Former New York Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, 19th-century catcher Deacon White and umpire Hank O'Day were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in a low-key ceremony on Sunday.
All three were posthumously enshrined in the first ceremony without a living inductee since 1965 after a media selection panel decided last January to add no modern era candidates, a snub of talent that had not happened since 1996.
Several players with links to doping scandals of the past 15 years were among those up for consideration on the ballot.
Inductees, who entered the Hall thanks to votes from a panel that considers candidates from the game's origins until 1946, were represented by descendants.
Ruppert owned the Yankees from 1915 until his death in 1939 and among his deals was the purchase of icon Babe Ruth from the Boston Red Sox before the 1920 season and construction of the original Yankee Stadium in 1923.
Under Ruppert's ownership, the Yankees won 10 American League crowns and seven World Series titles.
O'Day, who died in 1935, umpired in the inaugural World Series in 1903, the first of 10 championship finals that he officiated.
White, who died in 1939, played 20 professional seasons, many of them as a barehanded catcher before switching to third baseman, and had 2067 hits in 1560 games.
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