page_title: 1942 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
hierarchical_section_title: 1942 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
caption_attribution_description: English: Cropped image from Time magazine cover, July 9, 1928
context_page_description: The 1942 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame was the first conducted in three years. The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from 20th century players and elected Rogers Hornsby.
  This was the only election or committee meeting scheduled between 1939 and 1945. The only other activities were the special election of Lou Gehrig following his 1939 farewell and the prompt election of Commissioner Landis following his death late in 1944.
context_section_description: The 1942 election to the Baseball Hall of Fame was the first conducted in three years. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from 20th century players and elected Rogers Hornsby.
  This was the only election or committee meeting scheduled between 1939 and 1945. The only other activities were the special election of Lou Gehrig following his 1939 farewell and the prompt election of Commissioner Landis following his death late in 1944.
caption: Rogers Hornsby, the only 1942 inductee
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