1946 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1946 were conducted by methods refashioned and then fashioned again during the year.
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Jack Chesbro
American professional baseball pitcher.
American professional baseball pitcher.
Chesbro was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 by the Veterans Committee, which considers individuals who are eligible for the Hall of Fame, but no longer eligible to be elected by the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).
Rube Waddell
American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
American pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Born in Bradford, Pennsylvania, Waddell was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Joe McGinnity
American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the late 19th and early 20th century.
American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the late 19th and early 20th century.
After failing to receive the necessary votes from the Baseball Writers' Association of America for entry in the National Baseball Hall of Fame on seven occasions, McGinnity was posthumously elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee in 1946.
Jesse Burkett
American professional baseball left fielder.
American professional baseball left fielder.
He was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Frank Chance
American professional baseball player.
American professional baseball player.
Chance was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in the 1946 balloting by the Veterans Committee, along with Tinker and Evers.
Clark Griffith
American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, manager and team owner.
American Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher, manager and team owner.
Griffith was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Old Timers Committee in 1946.
Miller Huggins
American professional baseball player and manager.
American professional baseball player and manager.
Huggins was included on the ballot for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, and 1950, failing to receive the number of votes required for election on those occasions.
Tommy McCarthy (baseball)
American Major League Baseball player.
American Major League Baseball player.
McCarthy's selection into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946 has always been a controversial one due to his less than spectacular statistics, especially when compared to those of his fellow inductees and some players who have not yet been honored.
Ed Walsh
American pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball.
American pitcher and manager in Major League Baseball.
He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Jack Sheridan (umpire)
American umpire in Major League Baseball.
American umpire in Major League Baseball.
In 1946 Sheridan was named to the Honor Rolls of Baseball of the Baseball Hall of Fame.