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You Might Be a Hall of Famer, but Do You Have a Statue?

Baseball’s Hall of Famers all have plaques in Cooperstown, but only some of them have been honored with statues. And they won’t let Dave Winfield forget that.

George Brett, the human, spent 21 seasons with the Kansas City Royals. A statue of him has stood at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City since 2001.Credit...Steve Hebert for The New York Times

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — The unofficial greeters at the Hall of Fame stand together, in bronze, by the ticket booths in the museum lobby. They are multicultural monuments to strength, sacrifice and service: Lou Gehrig, Jackie Robinson and Roberto Clemente.