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Considered one of the greatest second basemen of all-time, Morgan was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990. He became a baseball broadcaster for ESPN after his retirement, and now hosts a weekly nationally syndicated radio show for Sports USA. He is currently a special adviser to the Reds.
In â40 and â41, there was no election. He was finally voted in 1942, with 78.1 percent of the votes. It is also strange to note that if todayâs rules applied in 1945, we wouldnât have Joltinâ Joe DiMaggio in the Hall of Fame. He received only one vote, which represented only 0.4 percent of the ballots. Today, if a player receives less than 5 percent at any time during their 15 years of eligibility, they are discontinued from Hall of Fame voting. DiMaggio finally got inducted in 1955 on his fourth ballot. So, as you can see, it is no disgrace not to be voted into the HOF on your first year of eligibility.