 National Baseball | |
|---|---|
| Hall of Fame and Museum | |
| New inductees | 1 |
| via Veterans Committee | 1 |
| Total inductees | 102 |
| Induction date | July 26, 1965 |
Elections to theBaseball Hall of Fame for 1965 followed a system established for odd-number years after the 1956 election. Namely, the baseball writers were voting on recent players only in even-number years. TheVeterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected 19th-century 300-game winnerPud Galvin. A formal induction ceremony was held inCooperstown, New York, on July 26, 1965, withCommissioner of BaseballFord Frick presiding.[1]
The election of only one person who had been deceased for more than 60 years evoked wide criticism and led to the resumption of annual votes for recent players by theBaseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA).[2]
Hugh Fullerton (1873–1945) received theJ. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer.[3] The award was voted at the December 1964 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1965 ceremonies.