Joe Gordon legend set to continue

NEW YORK: Hard-hitting second baseman Joe Gordon of the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by one of the two Veterans Committees, the Hall of Fame announced on Monday.

Gordon, a nine-time all-star in an 11-season career that began in 1938, was the only one of 20 potential candidates elected by separate committees scrutinising players whose careers began prior to 1943 and 1943 or after.

No one from the post-1942 era was elected from a group under consideration that included Gil Hodges, Ron Santo, Joe Torre, Jim Kaat, Tony Oliva, Luis Tiant and Maury Wills.