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The Honor Rolls of Baseball were established in 1946 by the
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's Permanent Committee to establish as a second level of induction designed to recognize non-playing contributors.James, p. 46 The committee designed the Honor Rolls to commemorate
managers Management (or managing) is the administration of organizations, whether businesses, nonprofit organizations, or a government bodies through business administration, nonprofit management, or the political science sub-field of public administr ...
, executives,
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and sportswriters, as an addition to their regular
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of old-time players. Though sportswriter Henry Chadwick was elected in 1938, the Hall had not devised a plan to extend recognition to these contributors, and this was the first attempt. On April 23, 1946, the Permanent Committee voted to induct 11 players into the Baseball Hall of Fame, along with 39 non-players into the Honor Rolls, separated into their respective category. This second-tier list consisted of five managers, 11 umpires, 11 executives and 12 sportswriters.


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Those named to the Honor Rolls of Baseball may still be inducted to the Hall of Fame through selection by the
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, or (in the case of sportswriters) may receive the
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. Such additional recognitions are denoted in the below table.


Honor Rolls of Baseball recipients


Executives


Managers


Umpires


Writers


See also

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References

;General * Cook, William A. 2007. ''August Garry Herrmann: A Baseball Biography''. McFarland. . * James, Bill. 1995. ''Whatever happened to the Hall of Fame?: baseball, Cooperstown, and the politics of glory''. Simon and Schuster. . * Lieb, Fred; Ritter, Lawrence. 1977. ''Baseball As I Have Known It''. University of Nebraska Press. . * Redmount, Robert. 1998. ''The Red Sox Encyclopedia''. Sports Publishing LLC. . ;Specific {{Baseball Hall of Fame members, state=collapsed National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum + + +
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* Awards established in 1946 1946 establishments in the United States