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The top 8 vote getters are shown for each BBWAA election. Click the year for the full results. Those inducted on that ballot are in italics.

Year	Ballots	Vts/Blt	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th
2013	569	6.60	Biggio (68.2%)	Morris (67.7%)	Bagwell (59.6%)	Piazza (57.8%)	Raines (52.2%)	Smith (47.8%)	Schilling (38.8%)	Clemens (37.6%)
2012	573	5.10	Larkin (86.4%) HOF	Morris (66.7%)	Bagwell (56.0%)	Smith (50.6%)	Raines (48.7%)	Trammell (36.8%)	Martinez (36.5%)	McGriff (23.9%)
2011	581	5.98	Alomar (90.0%) HOF	Blyleven (79.7%) HOF	Larkin (62.1%) HOF	Morris (53.5%)	Smith (45.3%)	Bagwell (41.7%)	Raines (37.5%)	Martinez (32.9%)
2010	539	5.67	Dawson (77.9%) HOF	Blyleven (74.2%) HOF	Alomar (73.7%) HOF	Morris (52.3%)	Larkin (51.6%) HOF	Smith (47.3%)	Martinez (36.2%)	Raines (30.4%)
2009	539	5.38	Henderson (94.8%) HOF	Rice (76.4%) HOF	Dawson (67.0%) HOF	Blyleven (62.7%) HOF	Smith (44.5%)	Morris (44.0%)	John (31.7%)	Raines (22.6%)
2008	543	5.35	Gossage (85.8%) HOF	Rice (72.2%) HOF	Dawson (65.9%) HOF	Blyleven (61.9%) HOF	Smith (43.3%)	Morris (42.9%)	John (29.1%)	Raines (24.3%)
2007	545	6.58	Ripken (98.5%) HOF	Gwynn (97.6%) HOF	Gossage (71.2%) HOF	Rice (63.5%) HOF	Dawson (56.7%) HOF	Blyleven (47.7%) HOF	Smith (39.8%)	Morris (37.1%)
2006	520	5.64	Sutter (76.9%) HOF	Rice (64.8%) HOF	Gossage (64.6%) HOF	Dawson (61.0%) HOF	Blyleven (53.3%) HOF	Smith (45.0%)	Morris (41.2%)	John (29.6%)
2005	516	6.32	Boggs (91.9%) HOF	Sandberg (76.2%) HOF	Sutter (66.7%) HOF	Rice (59.5%) HOF	Gossage (55.2%) HOF	Dawson (52.3%) HOF	Blyleven (40.9%) HOF	Smith (38.8%)
2004	506	6.55	Molitor (85.2%) HOF	Eckersley (83.2%) HOF	Sandberg (61.1%) HOF	Sutter (59.5%) HOF	Rice (54.5%) HOF	Dawson (50.0%) HOF	Gossage (40.7%) HOF	Smith (36.6%)
2003	496	6.60	Murray (85.3%) HOF	Carter (78.0%) HOF	Sutter (53.6%) HOF	Rice (52.2%) HOF	Dawson (50.0%) HOF	Sandberg (49.2%) HOF	Smith (42.3%)	Gossage (42.1%) HOF
2002	472	5.95	Smith (91.7%) HOF	Carter (72.7%) HOF	Rice (55.1%) HOF	Sutter (50.4%) HOF	Dawson (45.3%) HOF	Gossage (43.0%) HOF	Garvey (28.4%)	John (26.9%)
2001	515	6.33	Winfield (84.5%) HOF	Puckett (82.1%) HOF	Carter (64.9%) HOF	Rice (57.9%) HOF	Sutter (47.6%) HOF	Gossage (44.3%) HOF	Garvey (34.2%)	John (28.3%)
2000	499	5.64	Fisk (79.6%) HOF	Perez (77.2%) HOF	Rice (51.5%) HOF	Carter (49.7%) HOF	Sutter (38.5%) HOF	Gossage (33.3%) HOF	Garvey (32.1%)	John (27.1%)
1999	497	6.74	Ryan (98.8%) HOF	Brett (98.2%) HOF	Yount (77.5%) HOF	Fisk (66.4%) HOF	Perez (60.8%) HOF	Carter (33.8%) HOF	Garvey (30.2%)	Rice (29.4%) HOF
1998	473	5.41	Sutton (81.6%) HOF	Perez (67.9%) HOF	Santo (43.1%) HOF	Rice (42.9%) HOF	Carter (42.3%) HOF	Garvey (41.2%)	Sutter (31.1%) HOF	Kaat (27.3%)
1997	473	5.59	Niekro (80.3%) HOF	Sutton (73.2%) HOF	Perez (66.0%) HOF	Santo (39.3%) HOF	Rice (37.6%) HOF	Garvey (35.3%)	Sutter (27.5%) HOF	Kaat (22.6%)
1996	470	5.72	Niekro (68.3%) HOF	Perez (65.7%) HOF	Sutton (63.8%) HOF	Garvey (37.2%)	Santo (37.0%) HOF	Oliva (36.2%)	Rice (35.3%) HOF	Sutter (29.1%) HOF
1995	460	6.15	Schmidt (96.5%) HOF	Niekro (62.2%) HOF	Sutton (57.4%) HOF	Perez (56.3%) HOF	Garvey (42.6%)	Oliva (32.4%)	Santo (30.2%) HOF	Sutter (29.8%) HOF
1994	456	6.37	Carlton (95.6%) HOF	Cepeda (73.5%) HOF	Niekro (59.9%) HOF	Perez (57.7%) HOF	Sutton (56.8%) HOF	Garvey (36.4%)	Oliva (34.6%)	Santo (32.9%) HOF
1993	423	5.79	Jackson (93.6%) HOF	Niekro (65.7%) HOF	Cepeda (59.6%) HOF	Perez (55.1%) HOF	Garvey (41.6%)	Oliva (37.1%)	Santo (36.6%) HOF	Kaat (29.6%)
1992	430	6.07	Seaver (98.8%) HOF	Fingers (81.2%) HOF	Cepeda (57.2%) HOF	Perez (50.0%) HOF	Mazeroski (42.3%) HOF	Oliva (40.7%)	Santo (31.6%) HOF	Kaat (26.5%)
1991	443	6.65	Carew (90.5%) HOF	Perry (77.2%) HOF	Jenkins (75.4%) HOF	Fingers (65.7%) HOF	Bunning (63.7%) HOF	Cepeda (43.3%) HOF	Oliva (36.1%)	Mazeroski (32.1%) HOF
1990	444	6.87	Palmer (92.6%) HOF	Morgan (81.8%) HOF	Perry (72.1%) HOF	Jenkins (66.7%) HOF	Bunning (57.9%) HOF	Cepeda (47.5%) HOF	Oliva (32.0%)	Mazeroski (29.5%) HOF
1989	447	6.75	Bench (96.4%) HOF	Yastrzemski (94.6%) HOF	Perry (68.0%) HOF	Bunning (63.3%) HOF	Jenkins (52.3%) HOF	Cepeda (39.4%) HOF	Oliva (30.2%)	Mazeroski (30.0%) HOF
1988	427	6.60	Stargell (82.4%) HOF	Bunning (74.2%) HOF	Oliva (47.3%)	Cepeda (46.6%) HOF	Maris (43.1%)	Kuenn (39.3%)	Mazeroski (33.5%) HOF	Tiant (30.9%)
1987	413	6.61	Williams (85.7%) HOF	Hunter (76.3%) HOF	Bunning (70.0%) HOF	Cepeda (43.3%) HOF	Maris (42.6%)	Oliva (38.7%)	Kuenn (34.9%)	Mazeroski (30.3%) HOF
1986	425	7.04	McCovey (81.4%) HOF	Williams (74.1%) HOF	Hunter (68.0%) HOF	Bunning (65.6%) HOF	Maris (41.6%)	Oliva (36.2%)	Cepeda (35.8%) HOF	Kuenn (33.9%)
1985	395	7.39	Wilhelm (83.8%) HOF	Brock (79.7%) HOF	Fox (74.7%) HOF	Williams (63.8%) HOF	Bunning (54.2%) HOF	Hunter (53.7%) HOF	Maris (32.4%)	Kuenn (31.6%)
1984	403	7.21	Aparicio (84.6%) HOF	Killebrew (83.1%) HOF	Drysdale (78.4%) HOF	Wilhelm (72.0%) HOF	Fox (61.0%) HOF	Williams (50.1%) HOF	Bunning (49.9%) HOF	Oliva (30.8%)
1983	374	8.36	Robinson (92.0%) HOF	Marichal (83.7%) HOF	Killebrew (71.9%) HOF	Aparicio (67.4%) HOF	Wilhelm (65.0%) HOF	Drysdale (64.7%) HOF	Hodges (63.4%)	Fox (46.3%) HOF
1982	415	8.06	Aaron (97.8%) HOF	Robinson (89.2%) HOF	Marichal (73.5%) HOF	Killebrew (59.3%) HOF	Wilhelm (56.9%) HOF	Drysdale (56.1%) HOF	Hodges (49.4%)	Aparicio (41.9%) HOF
1981	401	7.80	Gibson (84.0%) HOF	Drysdale (60.6%) HOF	Hodges (60.1%)	Killebrew (59.6%) HOF	Wilhelm (59.4%) HOF	Marichal (58.1%) HOF	Fox (41.9%) HOF	Schoendienst (41.4%) HOF
1980	385	7.70	Kaline (88.3%) HOF	Snider (86.5%) HOF	Drysdale (61.8%) HOF	Hodges (59.7%)	Wilhelm (54.3%) HOF	Bunning (46.0%) HOF	Schoendienst (42.6%) HOF	Fox (41.8%) HOF
1979	432	7.70	Mays (94.7%) HOF	Snider (71.3%) HOF	Slaughter (68.8%) HOF	Hodges (56.0%)	Drysdale (53.9%) HOF	Fox (40.3%) HOF	Wilhelm (38.9%) HOF	Wills (38.4%)
1978	379	7.78	Mathews (79.4%) HOF	Slaughter (68.9%) HOF	Snider (67.0%) HOF	Hodges (59.6%)	Drysdale (57.8%) HOF	Bunning (47.8%) HOF	Reese (44.6%) HOF	Wilhelm (41.7%) HOF
1977	383	7.67	Banks (83.8%) HOF	Mathews (62.4%) HOF	Hodges (58.5%)	Slaughter (58.0%) HOF	Snider (55.4%) HOF	Drysdale (51.4%) HOF	Reese (42.6%) HOF	Fox (39.7%) HOF
1976	388	7.57	Roberts (86.9%) HOF	Lemon (78.6%) HOF	Hodges (60.1%)	Slaughter (50.8%) HOF	Mathews (48.7%) HOF	Reese (47.9%) HOF	Fox (44.8%) HOF	Snider (41.0%) HOF
1975	362	7.93	Kiner (75.4%) HOF	Roberts (72.7%) HOF	Lemon (64.4%) HOF	Hodges (51.9%)	Slaughter (48.9%) HOF	Newhouser (42.8%) HOF	Reese (42.5%) HOF	Mathews (40.9%) HOF
1974	365	8.25	Mantle (88.2%) HOF	Ford (77.8%) HOF	Roberts (61.4%) HOF	Kiner (58.9%) HOF	Hodges (54.2%)	Lemon (52.1%) HOF	Slaughter (39.7%) HOF	Reese (38.6%) HOF
1973	380	8.01	Spahn (83.2%) HOF	Ford (67.1%) HOF	Kiner (61.8%) HOF	Hodges (57.4%)	Roberts (56.1%) HOF	Lemon (46.6%) HOF	Mize (41.3%) HOF	Slaughter (38.2%) HOF
1972	396	7.79	Koufax (86.9%) HOF	Berra (85.6%) HOF	Wynn (76.0%) HOF	Kiner (59.3%) HOF	Hodges (40.7%)	Mize (39.6%) HOF	Slaughter (37.6%) HOF	Reese (32.6%) HOF
1971	360	7.45	Berra (67.2%) HOF	Wynn (66.7%) HOF	Kiner (58.9%) HOF	Hodges (50.0%)	Slaughter (45.8%) HOF	Mize (43.6%) HOF	Reese (35.3%) HOF	Schoendienst (34.2%) HOF
1970	300	7.67	Boudreau (77.3%) HOF	Kiner (55.7%) HOF	Hodges (48.3%)	Wynn (46.7%) HOF	Slaughter (44.3%) HOF	Mize (42.0%) HOF	Marion (40.0%)	Schoendienst (32.3%) HOF
1969	340	7.66	Musial (93.2%) HOF	Campanella (79.4%) HOF	Boudreau (64.1%) HOF	Kiner (40.3%) HOF	Slaughter (37.6%) HOF	Mize (34.1%) HOF	Marion (32.9%)	Reynolds (28.8%)
1968	283	7.45	Medwick (84.8%) HOF	Campanella (72.4%) HOF	Boudreau (51.6%) HOF	Slaughter (45.6%) HOF	Kiner (41.7%) HOF	Mize (36.4%) HOF	Reynolds (33.6%)	Marion (31.4%)
1967	292	7.95	Ruffing (72.6%) HOF	Medwick (72.6%) HOF	Campanella (69.9%) HOF	Boudreau (49.0%) HOF	Kiner (42.5%) HOF	Slaughter (42.1%) HOF	Lopez (39.0%) HOF	Marion (30.8%)
1966	302	7.32	Williams (93.4%) HOF	Ruffing (68.9%) HOF	Campanella (65.2%) HOF	Medwick (61.9%) HOF	Boudreau (38.1%) HOF	Lopez (36.1%) HOF	Slaughter (33.1%) HOF	Reese (31.5%) HOF
1964	201	8.12	Appling (70.6%) HOF	Ruffing (70.1%) HOF	Campanella (57.2%) HOF	Medwick (53.7%) HOF	Reese (36.3%) HOF	Boudreau (33.8%) HOF	Lopez (28.4%) HOF	Klein (27.9%) HOF
1962	160	6.82	Feller (93.8%) HOF	Robinson (77.5%) HOF	Rice (50.6%) HOF	Ruffing (45.0%) HOF	Rixey (30.6%) HOF	Appling (30.0%) HOF	Rizzuto (27.5%) HOF	Grimes (26.9%) HOF
1960	269	8.60	Roush (54.3%) HOF	Rice (53.2%) HOF	Rixey (52.8%) HOF	Grimes (34.2%) HOF	Bottomley (33.1%) HOF	Ruffing (32.0%) HOF	Faber (30.9%) HOF	Wilson (26.8%) HOF
1958	266	9.02	Carey (51.1%) HOF	Roush (42.1%) HOF	Ruffing (37.2%) HOF	Wilson (35.3%) HOF	Rice (33.8%) HOF	Cuyler (33.8%) HOF	Lazzeri (30.1%) HOF	Appling (28.9%) HOF
1956	193	8.28	Greenberg (85.0%) HOF	Cronin (78.8%) HOF	Ruffing (50.3%) HOF	Roush (47.2%) HOF	Gomez (46.1%) HOF	Wilson (38.3%) HOF	Carey (33.7%) HOF	Lazzeri (33.2%) HOF
1955	251	9.49	DiMaggio (88.8%) HOF	Lyons (86.5%) HOF	Vance (81.7%) HOF	Hartnett (77.7%) HOF	Greenberg (62.5%) HOF	Cronin (53.8%) HOF	Carey (47.4%) HOF	Schalk (45.0%) HOF
1954	252	8.30	Maranville (82.9%) HOF	Dickey (80.2%) HOF	Terry (77.4%) HOF	DiMaggio (69.4%) HOF	Lyons (67.5%) HOF	Vance (62.7%) HOF	Hartnett (59.9%) HOF	Greenberg (38.5%) HOF
1953	264	9.56	Dean (79.2%) HOF	Simmons (75.4%) HOF	Terry (72.3%) HOF	Dickey (67.8%) HOF	Maranville (62.1%) HOF	Vance (56.8%) HOF	Lyons (52.7%) HOF	DiMaggio (44.3%) HOF
1952	234	9.34	Heilmann (86.8%) HOF	Waner (83.3%) HOF	Terry (66.2%) HOF	Dean (65.0%) HOF	Simmons (60.3%) HOF	Dickey (59.4%) HOF	Maranville (56.8%) HOF	Vance (44.9%) HOF
1951	226	9.59	Ott (87.2%) HOF	Foxx (79.2%) HOF	Waner (71.7%) HOF	Heilmann (67.7%) HOF	Terry (65.5%) HOF	Dean (64.2%) HOF	Dickey (52.2%) HOF	Simmons (51.3%) HOF
1950	168	8.82	Ott (68.5%) HOF	Terry (62.5%) HOF	Foxx (61.3%) HOF	Waner (56.5%) HOF	Simmons (53.6%) HOF	Heilmann (51.8%) HOF	Dean (50.6%) HOF	Dickey (46.4%) HOF
1949	153	9.21	Gehringer (66.7%) HOF	Ott (61.4%) HOF	Simmons (58.2%) HOF	Dean (57.5%) HOF	Foxx (55.6%) HOF	Terry (52.9%) HOF	Waner (47.7%) HOF	Greenberg (43.8%) HOF
1948	121	8.56	Pennock (77.7%) HOF	Traynor (76.9%) HOF	Simmons (49.6%) HOF	Terry (43.0%) HOF	Gehringer (43.0%) HOF	Waner (42.1%) HOF	Foxx (41.3%) HOF	Heilmann (33.1%) HOF
1947	161	9.68	Hubbell (87.0%) HOF	Frisch (84.5%) HOF	Cochrane (79.5%) HOF	Grove (76.4%) HOF	Traynor (73.9%) HOF	Gehringer (65.2%) HOF	Maranville (56.5%) HOF	Dean (54.7%) HOF
1945	247	10.11	Chance (72.5%) HOF	Waddell (62.3%) HOF	Walsh (55.5%) HOF	Evers (54.3%) HOF	Huggins (53.8%) HOF	Bresnahan (53.8%) HOF	Cochrane (50.6%) HOF	Collins (49.0%) HOF
1942	233	10.03	Hornsby (78.1%) HOF	Waddell (58.4%) HOF	Chance (58.4%) HOF	Walsh (48.5%) HOF	Huggins (47.6%) HOF	Delahanty (44.6%) HOF	Evers (39.1%) HOF	Robinson (38.2%) HOF
1939	274	9.89	Sisler (85.8%) HOF	Collins (77.7%) HOF	Keeler (75.5%) HOF	Waddell (65.3%) HOF	Hornsby (64.2%) HOF	Chance (57.7%) HOF	Delahanty (52.9%) HOF	Walsh (48.2%) HOF
1938	262	9.45	Alexander (80.9%) HOF	Sisler (68.3%) HOF	Keeler (67.6%) HOF	Collins (66.8%) HOF	Waddell (56.5%) HOF	Chance (50.8%) HOF	Delahanty (50.4%) HOF	Walsh (42.0%) HOF
1937	201	9.55	Lajoie (83.6%) HOF	Speaker (82.1%) HOF	Young (76.1%) HOF	Alexander (62.2%) HOF	Keeler (57.2%) HOF	Collins (57.2%) HOF	Sisler (52.7%) HOF	Delahanty (34.8%) HOF
1936	226	9.87	Cobb (98.2%) HOF	Wagner (95.1%) HOF	Ruth (95.1%) HOF	Mathewson (90.7%) HOF	Johnson (83.6%) HOF	Lajoie (64.6%) HOF	Speaker (58.8%) HOF	Young (49.1%) HOF

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