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Voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame: The Effect of Race on Election Date
Author(s) -
Jewell R. Todd
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
industrial relations: a journal of economy and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.61
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 1468-232X
pISSN - 0019-8676
DOI - 10.1111/1468-232x.00278
Subject(s) - race (biology) , voting , affect (linguistics) , political science , advertising , demographic economics , psychology , sociology , gender studies , economics , law , business , politics , communication
This article examines whether a player's race affects his date of election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. If the election process exhibits biases against minority‐race players, then they may be required to wait longer to be elected. The results show no evidence of racial discrimination in the timing of election. Moreover, the results validate past research indicating that discrimination does not negatively affect a minority player's ability to enter the Hall of Fame.