Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1942

The 1942 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame was the first to be conducted in three years, and the only regular election in the years 1940 to 1944; in 1939 the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) had moved to hold elections every three years rather than annually, now that the Hall had opened. This was a widely criticized move, as observers generally agreed that electing 3 players per year - the pace established from 1936 to 1939 - was an ideal number for annual induction.

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1942 - Baseball Hall of Fame - Baseball Writers Association of America

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After the Old-Timers Committee made its six selections in 1939 from among the figures of the 19th century era, commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis completely revised the committee's membership, establishing it as the Hall of Fame Committee and designating it as the Hall's permanent governing body; from 1939 to 1944, its four members were: Athletics owner/manager Connie Mack; Yankees president Ed Barrow; Braves president Bob Quinn; and sportwriter Sid Mercer. This committee was responsible, in its function as the Old-Timers Committee, for selecting additional worthy candidates from the 19th century; however, the committee never convened during this 5-year period, and made no selections - creating greater complaints that the stars of the 1880s and 1890s were being ignored.

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Kenesaw Mountain Landis - Connie Mack - Ed Barrow - Bob Quinn - Sid Mercer

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