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The inductions on Sunday of Carlos Beltrán, Andruw Jones and Jeff Kent to the Baseball Hall of Fame bring membership of the game’s most exclusive club to 354. Among them, 315 wore a uniform as a player, manager or umpire. Only one segment of officially uniformed personnel is not represented in Cooperstown: coaches.
