In his first few years out of retirement, Sabathia dropped 40 pounds of fat and gained 20 pounds in muscle alone. At 6-7, he is still bigger than most people, but he is in much better shape than when he was 50 pounds overweight during his playing days.

Dave Parker, who died a month before he was to be inducted, and Dick Allen got into the Hall posthumously after being voted in by the classics committee.