Best Class Of HOF

[It's Over The Wall!]

What Is The Best HOF Class Inducted?

I was going to make a poll but........ummmm ya.


Mine is 1932(or whatever The first class was)





Hoss Radbourn Rules!
Yeah Sorry 'bout that.

[MasonDixon]

Definitely the first one, no question.

[The Commissioner]

Not to be trite, but I can't see any class being better than the one from 1936: Cobb, Ruth, Wagner, Mathewson, and Johnson. It's kind of hard to to that.

[It's Over The Wall!]

The Amazing Was That Cobb Got The Most Votes(all due respect) There Was The Babe And The Big Train!

[ElHalo]

The Amazing Was That Cobb Got The Most Votes(all due respect) There Was The Babe And The Big Train!

Cobb was always thought to be the greatest player ever, basically through Babe Ruth's death.

[digglahhh]

What about other than the first one?

I know there's a list floating around here of each year and the inductees.

[Dodger Green]

What about other than the first one?

The 2nd one:

Nap Lajoie
Tris Speaker
Cy Young
Ban Johnson
Connie Mack
John McGraw
Morgan Bulkeley
George Wright

[Brian McKenna]

the first one was 1936 and cooperstown wasn't opened until 1939 so the 1936-1937-1938-1939 were inducted then - that would definitely be the best class

[digglahhh]

C'mon you know what I meant.

[Pine Tar]

I was going to say the class of 99 with Yount, Brett, and Ryan, but I can't say that these three are better than the class of 82 with Robinson, and Aaron, so I say the class of 82.

[digglahhh]

With the retirement of Clemens, Maddux, Thomas, Bagwell, Biggio, Piazza, Johnson etc. looming, the best class may be yet to come, depending on who retires when.

You know, best of the "normal classes."

[ElHalo]

I do, however, find it funny that 1937, only the second year ever of Hall inductions, found the single least essential and worst selection in Hall of Fame history... Morgan Bulkeley. Nice to know they got that out of the way quickly.

[Sashag]

I do, however, find it funny that 1937, only the second year ever of Hall inductions, found the single least essential and worst selection in Hall of Fame history... Morgan Bulkeley. Nice to know they got that out of the way quickly.

As Im sure you all know Morgan Bulkeley has the distinction of being the only Baseball HOFer to serve in the Civil War. Its amazing how short the first few years of plaques are in terms of word count, compared to nowadays when they are packed to capacity!

I consider the first class, thats 1936, its over the wall, to be the best class ever!

[Freakshow]

Not that this is really in the running, but the 1972 induction class has an interesting mix of all-time greats:

Josh Gibson
Sandy Koufax
Yogi Berra
Buck Leonard
Early Wynn
Lefty Gomez
Will Harridge
Ross Youngs

[RuthMayBond]

These weren't too shabby
1939:
Anson
ECollins
Comiskey
Cummings
Ewing
Gehrig
Keeler
Radbourn
Sisler
Spalding

1945:
Bresnahan
Brouthers
Clarke
JCollins
Delahanty
Duffy
Jennings
Kelly
O'Rourke
WRobinson

1946: (does have some lesser ones)
Burkett
Chance
Chesbro
Evers
Griffith
McCarthy
McGinnity
Plank
Tinker
Waddell
Walsh