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1966 Hall of Fame Game Photo Gallery
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1966 Hall-of-Fame Game!
In my recent post about “Granddad” Stan Musial, I came on to this really neat photo of Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Tony Oliva, and Red Schoendiest. It’s from the 1966 Hall of Fame Game. This was the year Ted Williams and Casey Stengel were elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Not much is known about the game, other than that the Cardinals beat the Twins, 7-5.
Click on the link to see a few more from the 1966 Hall of Fame game and also a few more of Ted Williams and Stan Musial.
Here’s a little bit of information about the Hall-of-Fame voting in 1966 (from Wikipedia}:
Ted Williams tallied more than 90% on the first ballot. Meanwhile, the Veterans Committee was meeting annually to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected Casey Stengel
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1946 or later, but not after 1960. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.
Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. A total of 48 players received votes; 302 ballots were cast, with 227 votes required for election. A total of 2,208 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.31 per ballot.
Ted Williams, was elected with 93.4% of the vote. Williams won the Triple Crown twice and was the last player to hit .400 in a season (.406 in 1941). He famously used his Hall induction speech to advocate for elections of Negro League players.
-Gary Livacari
Photo Credits: All found on Google Search
Information: Excerpts edited from Wikipedia
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I was 12 and at the 1966 Hall of Fame game. I know that a young Steve Carlton started and went three strong innings for the Cardinals. I have been looking for a box score or a scoresheet for a long time. I am surprised that a game at the Hall of Fame doesn’t have a written record of it anywhere.