1939
It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird.Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame - on his fourth try.Collins, by his 124.4WAR the best second baseman in baseball history, had fallen 110 votes short of election in the inaugural Hall of Fame vote (1936), 36 votes short in 1937, and 22 short in 1938 before breaking through with ... 77.7% support in 1939.
It was the early years of the Hall of Fame, so voting results could still tend to be pretty weird.Case in point, Eddie Collins was voted into the Hall of Fame - on his fourth try.Collins, by his 124.4WAR the best second baseman in baseball history, had fallen 110 votes short of election in the inaugural Hall of Fame vote (1936), 36 votes short in 1937, and 22 short in 1938 before breaking through with ... 77.7% support in 1939.
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