team record Hall of Fame streaks


The following table shows the longest 'Hall of Fame streak' for each current Major League franchise. You may want to look at an explanation of the analysis.

 
team from through years
Boston Red Sox 1933 1983 51
Oakland Athletics 1901 1916 16
Chicago White Sox 1904 1943 40
Detroit Tigers 1903 1974 72
Cleveland Indians 1916 1958 43
Minnesota Twins 1907 1935 29
New York Yankees 1913 1968 56
Baltimore Orioles 1955 1984 30
Texas Rangers 1974 1981 8
Anaheim Angels 1972 1987 16
Kansas City Royals 1973 1993 21
Seattle Mariners 1982 1983 2
Toronto Blue Jays 1987 1992 6
Tampa Bay Devil Rays --- --- ---
Atlanta Braves 1945 1983 39
Chicago Cubs 1876 1916 41
Cincinnati Reds 1956 1986 31
Philadelphia Phillies 1970 1989 20
San Francisco Giants 1883 1973 91
Pittsburg Pirates 1899 1953 55
Los Angeles Dodgers 1909 1980 72
St. Louis Cardinals 1909 1979 71
Houston Astros 1980 1988 9
New York Mets 1965 1977 13
Milwaukee Brewers 1974 1993 20
San Diego Padres 1973 1980 8
Montreal Expos 1977 1979 3
Colorado Rockies --- --- ---
Florida Marlins --- --- ---
Arizona Diamondbacks --- --- ---

Note that for some teams their longest HoF streak is entirely due to one player's career. Examples are the Royals (George Brett) and Brewers (Robin Yount)


From that data we get the longest HoF streaks in the Majors like this:

rank team league years from through
1 San Francisco Giants NL 91 1883 1973
2 Detroit Tigers AL 72 1903 1974
  Los Angeles Dodgers NL 72 1909 1980
4 St. Louis Cardinals NL 71 1909 1979
5 New York Yankees AL 56 1913 1968
6 Pittsburg Pirates NL 55 1899 1953
7 Boston Red Sox AL 51 1933 1983
8 Cleveland Indians AL 43 1916 1958
9 Chicago Cubs NL 41 1876 1916
10 Chicago White Sox AL 40 1904 1943

The Giants are way ahead of their closest competitors, the Tigers, Dodgers and Cardinals. The Tigers do have the longest streak in the AL.


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