Sixty-game legends scattered throughout history
But while the 2020 season is scheduled for only 60 games, the short season could provide more than its share of history.
One would have to go back almost 150 years to find a season as short as the 2020 campaign. The National League in 1877 and 1878 – the Senior Circuit’s second and third campaigns – saw each of the circuit’s six teams play each other 12 times.
But in the longer seasons since then, big league ballplayers have provided fans with numerous herculean efforts over 60-game stretches, including many produced by future members of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Bill Francis is the senior research and writing specialist at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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Bert Blyleven
Inducted:
2011
Position:
Pitcher

Rod Carew
Inducted:
1991
Position:
2nd Baseman

Rogers Hornsby
Inducted:
1942
Position:
2nd Baseman

Chipper Jones
Inducted:
2018
Position:
3rd Baseman

Nolan Ryan
Inducted:
1999
Position:
Pitcher

Hack Wilson
Inducted:
1979
Position:
Center Fielder

Ted Williams
Inducted:
1966
Position:
Left Fielder

Joe McCarthy
Inducted:
1957
Position:
Manager
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