If as expected Pedro Martinez will have enough votes for induction into the Hall of Fame when the current election’s results are announced Tuesday, he will be, when this summer’s ceremony in Cooperstown rolls around in July, one of the youngest pitchers ever to be included in an induction group. The five youngest pitchers inducted up to now are listed after the jump.

Five youngest pitchers as of their Hall of Fame induction ceremony:
Sandy Koufax, age 36 at induction
Catfish Hunter, age 41 at induction
Dizzy Dean, age 43 and six months at induction
Bob Feller, age 43 and eight months at induction
Jim Palmer, age 44 and nine months at induction

At 43 years and nine months old, Pedro will be just a bit older at the July 26 party this year than Feller and Dean were at their respective inductions, but a full year younger than Palmer was at his.

The youngest everyday players inducted were both tragic cases: Gehrig and Clemente. Joe DiMaggio was the youngest everyday player to be inducted under more normal circumstances. DiMaggio was just 40 years and eight months old when he was inducted in 1955, a few months younger than Babe Ruth was when he was inducted in 1936 shortly after his retirement as a player.