National Baseball Hall of Fame

Google Map Address: 25 Main St. City: Cooperstown
Zip Code: 13326
Phone 1: 607-547-7200
Toll Free: 888-425-5633
Website: http://baseballhalloffame.org
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The Hall of Fame is comprised of 297 elected members. Included are 207 former major league players, 27 executives, 35 Negro leaguers, 19 managers and nine umpires. The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has elected 112 candidates to the Hall while the Committees on managers, umpires, executives and long-retired players (in all of its forms) has chosen 159 deserving candidates (95 major leaguers, 27 executives, 19 managers, nine Negro leaguers and nine umpires). The defunct “Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues” selected nine men between 1971-77 and the Special Committee on Negro Leagues in 2006, elected 17 Negro leaguers. There are currently 65 living members. By position, there are: 72 pitchers, 16 catchers, 21 first basemen, 20 second basemen, 15 third basemen, 24 shortstops, 21 left fielders, 23 center fielders, 24 right fielders, 20 managers, 9 umpires and 32 executives.