1983 Hall of Fame Class

The 1983 class, member by member

Grouped by category, 1983 brought in Brooks Robinson, George Kell, and Juan Marichal (players) and Walter Alston (manager). The writers' vote elected Brooks Robinson and Juan Marichal; the highest tally in the table is Brooks Robinson's 344 votes against 281 needed. The vote column reads Brooks Robinson 344 and Juan Marichal 313, against 281 needed. Juan Marichal's 313 was the smallest winning total in the 1983 vote. George Kell and Walter Alston were chosen by the Veterans process. Brooks Robinson, a third baseman, played for the Baltimore Orioles. George Kell, a third baseman, played for the Philadelphia Athletics, Detroit Tigers, and Boston Red Sox. Juan Marichal played mostly as a pitcher, for the San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox, and Los Angeles Dodgers. The birth record places Juan Marichal in D.R. The St. Louis Cardinals is where Walter Alston, a first baseman, played. None of the 1983 inductees is recorded as having died before the induction. The profiles linked above carry the 1983 induction and the statistics behind it. Before 1983 came the 1982 class; after it, the 1984 class.