Joe DiMaggio

Are there any MLB players in the baseball hall of fame that NEVER made an appearance in the All Star game?

1. The first All Star game started in 1933 so a player would have to make his major league debut in 1933 or later. 2. They would have to play most of their career in the Major Leagues and not be in the hall mainly because they were in the Negro Leagues or any other baseball leagues but the MLB. How many hall of famers are there in the baseball hall of fame that never played in the all star game?

Public Comments

1. ya, satchel paige, but he wasn't voted in for atlent
2. thier are a few, but i could,nt count them
3. According to my research, not only has every HOF player who debuted after 1933 made it to at least one All Star game, Waite Hoyt was the last active HOFer to NOT make at least one All Star game, and he retired in 1938. In fact, no player who debuted after 1925 made his entire career without being in at least one All Star game. The latest debuting HOFers without All Star appearances are Freddie Lindstrom and Earle Combs, both of whom debuted in 1924.
4. Players who debuted after 1933, made the Hall as a player and the number of All Star selections. 1 *Monte Irvin 2 *Satchel Paige 3 Fergie Jenkins, Robin Yount 4 Don Sutton 5 Phil Rizzuto, Richie Ashburn, Hoyt Wilhelm, Gaylord Perry, Phil Niekro * primarily elected for their time in the Ne-gro League
5. no clue
6. The player wouldn't have had to have debuted in 1933 or later, because careers begin every season. However, we'll be fair and not mark against anyone whose career covered part of the All-Star era but was past his peak and near his career's end. Call this the 1930s. We find a set of 148 men who played in the majors as of 1933 and are in the Hall. Let's go by decades, and break down the 1930s by season. Retired in 1933 -- 3: Red Faber, Eppa Rixey, and Joe Sewell. None were selected for that first All-Star Game in Chicago. Retired in 1934 -- 4: Burleigh Grimes, Herb Pennock, Sam Rice, and Hack Wilson. None were selected as All-Stars. Retired in 1935 -- 5: Earle Combs, Rabbit Maranville, Dazzy Vance, Jocko Conlan, and that Ruth guy. The first three never made an All-Star team, nor did Conlon, who is in the Hall for his umpiring career. Ruth did make two, in 1933 and '34, and famously hit the first home run in All-Star play. Retired in 1936 -- 4: Travis Jackson, Freddie Lindstrom, Bill Terry, and Walt Alston. Jackson made the All-Star team in 1934. Terry was a three-time AS, 1933-35. Lindstrom struck out. So did Alston, in his one major league plate appearance; the Hall says his plaque is for his managing career. Retired in 1937 -- 7: Jim Bottomley, Mickey Cochrane, Frankie Frisch, Chick Hafey, Jesse Haines, Rogers Hornsby, and Pie Traynor. Never selected: Bottomley, Haines, and Hornsby (who, despite his previous greatness, played very sparingly after 1931, never rising to All-Star level). Selections: Cochrane 2 ('34-35), Frisch 3 ('33-35), Hafey 1 ('33), and Traynor 2 ('33-34). Retired in 1938 -- 3: Kiki Cuyler, Goose Goslin, and Waite Hoyt. Cuyler made one AS squad ('34), as did Goslin ('36). Hoyt stayed home. Retired in 1939 -- 3: Lou Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, and Heinie Manush. Gehrig made all seven AL All-Star teams (even '39, an obvious tribute selection). Lazzeri went once, in the 1933 premiere. Manush got his one call in '34. Summing up the 1930s: 29 HOFers retired (27 "real players"), 12 made at least one All-Star team, 17 did not. Curiously, no HOFer finished his major league career in 1940. Having plowed through the 1930s, we've reached the limits of granting players a "didn't really have a fair chance" exemption. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1940s -- 26. Made an All-Star team -- 25: Averill, Grove, Hartnett, Gehringer, Gomez, Hubbell, Klein, Simmons, Cronin, Durocher, Foxx, Lloyd Waner, Paul Waner, Dickey, Lyons, Willard Brown, Dean, Ferrell, Greenberg, Herman, Lombardi, Lopez, Ott, Ruffing, Medwick, Vaughan. No All-Star selections -- 1: Willard Brown. It's fair to exempt this man. The bulk of his career, and for which the Hall recognizes him, was in the Ne.gro Leagues. He played only 21 games in MLB, for the 1947 St. Louis Browns. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1950s -- 20. Made an All-Star team -- 18: Appling, Gordon, DiMaggio (13 in 13 seasons), Boudreau, Mize, Kiner, Newhouser, Feller, Irvin, Rizzuto, Jackie Robinson, Campanella, Kell, Lemon, Reese, Doby, and Slaughter. No All-Star selections -- 2: Lasorda, who was barely a player (0-4 in 26 games pitched) and is in the Hall as a manager, and Sparky Anderson, much the same as Lasorda -- bit player, great manager. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1960s -- 18. Made an All-Star team -- 16: Ted Williams, Ashburn, Musial, Schoendienst, Wynn, Snider, Berra, Fox, Paige (yep, Satchel made it twice, 1952& '53), Spahn, Koufax, Roberts, Ford, Mantle, Mathews, and Drysdale. No All-Star selections -- 2: Dick Williams and Whitey Herzog, two others who played but earned their plaques as a manager. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1970s -- 18. Made an All-Star team -- all 18: Banks, Bunning, Clemente, Mazeroski, Wilhelm, Aparicio, Mays, Cepeda, Kaline, Gibson, Killebrew, Marichal, Aaron, Frank Robinson, Billy Williams, Brooks Robinson, Brock, Hunter. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1980s -- 19. Made an All-Star team -- all 19: McCovey, Stargell, Bench, Jenkins, Perry, Yastrzemski, Morgan, Palmer, Carew, Fingers, Perez, Seaver, Jackson, Niekro, Carlton, Sutter, Sutton, Rice, Schmidt. ----- HOF players who retired in the 1990s -- 15. Made an All-Star team -- all 15: Carter, Brett, Fisk, Ryan, Yount, Gossage, Puckett, Winfield, Smith, Dawson, Murray, Sandberg, Eckersley, Molitor, Boggs. ----- HOF players who retired in the 2000s -- 3. Made an All-Star team -- all 3: Gwynn, Ripken, Henderson. ----- Summary Total HOFers who played 1933-present: 148. "Real" players: 141. Named to at least one All-Star team: 126. Never really had a chance: 15. Played in MLB, but that's not why they're on a plaque: 7.
7. Sparky Anderson