1963 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame 4 4 94 August 5, 1963 1962 1964 1963 inductees (L-R): John Clarkson, Elmer Flick, Eppa Rixey, and Sam Rice right 600 John Clarkson Baseball.jpg 1899 Elmer Flick.jpeg Eppa Rixey 1922.jpeg Sam Rice.jpg Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1963 followed a system established for odd-number years after the 1956 election. Namely, the baseball writers were voting on recent players only in even-number years. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected four people: 19th-century 300-game winner John Clarkson, turn-of-the-century outfielder Elmer Flick, 266-game winner Eppa Rixey, and outfielder Sam Rice, who had 2987 career hits. Flick, Rixey, and Rice were all still living at the time the selections were announced, however Rixey died several months before the induction ceremony.https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/0d7c2a69 Eppa Rixey Jan Finkel SABR 2004 October 12, 2019 A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 5, 1963, with Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick presiding.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37070188/hall_of_fame_players_inducted_in/ Hall of Fame Players Inducted in Cooperstown AP The Times Shreveport, Louisiana C-1 August 6, 1963 October 12, 2019 newspapers.com J. G. Taylor Spink Award Following the December 1962 death of J. G. Taylor Spink, publisher of The Sporting News, the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) inaugurated an award to honor one baseball writer annually.https://sabr.org/about/jg-taylor-spink J.G. Taylor Spink SABR October 12, 2019 Conferred as part of the induction ceremonies, Spink himself was the first person honored with the award, posthumously.https://www.newspapers.com/clip/72245730/4-veterans-enshrined/ 4 Veterans Enshrined The Oneonta Star Oneonta, New York 17 August 6, 1963 February 27, 2021 newspapers.comhttps://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/spink/jg-taylor-spink 1962 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner J.G. Taylor Spink baseballhall.org February 27, 2021 Known as the J. G. Taylor Spink Award for over 50 years, it was renamed as the BBWAA Career Excellence Award in February 2021.BBWAA removes J.G. Taylor Spink's name from Hall of Fame writing award over racist language https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30840064/bbwaa-removes-jg-taylor-spink-name-hall-fame-writing-award-racist-language February 5, 2021 February 27, 2021 ESPN.com References External links 1963 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org Spink Award at www.baseballhalloffame.org Category:Baseball Hall of Fame balloting Hall of Fame balloting