Sandy Koufax and Hank Greenberg are/were both Jewish and in the Hall of Fame. Rod Carew married a Jew and raised his children in that faith, but never converted. Lou Boudreau had a Jewish mother, but he was raised a Roman Catholic by his adopted parents, and never once mentioned his Jewish heritage, even in his autobiography.
Marvin Miller was Jewish, and will almost certainly be in the Hall of Fame some century.
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There is no one in the baseball Hall of Fame who had nothing to do with baseball. They were either coaches, players, etc. Abbott and Costello.
All members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are considered equal -- you either are a Hall of Famer or you aren't. The year that you join is called your "class," and the first such class -- ie, the "first class" -- is given a special room at the Hall of Fame. These five are, indeed, considered the cream of the crop of baseball players.
Cal Hubbard, was an American professional football player and later an umpire in Major League Baseball, and is a member of three major sports halls of fame. He is currently the only person to be enshrined at both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the Baseball Hall of Fame.
Sixty-six representatives of the Giants (55 players and 11 managers) have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, more than any other team in the history of baseball. The Dodgers franchise is second (45 players, 9 managers) and the New York Yankees are third (41 players, 11 managers).
Yes, Ted Williams