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For the first time since 1949, no players made the cut for the Central American Baseball Association’s Hall of Fame. The 1962 ballot’s closest was 3B Sandro Villanueba at 62.6% on his fourth attempt. Only one other, SP Sheldon Malcolm, was above 50% as he got 57.3% on his third try on the ballot.

There were two players dropped after ten tries on the ballot. Catcher Aneuris Castro peaked at 30.9% on his second try and was to 18.4% by the end. He had a 20 year pro career with the first 10 in Mexico City, followed by the second part in MLB. Castro was a four-time CABA Silver Slugger winner and won seven Gold Gloves; three in CABA and four in MLB. With the Aztecs, he had 1355 hits and 57.4 WAR and for his entire career, 83.7 WAR. But having the split career meant his accumulations were low for any one league and combined with the general anti-catcher bias of the voting; meant Castro was left out despite being probably the best catcher of the 1930s.

Also dropped was LF Lanny Lujan, who had an 18-year career mostly with Guatemala. He peaked at 19.1% on his debut and was down to 6.5% at the end. He had 2035 hits, 1287 runs, 501 home runs, 1363 RBI, and 53.9 WAR with three Silver Sluggers. Solid, but never dominant, putting him in the “Hall of Very Good” level of player.