Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine and Frank Thomas were elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Wednesday, marking just the second time since 1936 that three first-ballot players were elected.
In the Hall of Fame's history, there have been 48 first-ballot Hall of Famers, including the class of 2014.
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Some impressive names were excluded from the first-ballot fraternity, such as Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio, Yogi Berra, Rogers Hornsby, Jimmie Foxx, Mel Ott, Roy Campanella and many others.
Below is the list of all 48 first-ballot Hall of Famers:
1936 - Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Babe Ruth, Christy Mathewson, Walter Johnson
1962 - Bob Feller, Jackie Robinson
1966 - Ted Williams
1969 - Stan Musial
1972 - Sandy Koufax
1973 - Warren Spahn
1973 - Roberto Clemente (Special Election)
1974 - Mickey Mantle
1977 - Ernie Banks
1979 - Willie Mays
1980 - Al Kaline
1981 - Bob Gibson
1982 - Hank Aaron, Frank Robinson
1983 - Brooks Robinson
1985 - Lou Brock
1986 - Willie McCovey
1988 - Willie Stargell
1989 - Johnny Bench, Carl Yastrzemski
1990 - Jim Palmer, Joe Morgan
1991 - Rod Carew
1992 - Tom Seaver
1993 - Reggie Jackson
1994 - Steve Carlton
1995 - Mike Schmidt
1999 - Nolan Ryan, George Brett, Robin Yount
2001 - Dave Winfield, Kirby Puckett
2002 - Ozzie Smith
2003 - Eddie Murray
2004 - Paul Molitor, Dennis Eckersley
2005 - Wade Boggs
2007 - Cal Ripken, Tony Gwynn
2009 - Rickey Henderson
2014 - Frank Thomas, Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine
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