According to the Associated Press and ESPN.com, former Yankee Joe Gordon was elected into the Hall of Fame by the Veteran's Committee:
Former second baseman Joe Gordon has been elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans Committee.
The late Gordon was a nine-time All-Star with the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. He played on five World Series championship teams and retired in 1950.
Gordon was the only person elected Monday on a ballot of players who began their careers before 1943.
Here's Joe Gordon's lifetime stats, courtesy of Baseball-Almanac:
| G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GS | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
| 1,566 | 5,707 | 914 | 1,530 | 264 | 52 | 253 | 6 | 975 | 759 | - | 702 | 41 | - | 29 | 159 | .268 | .357 | .466 |
