The Baseball Hall Of Fame's Biggest Controversies Ever

The Baseball Hall of Fame is meant to enshrine only the greatest players of all time. But it doesn't always work out that way. From racism to cheating to steroids, here are the Baseball Hall of Fame's biggest controversies ever.

What's become known as baseball's "performance-enhancing drug era," which lasted roughly from the late 1980s until the early 2000s, is a scandal that continues to reverberate throughout the sport. No one knows exactly how many players were guilty at the time of taking drugs to gain an edge. But it was undoubtedly a lot of them, and the inflated statistics of the era are clear evidence that wholesale cheating was happening.

This has now infected the Hall of Fame as players widely suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs become eligible. The writers who vote on inductees aren't beholden to any clear rules or guidelines. So they can, and do, leave players off their ballots for personal reasons, and many of them resent players whom they suspect of drug use. For example, Mike Piazza, one of the most dominant catchers of his time, was widely suspected of steroid use. That almost certainly explains the fact that he failed to get the required 75 percent of the vote the first three years he was eligible. Other notable suspected drug users who remain on the outside looking in include Barry Bonds, who holds both the single-season and all-time home run records, and pitcher Roger Clemens, who won seven Cy Young Awards.

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Bud Selig | 1:21
Larry Walker | 2:29
Pete Rose | 3:45
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Harold Baines | 5:42
Whitey Ford | 6:52
Rogers Hornsby | 7:51
Charles Comiskey | 8:46

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