Hall of Famers Inducted Posthumously
Major league players, managers, umpires and executives remain eligible for Hall of Fame consideration so long as they are not on Major League Baseball's ineligibility list. The following is a list of the 115 Hall of Famers, sorted alphabetically, who were inducted posthumously into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
| Name |
Date of Death
|
Induction Year***
|
| Cap Anson |
April 14, 1922
|
1939
|
| Jake Beckley |
June 25, 1918
|
1971
|
| Jim Bottomley |
Dec. 11, 1959
|
1974
|
| Roger Bresnahan |
December 4, 1944
|
1945*
|
| Dan Brouthers |
August 3, 1932
|
1945*
|
| Mordecai Brown |
February 14, 1948
|
1949
|
| Ray Brown |
Feb. 8, 1965
|
2006
|
| Willard Brown |
Aug 4, 1996
|
2006
|
| Morgan Bulkeley |
Nov. 6, 1922
|
1937*
|
| Alexander Cartwright |
July 12, 1892
|
1938*
|
| Henry Chadwick |
April 20, 1908
|
1938*
|
| Frank Chance |
Sept. 15, 1924
|
1946
|
| Oscar Charleston |
Oct. 5, 1954
|
1976
|
| Nestor Chylak |
Feb. 17, 1982
|
1999
|
| John Clarkson |
Feb. 4, 1909
|
1963
|
| Roberto Clemente |
Dec. 31, 1972
|
1973
|
| Jimmy Collins |
March 6, 1943
|
1945*
|
| Charles Comiskey |
Oct. 26, 1931
|
1939
|
| Roger Connor |
Jan. 4, 1931
|
1976
|
| Andy Cooper |
June 3, 1941
|
2006
|
| Candy Cummings |
May 16, 1924
|
1939
|
| George Davis |
Oct. 17, 1940
|
1998
|
| Leon Day |
March 13, 1995
|
1995
|
| Name |
Date of Death
|
Induction Year***
|
| Ed Delahanty |
July 2, 1903
|
1945*
|
| Martín Dihigo |
May 20, 1971
|
1977
|
| Barney Dreyfuss |
Feb. 5, 1932
|
2008
|
| Leo Durocher |
Oct. 7, 1991
|
1994
|
| Billy Evans |
Jan. 23, 1956
|
1973
|
| Buck Ewing |
Oct. 20, 1906
|
1939
|
| Rube Foster |
Dec. 9, 1930
|
1981
|
| Bill Foster |
Sept. 16, 1978
|
1996
|
| Bud Fowler |
Feb. 26, 1913
|
2022
|
| Nellie Fox |
Dec. 1, 1975
|
1997
|
| Pud Galvin |
March 7, 1902
|
1965
|
| Lou Gehrig |
June 2, 1941
|
1939**
|
| Josh Gibson |
Jan. 20, 1947
|
1972
|
| Warren Giles |
February 7, 1949
|
1949
|
| Joe Gordon |
April 14, 1978
|
2009
|
| Frank Grant |
May 23, 1937
|
2006
|
| Roy Halladay |
Nov. 7, 2017
|
2019
|
| Billy Hamilton |
Dec. 16, 1940
|
1961
|
| Ned Hanlon |
April 14, 1937
|
1996
|
| Will Harridge |
April 9, 1971
|
1972
|
| Harry Heilmann |
July 9, 1951
|
1952
|
| Name |
Date of Death
|
Induction Year***
|
| Pete Hill |
Nov. 26, 1951
|
2006
|
| Gil Hodges |
April 2, 1972
|
2022
|
| Miller Huggins |
Sept. 25, 1929
|
1964
|
| William Hulbert |
April 10, 1882
|
1995
|
| Hughie Jennings |
Feb. 1, 1928
|
1945*
|
| Ban Johnson |
March 28, 1931
|
1937*
|
| Addie Joss |
April 14, 1911
|
1978
|
| Tim Keefe |
April 23, 1933
|
1964
|
| Willie Keeler |
Jan. 1, 1923
|
1939
|
| Joe Kelley |
Aug. 14, 1943
|
1971
|
| King Kelly |
Nov. 8, 1894
|
1945*
|
| Chuck Klein |
March 28, 1958
|
1980
|
| Bill Klem |
Sept. 1, 1951
|
1953
|
| Bowie Kuhn |
March 15, 2007
|
2008
|
| Kenesaw M. Landis |
Nov. 25, 1944
|
1944*
|
| Tony Lazzeri |
Aug. 6, 1946
|
1991
|
| Pop Lloyd |
March 19, 1965
|
1977
|
| Ernie Lombardi |
Sept. 26, 1977
|
1986
|
| Biz Mackey |
Sept. 22, 1965
|
2006
|
| Larry MacPhail |
Oct. 1, 1975
|
1978
|
| Effa Manley |
April 16, 1981
|
2006
|
| Rabbit Maranville |
Jan. 5, 1954
|
1954
|
| Christy Mathewson |
Oct. 7, 1925
|
1936*
|
| Tommy McCarthy |
Aug. 5, 1922
|
1946
|
| Joe McGinnity |
Nov. 14, 1929
|
1946
|
| Name |
Date of Death
|
Induction Year***
|
| Bill McGowan |
Dec. 9, 1954
|
1992
|
| John McGraw |
Feb. 25, 1934
|
1937
|
| Bid McPhee |
Jan. 3, 1943
|
2000
|
| José Méndez |
Oct. 31, 1928
|
2006
|
| Marvin Miller |
Nov. 27, 2012
|
2020
|
| Minnie Miñoso |
March 1, 2015
|
2022
|
| Hank O’Day |
July 2, 1935
|
2013
|
| Walter O’Malley |
August 9, 1979
|
2008
|
| Buck O'Neil |
Oct. 6, 2006
|
2022
|
| Jim O’Rourke |
Jan. 8, 1919
|
1945*
|
| Herb Pennock |
Jan. 30, 1948
|
1948
|
| Eddie Plank |
Feb. 24, 1946
|
1946
|
| Alex Pompez |
March 14, 1974
|
2006
|
| Cumberland Posey |
March 28, 1946
|
2006
|
| Charles Radbourn |
Feb. 5, 1897
|
1939
|
| Branch Rickey |
Dec. 9, 1965
|
1967
|
| Eppa Rixey |
Feb. 28, 1963
|
1963
|
| Wilbert Robinson |
Aug. 8, 1934
|
1945*
|
| Bullet Rogan |
March 4, 1967
|
1998
|
| Jacob Ruppert |
January 13, 1939
|
2013
|
| Amos Rusie |
Dec. 6, 1942
|
1977
|
| Ron Santo |
Dec. 3, 2010
|
2012
|
| Louis Santop |
Jan 22, 1942
|
2006
|
| Frank Selee |
July 5, 1909
|
1999
|
| Hilton Smith |
Nov. 18, 1983
|
2001
|
| Billy Southworth |
Nov. 15, 1969
|
2008
|
| Al Spalding |
Sept. 9, 1915
|
1939
|
| Turkey Stearnes |
Sept. 4, 1979
|
2000
|
| Mule Suttles |
July 9, 1966
|
2006
|
| Ben Taylor |
Jan. 24, 1953
|
2006
|
| Name |
Date of Death
|
Induction Year***
|
| Sam Thompson |
Nov. 7, 1922
|
1974
|
| Cristóbal Torriente |
April 11, 1938
|
2006
|
| Arky Vaughan |
Aug. 30, 1952
|
1985
|
| Bill Veeck |
Jan. 2, 1986
|
1991
|
| Rube Waddell |
April 1, 1914
|
1946
|
| John M. Ward |
March 4, 1925
|
1964
|
| Mickey Welch |
July 30, 1941
|
1973
|
| Willie Wells |
Jan. 22, 1989
|
1997
|
| Deacon White |
July 7, 1939
|
2013
|
| Sol White |
Aug. 26, 1955
|
2006
|
| J.L. Wilkinson |
Aug. 21, 1964
|
2006
|
| Smoky Joe Williams |
Feb. 25, 1951
|
1999
|
| Vic Willis |
Aug. 3, 1947
|
1995
|
| Hack Wilson |
Nov. 23, 1948
|
1979
|
| Jud Wilson |
June 24, 1963
|
2006
|
| George Wright |
Aug. 21, 1937
|
1937
|
| Harry Wright |
Oct. 3, 1895
|
1953
|
| Tom Yawkey |
July 9, 1976
|
1980
|
| Ross Youngs |
Oct. 22, 1927
|
1972
|
*No ceremonies were held from 1936-38 and 1940-45. Hall of Famers elected in those years were honored at the next ceremony (1939 and 1946, respectively).
**Lou Gehrig was elected to the Hall of Fame in a special election during December of 1939, and therefore did not participate in the Induction Ceremony held on June 12 of that year. He died in 1941, before the next ceremony was held.
***All yearly induction ceremonies have been held between June 12 and Sept. 8. Currently, they are usually held in the last week of July.
Updated in 2021.