Chandler, Jackson honored in Class of 1982
In 1982, they were rewarded with the game’s greatest honor.
On March 10, 1982, the Hall’s Veterans Committee elected Chandler and Jackson. They joined Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, elected earlier that winter by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, in the star-studded Class of 1982.
The Class of 1982 was inducted on Aug. 1 in Cooperstown.
Craig Muder is the director of communications for the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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