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Hall of Fame Honors Bill Fulton Monday, February 2nd , 1976 All-time he played in 2663 games, batted .260 with 572 home runs, 2604 base hits, 1713 RBIs and 1252 runs scored -- stats great enough to be acclaimed a baseball immortal. Bill Fulton was officially inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame today. This was his 0 time on the ballot, where he was elected with 0.0% of the vote. At his Hall of Fame induction, the superstar third baseman told the audience the secret of his success: "I was born to be a ballplayer... I also practiced a lot. Sunup to sundown in the summertime my brothers and I would be on the ballfield. We did it every minute we could. Boy, I loved to play baseball. Still do, and still would, if I could. I always got a special kick on opening day, no matter how many you went through. I looked forward to it like a birthday party when you're a kid. You think something wonderful is going to happen." One of his managers summed up his career very well: "You saw him standing out there on the diamond and you knew you had a darn good chance to win the baseball game." Fulton retired from baseball in 1971, when he was 42. He wore a Los Angeles Pobladores hat at his induction ceremony. |
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