The stage at the 2016 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be left to the living.
The committee charged with evaluating 10 Hall of Fame finalists from baseball's pre-integration era did not elect anyone for the Class of 2016, Hall chairman Jane Forbes Clark announced Monday.
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Doc Adams, a pioneer from the 19th century who helped establish the games equipment and create the shortstop position, came closest to making the cut. He received 10 votes from the 16-member committee, falling two short of the 12 needed for induction.
Turn-of-the-century shortstop Bill Dahlen and late-1800s outfield star Harry Stovey were next on the list with eight votes each.
Sam Breadon, Wes Ferrell, Garry Herrmann, Marty Marion, Frank McCormick, Chris von der Ahe and Bucky Walters received three votes or fewer from the panel.
The pre-integration committee meets every three years to nominate candidates whose main contributions came before 1947.
The results of the Baseball Writers' Association of America voting on modern candidates will be announced Jan. 6. Ken Griffey Jr. is considered a lock for induction in his first year on the ballot, and Mike Piazza and others also are hoping to get the call to Cooperstown.
