1956 Hall of Fame

 At this point in time, the HoF voting process has been tweaked constantly. And the growing pains have been numerous as well. The 1956 election was not short on complaints, one of them being the notion that not all the players admitted to Cooperstown were of the same quality. After Cronin and Greenberg were admitted, it brought the total population to 81 in the Hall, and not all of them are of Babe Ruth and Walter Johnson quality. Changes were proposed.
One major change that was in place, as mentioned before, was the waiting period. Such a decision is the law to this day. Another change that we accept as normal today is the rule that you can only vote for as many as 10 names on the ballot. Before, 10 was the *minimum* you had to vote for. This change ensured that future selection tot he HoF would be of a higher quality.