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Two former American League Most Valuable Player Award winners as well as two World Series MVPs are among 19 new candidates on the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot

Statistically, he’s the most consistent power hitter the game has ever known. But Mark McGwire’s story contains so much more than that.

Few pitchers ever competed like Hershiser – who was at his best when the pressure was greatest.

Davey Johnson spent his adult life in baseball, first as a player, then as the second manager in big league history to take four franchises to the postseason.

Eight of the National Pastime’s beloved voices have been named as the finalists for the 2017 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.

From his days as a collegiate star at Mississippi State, Will Clark seemed destined for greatness – with a left-handed swing that was revered throughout the game.

Albert Belle ripped through the big leagues like a 12-year-long storm, leaving numbers in his wake that remain some of baseball’s best.

Of all the players currently eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame, Harold Baines has more hits than anyone but Rafael Palmeiro and Barry Bonds.

Phil Pohl grew up in Cooperstown. But despite numerous trips to the Hall of Fame, he never thought he’d find himself looking at his artifacts on display in the Museum.

The Maine-Endwell (N.Y.) Little League World Series championship team was honored at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum during an early Sunday afternoon ceremony inside the Plaque Gallery.

As history is made on the diamond at the Fall Classic, Central New York residents and visitors can watch all the action at the home of baseball history in Cooperstown.

Team Has Donated Signed Baseball, Photo to Museum Collection

Five former big league players, three executives and two managers comprise the 10-name Today’s Game Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 5 at the Baseball Winter Meetings in National Harbor, Md.

10-name Today's Game Era ballot to be reviewed and voted upon Dec. 5.

The three-day event featured 13 films covering such varied topics as the life of Bill Lee after the majors, Ron Taylor’s transition from pitcher to medicine, the legacy of Hot Springs, Arkansas as a Spring Training site and the Negro League Harrisburg Giants baseball team.

Digitized photos of the Negro Leagues, the papers of pioneering African-American writer Wendell Smith and a Jackie Robinson scrapbook are now online.