Addie Joss Marquee Hall of Fame 1978

He spent all nine of his seasons in Cleveland and started 260 games there. He finished 160-97 and completed 234 of those starts. His earned run average was 1.89 across 2,327 innings, and only Ed Walsh retired with a lower career figure. He led the American League in wins in 1907, with 27, and in shutouts in 1902.

On October 2, 1908, in the last week of a three-team pennant race, he pitched a perfect game against Chicago and won it 1-0. Cleveland still finished second at 90-64, half a game behind Detroit. He no-hit Chicago again the following April, that time in their park, and made his last start in July 1910.

He never pitched in the majors again, and he did not retire. He died on April 14, 1911, two days after his thirty-first birthday. Baseball writers listed him on Hall of Fame ballots from 1937 onward and never elected him; the Veterans Committee did it in 1978, sixty-seven years after his death.