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Class of 1900
Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn heads the Baseball Clubhouse Hall of Fame Class of 1900. John Clarkson, Pud Galvin, Tim Keefe, "King" Kelly, and George Wright were also elected. This impressive group of six represents the cream of 19th century baseball. Radbourn, the only unanimous selection, had a career record of 309-195 that includes the greatest season in baseball history to date, his 59-12 performance in 1884 when he single-handedly pitched Providence to the NL pennant. Clarkson posted a 328-178 career record with (briefly) Worcester, Chicago, Boston and Cleveland. He finished with a 2.81 career ERA and 134 ERA+. Galvin won 364 games and is the leader in career wins (or would be until 1903, when Cy Young passed him). Galvin pitched mostly for Buffalo and Pittsburgh and compiled a 2.86 career ERA. Keefe posted a 342-225 career win-loss record and a 2.62 ERA, pitching mostly for New York. He pitched in three interleague championship exhibition series, often called "World Series." Kelly was the most memorable character of 19th century baseball with his hard-drinking, crowd-pleasing ways. Kelly had a flair for the spectacular, and a solid bat, with a .308 lifetime average and 1813 hits. Wright is a true baseball pioneer, the best player on the first acknowledged collection of professional players, the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings. He was one of the best players of the early days of the National Association and the National League as well, playing excellent shortstop (he practically invented the position) and batted .302 lifetime in "organized" leagues. Voting Results With 12 ballots submitted, 9 were needed for election. 12 Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn