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http://www.southsidesox.com/2014/1/9/52 ... ooperstown

Here's a list of the White Sox caps in Cooperstown, in alphabetical order:

Luis Aparicio
Luke Appling
Red Faber
Nellie Fox
Ted Lyons
Ray Schalk (presumably)
Ed Walsh (presumably)
That's all of them, and that includes the caps without markings. You can infer that Schalk and Walsh are wearing White Sox caps because they barely played for anybody else, but you can't draw the same conclusion about Eddie Collins' blank lid since he accomplished plenty in Philadelphia. Carlton Fisk had a similar career split to Collins, and he chose Boston.

So the hat is rare enough. The ease with which Thomas cleared the bar is another matter altogether.

Let's take the seven with Sox caps, then throw in Fisk and Collins, and a couple more longtime White Sox (Early Wynn and Hoyt Wilhelm). That's 11 Hall of Famers whose elections truly registered with White Sox fans, and Thomas will make 12.

Of the 12, Thomas triggered the most resounding voter reponse by far. Thomas earned 83.7 percent of the vote in his first year, which is the fourth-highest percentage for any of these players. However, he's the only one to clear 75 percent in his first year. Others had to wait longer ... and some had to wait an eternity.

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Of course, the VEGA$ white soxs would have more in the HOF?

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jimmypasta wrote:
http://www.southsidesox.com/2014/1/9/5290834/frank-thomas-breaks-new-ground-for-white-sox-in-cooperstown

Here's a list of the White Sox caps in Cooperstown, in alphabetical order:

Luis Aparicio
Luke Appling
Red Faber
Nellie Fox
Ted Lyons
Ray Schalk (presumably)
Ed Walsh (presumably)
That's all of them, and that includes the caps without markings. You can infer that Schalk and Walsh are wearing White Sox caps because they barely played for anybody else, but you can't draw the same conclusion about Eddie Collins' blank lid since he accomplished plenty in Philadelphia. Carlton Fisk had a similar career split to Collins, and he chose Boston.

So the hat is rare enough. The ease with which Thomas cleared the bar is another matter altogether.

Let's take the seven with Sox caps, then throw in Fisk and Collins, and a couple more longtime White Sox (Early Wynn and Hoyt Wilhelm). That's 11 Hall of Famers whose elections truly registered with White Sox fans, and Thomas will make 12.

Of the 12, Thomas triggered the most resounding voter reponse by far. Thomas earned 83.7 percent of the vote in his first year, which is the fourth-highest percentage for any of these players. However, he's the only one to clear 75 percent in his first year. Others had to wait longer ... and some had to wait an eternity.


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Let's be honest, Minnie Minoso should be in. It's a joke that the Veterans Committee put in the drunk moron with no legs before him.

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Ogie Oglethorpe wrote:
It's a joke that the Veterans Committee put in the drunk moron with no legs before him.
I did not know that Scooter was in the HOF. Congrats, man!!

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