the 1920s. In 1938, Vance became ill with pneumonia. The illness worsened and kept him hospitalized for several months. Vance recovered and became a frequent guest at Brooklyn old-timers games. Vance was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. He learned of his election when a highway patrolman got his attention on a local highway and told him that a photographer was at his house. A Dazzy Vance Day celebration was held in Brooklyn. Biographer John Skipper characterized his Hall of Fame induction as "subdued" compared to the celebration in Brooklyn. Vance died of a heart attack in 1961 in Homosassa Springs. His obituary in The Sporting News said that he had been under a doctor's care but that he was active and thought to be in relatively good health when he died. His survivors included his wife Edyth and a daughter. Legacy In 1981, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time. Vance is mentioned in the 1949 poem "Line-Up for Yesterday" by Ogden Nash: See also List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders List of Major League Baseball annual strikeout leaders List of Major League Baseball annual wins leaders List of Major League Baseball career strikeout leaders List of Major League Baseball no-hitters Major League Baseball titles leaders Notes References External links Vance Was Violent Pitcher With Power, Speed To Burn, by Harry Grayson, May 26, 1943 1891 births 1961 deaths Baseball players from Iowa People from Adair County, Iowa Major League Baseball pitchers National Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Pittsburgh Pirates players New York Yankees players Brooklyn Dodgers players Brooklyn Robins players St. Louis Cardinals players Cincinnati Reds players National League Pitching Triple Crown winners National League ERA champions National League strikeout champions National League wins champions York Prohibitionists players Superior Brickmakers players Hastings Reds players St. Joseph Drummers players Columbus Senators players Memphis Chickasaws players Toledo Iron Men players Rochester Hustlers players Sacramento Senators players New Orleans Pelicans (baseball) players People from Citrus County, Florida