids), wife beaters, thieves, and all manner of true criminals.  It's pathetic that people with stats that don't hold up next to Pete Rose's, but who's criminal history should give them a spot on America's Most Wanted can make it into the hall but Pete Rose can't.
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Has to be Grover (Pete) Alexander's rookie season in 1911.\n\nHe went 28 wins & 13 losses with a 2.57 ERA.
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No.  He's a very, very good player.  But very, very good players don't go to the hall of fame.  Special ones do.  He's not that special.  He had 46 HR's last year - but in today's game, that's nothing special.
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I don't see anything at baseball-reference.com, and they have practically EVERYBODY. I did a google search, and came up with a lot of references to Pastor Jim Cobrae. I have no idea if it's the same guy you are looking for or not though. The only thing I can think is that he played under a different name.