The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players, voting Bruce Sutter into the Hall.
2005-Jul-26 the Hall announced that its board of directors had approved a special election to be held in 2006, by the Committee on African-American Baseball, of Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues candidates. The Committee selected 17 players and executives for induction: Ray Brown, Willard Brown, Andy Cooper, Frank Grant, Pete Hill, Biz Mackey, José Méndez, Alex Pompez, Louis Santop, Mule Suttles, Ben Taylor, Cristóbal Torriente, Sol White, Jud Wilson, Effa Manley, owner of the Newark Eagles from 1935 to 1948; Cum Posey, owner of the Homestead Grays from 1920 to 1946; J. L. Wilkinson, owner of the All Nations and Kansas City Monarchs teams from 1912 to 1948.
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