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1951 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers

Baseball Writers

226 total ballots (170 votes needed for election) · 1950 · 1952
Batting Stats Pitching Stats
Rk YoB Votes %vote HOFm HOFs Yrs WAR WAR7 JAWS Jpos G AB R H HR RBI SB BB BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ W L ERA ERA+ WHIP G GS SV IP H HR BB SO Pos Summary
1 Mel Ott 3rd 197 87.2% 217 69 22 104.0 51.1 77.5 55.4 2730 9456 1859 2876 511 1860 89 1708 .304 .414 .533 .947 155 *O5/4
2 Jimmie Foxx 7th 179 79.2% 314 72 20 92.5 57.5 75.0 51.5 2317 8134 1751 2646 534 1922 87 1452 .325 .428 .609 1.038 163 1 0 1.52 261 1.141 10 2 0 23.2 13 0 14 11 *352/O16
3 Paul Waner HOF 5th 162 71.7% 252 61 20 69.8 41.0 55.4 55.4 2549 9459 1627 3152 113 1309 104 1091 .333 .404 .473 .878 134 *O3
4 Harry Heilmann HOF 11th 153 67.7% 188 57 17 67.3 44.6 55.9 55.4 2147 7787 1291 2660 183 1539 113 856 .342 .410 .520 .930 148 *O*3/4
5 Bill Terry HOF 11th 148 65.5% 169 42 14 52.1 39.9 46.0 51.5 1721 6428 1120 2193 154 1078 56 537 .341 .393 .506 .899 136 *3/O
6 Dizzy Dean HOF 7th 145 64.2% 112 33 12 43.4 41.4 42.4 57.9 325 717 76 161 8 76 5 9 .225 .235 .301 .536 43 150 83 3.02 131 1.206 317 230 30 1967.1 1919 95 453 1163 *1
7 Bill Dickey HOF 6th 118 52.2% 178 56 17 52.4 32.8 42.6 40.7 1789 6300 930 1969 202 1209 36 678 .313 .382 .486 .868 127 *2
8 Al Simmons HOF 7th 116 51.3% 228 63 20 64.3 43.5 53.9 50.7 2215 8759 1507 2927 307 1827 88 615 .334 .380 .535 .915 133 *O/3
9 Rabbit Maranville HOF 11th 110 48.7% 59 30 23 39.4 28.8 34.1 52.1 2670 10078 1255 2605 28 884 291 839 .258 .318 .340 .658 82 *6*4/5
10 Ted Lyons HOF 6th 71 31.4% 65 30 21 65.2 38.3 51.7 57.9 705 1563 162 364 5 149 0 73 .233 .270 .285 .556 45 260 230 3.67 118 1.348 594 484 23 4161.0 4489 222 1121 1073 *1/O
11 Dazzy Vance HOF 12th 70 31.0% 89 35 16 58.0 48.0 53.0 57.9 442 971 68 146 7 75 1 79 .150 .219 .198 .417 10 197 140 3.24 125 1.230 442 349 11 2966.2 2809 132 840 2045 *1
12 Hank Greenberg HOF 4th 67 29.6% 188 46 13 55.1 45.9 50.5 51.5 1394 5193 1051 1628 331 1276 58 852 .313 .412 .605 1.017 158 *3O
13 Gabby Hartnett HOF 8th 57 25.2% 121 48 20 50.7 29.0 39.9 40.7 1990 6432 867 1912 236 1179 28 703 .297 .370 .489 .858 126 *23
14 Joe Cronin HOF 5th 44 19.5% 143 55 20 61.9 41.8 51.8 52.1 2124 7579 1233 2285 170 1424 87 1059 .301 .390 .468 .857 119 *6534/O
15 Ray Schalk HOF 12th 37 16.4% 56 25 18 25.0 20.2 22.6 40.7 1762 5306 579 1345 11 594 177 638 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 *2
16 Chief Bender HOF 12th 35 15.5% 119 51 16 46.6 33.5 40.1 57.9 507 1147 102 243 6 116 20 75 .212 .266 .280 .546 66 212 127 2.46 112 1.113 459 334 34 3017.0 2645 40 712 1711 *1/3O45
17 Ross Youngs HOF 12th 34 15.0% 72 32 10 30.9 29.3 30.1 55.4 1211 4627 812 1491 42 592 153 550 .322 .399 .441 .839 130 *O/4
18 Max Carey HOF 8th 27 11.9% 76 36 20 51.1 32.2 41.6 54.8 2476 9363 1545 2665 70 800 738 1040 .285 .361 .386 .747 108 *O
19 Tony Lazzeri HOF 6th 27 11.9% 89 39 14 46.2 32.9 39.6 54.4 1740 6297 986 1840 178 1191 148 869 .292 .380 .467 .846 121 *456/O3
20 Hank Gowdy 10th 26 11.5% 6 25 17 17.1 13.0 15.0 40.7 1050 2735 270 738 21 322 59 311 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 *23
21 Lefty Gomez HOF 7th 23 10.2% 128 34 14 34.6 33.0 33.8 57.9 368 904 59 133 0 58 1 50 .147 .194 .159 .353 -7 189 102 3.34 125 1.352 368 320 9 2503.0 2290 138 1095 1468 *1
22 Edd Roush HOF 12th 21 9.3% 72 36 18 43.0 30.4 36.7 54.8 1967 7363 1099 2376 68 981 268 484 .323 .369 .446 .815 126 *O/34
23 Hack Wilson HOF 7th 21 9.3% 100 39 12 37.3 34.6 36.0 54.8 1348 4760 884 1461 244 1063 52 674 .307 .395 .545 .940 144 *O/4
24 Zack Wheat HOF 11th 19 8.4% 98 48 19 56.9 33.5 45.2 50.7 2410 9106 1289 2884 132 1248 205 650 .317 .367 .450 .817 129 *O
25 Pepper Martin 7th 19 8.4% 46 21 13 15.8 15.4 15.6 53.4 1189 4117 756 1227 59 501 146 369 .298 .358 .443 .801 113 0 0 2.25 215 1.000 2 0 0 4.0 2 0 2 0 *O*5/1
26 Chuck Klein HOF 4th 15 6.6% 194 48 17 41.5 35.7 38.6 55.4 1753 6486 1168 2076 300 1201 79 601 .320 .379 .543 .922 137 *O/3
27 Lefty O'Doul 4th 13 5.8% 92 31 11 26.1 25.8 25.9 50.7 970 3264 624 1140 113 542 36 333 .349 .413 .532 .945 143 1 1 4.87 83 1.970 34 1 0 77.2 104 1 49 19 *O1
28 Waite Hoyt HOF 7th 13 5.8% 94 32 21 46.9 31.6 39.2 57.9 674 1287 96 255 0 100 0 40 .198 .223 .235 .458 20 237 182 3.59 112 1.340 674 425 52 3762.1 4037 154 1003 1206 *1
29 Babe Adams 11th 12 5.3% 72 39 19 50.5 39.5 45.0 57.9 482 1019 79 216 3 75 1 53 .212 .252 .281 .532 50 194 140 2.76 118 1.092 482 354 15 2995.1 2841 67 430 1036 *1
30 Bucky Harris HOF 6th 9 4.0% 12 18 12 12.0 12.8 12.4 54.4 1263 4736 722 1297 9 506 167 472 .274 .352 .354 .706 86 *4/65O
31 Charlie Grimm 7th 9 4.0% 18 19 20 10.6 11.9 11.2 51.5 2166 7917 908 2299 79 1077 57 578 .290 .341 .397 .738 94 *3/O5
32 Dave Bancroft HOF 8th 9 4.0% 84 29 16 46.5 35.2 40.9 52.1 1913 7182 1048 2004 32 591 145 827 .279 .355 .358 .714 98 *6/45O
33 Red Ruffing HOF 4th 9 4.0% 130 38 22 63.3 38.4 50.9 57.9 882 1937 207 521 36 273 1 97 .269 .306 .389 .695 81 273 225 3.80 109 1.341 624 538 16 4344.0 4284 254 1541 1987 *1/O
34 Kiki Cuyler HOF 4th 8 3.5% 118 46 18 44.4 33.8 39.1 55.4 1879 7161 1305 2299 128 1065 328 676 .321 .386 .474 .860 125 *O
35 Red Faber HOF 8th 8 3.5% 89 37 20 58.4 37.4 47.9 57.9 670 1269 98 170 3 70 7 169 .134 .240 .161 .401 10 254 213 3.15 119 1.302 669 483 28 4086.2 4106 111 1213 1471 *1
36 Bill McKechnie HOF 4th 8 3.5% 6 1 11 2.5 5.7 4.1 53.4 846 2843 319 713 8 240 127 190 .251 .301 .313 .614 79 *5436/O
37 Home Run Baker HOF 11th 8 3.5% 81 33 13 59.5 44.6 52.1 53.4 1575 5984 887 1838 96 987 235 473 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 *5
38 Casey Stengel HOF 7th 8 3.5% 4 15 14 18.5 16.2 17.4 55.4 1277 4288 575 1219 60 535 131 437 .284 .356 .410 .766 120 *O
39 Cy Williams 6th 7 3.1% 44 31 19 34.7 24.1 29.4 54.8 2002 6780 1024 1981 251 1005 115 690 .292 .365 .470 .835 125 *O
40 Jim Bottomley HOF 4th 6 2.7% 99 42 16 32.8 27.7 30.2 51.5 1991 7471 1177 2313 219 1422 58 664 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 *3/4
41 Red Rolfe 2nd 6 2.7% 74 21 10 22.2 21.4 21.8 53.4 1175 4827 942 1394 69 497 44 526 .289 .360 .413 .773 99 *56
42 Burleigh Grimes HOF 7th 5 2.2% 115 38 19 50.2 40.7 45.5 57.9 632 1535 157 380 2 168 15 69 .248 .282 .306 .588 58 270 212 3.53 108 1.365 616 497 18 4180.0 4412 148 1295 1512 *1
43 Smoky Joe Wood 9th 5 2.2% 68 39 14 37.7 32.8 35.3 57.9 697 1952 266 553 23 325 23 208 .283 .357 .411 .768 110 117 57 2.03 147 1.087 225 158 10 1434.1 1138 10 421 989 *O1/43
44 Eppa Rixey HOF 8th 5 2.2% 75 35 21 51.7 32.2 42.0 57.9 694 1522 95 291 3 111 2 49 .191 .221 .224 .445 22 266 251 3.15 115 1.272 692 554 14 4494.2 4633 93 1082 1350 *1
45 Travis Jackson HOF 4th 4 1.8% 28 29 15 42.0 34.0 38.0 52.1 1656 6086 833 1768 135 929 71 412 .291 .337 .433 .770 102 *6*5/4O
46 Art Fletcher 8th 4 1.8% 18 17 13 45.1 35.0 40.0 52.1 1533 5541 684 1534 32 675 160 203 .277 .319 .365 .684 100 *654
47 Art Nehf 6th 4 1.8% 70 32 15 27.4 21.3 24.4 57.9 464 915 90 192 8 76 7 86 .210 .281 .279 .560 57 184 120 3.20 105 1.239 451 320 13 2707.2 2715 107 640 844 *1/O
48 Billy Southworth HOF 5th 4 1.8% 12 19 13 19.3 17.7 18.5 55.4 1192 4359 661 1296 52 561 138 402 .297 .359 .415 .773 111 *O/4
49 Al Schacht 3rd 4 1.8% 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.0 32.3 53 51 9 10 0 4 0 9 .196 .339 .235 .574 55 14 10 4.48 86 1.599 53 18 2 197.0 254 4 61 38 1
50 Ernie Lombardi HOF 2nd 3 1.3% 133 42 17 43.6 26.7 35.2 40.7 1853 5855 601 1792 190 990 8 430 .306 .358 .460 .818 126 *2
51 Stuffy McInnis 7th 3 1.3% 43 23 19 29.6 22.8 26.2 51.5 2128 7822 872 2405 20 1062 172 380 .307 .343 .381 .723 105 *36/54O
52 Dickey Kerr 7th 3 1.3% 22 12 4 9.1 9.1 9.1 57.9 143 275 40 60 0 21 4 28 .218 .295 .284 .579 54 53 34 3.84 99 1.388 140 83 6 811.1 876 24 250 235 1
53 Stan Hack 4th 3 1.3% 76 38 16 50.7 34.9 42.8 53.4 1938 7278 1239 2193 57 642 165 1092 .301 .394 .397 .791 119 *53
54 Rube Marquard HOF 9th 3 1.3% 84 31 18 29.1 27.6 28.4 57.9 536 1107 63 198 1 64 6 33 .179 .207 .202 .410 17 201 177 3.08 103 1.237 536 407 19 3306.2 3233 107 858 1593 *1
55 Harry Hooper HOF 6th 3 1.3% 38 34 17 49.4 28.4 38.9 55.4 2309 8785 1429 2466 75 817 375 1136 .281 .368 .387 .755 114 0 0 0.00 1.500 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 *O/1
56 Jimmy Dykes 4th 3 1.3% 26 30 22 30.6 19.1 24.8 53.4 2282 8046 1108 2256 108 1071 70 958 .280 .365 .399 .764 96 0 0 4.50 111 1.500 2 0 0 2.0 2 0 1 0 *5*436/O1
57 Steve O'Neill 4th 3 1.3% 46 26 17 21.2 18.7 20.0 40.7 1590 4795 448 1259 13 537 30 592 .263 .349 .337 .685 88 *2/3
58 Everett Scott 9th 2 0.9% 29 14 13 12.6 13.5 13.1 52.1 1654 5837 552 1455 20 551 69 243 .249 .281 .315 .596 65 *6/54
59 Jimmie Wilson 4th 2 0.9% 44 26 18 7.7 7.8 7.8 40.7 1525 4778 580 1358 32 621 86 356 .284 .336 .370 .707 82 *2/3O4
60 George Selkirk 4th 2 0.9% 32 23 9 20.7 20.9 20.8 55.4 846 2790 503 810 108 576 49 486 .290 .400 .483 .883 127 *O
61 Sherry Magee 8th 2 0.9% 60 35 16 55.8 36.8 46.3 50.7 2087 7441 1112 2169 83 1176 441 736 .291 .364 .427 .790 137 *O36/45
62 Duffy Lewis 5th 2 0.9% 19 12 11 17.9 18.6 18.2 50.7 1459 5351 612 1518 38 793 113 352 .284 .333 .384 .717 108 0 0 18.00 25 3.000 1 0 0 1.0 3 0 0 1 *O/51
63 Eddie Rommel 4th 1 0.4% 49 23 13 45.9 34.9 40.4 57.9 507 826 80 164 1 59 1 62 .199 .255 .245 .499 28 171 119 3.54 121 1.351 500 249 29 2556.1 2729 138 724 599 *1/O4
64 Jake Daubert 4th 1 0.4% 70 27 15 36.8 24.5 30.7 51.5 2014 7673 1117 2326 56 722 251 623 .303 .360 .401 .760 117 *3
65 Satchel Paige HOF 1st 1 0.4% 7 0 6 8.4 8.4 8.4 32.3 179 124 2 12 0 4 0 3 .097 .118 .097 .215 -41 28 31 3.29 124 1.279 179 26 32 476.0 429 29 180 288 1
66 Tim Jordan 1st 1 0.4% 8 8 7 10.3 10.3 10.3 51.5 540 1813 220 474 32 232 48 254 .261 .355 .382 .737 137 *3
67 Dick Rudolph 2nd 1 0.4% 46 22 13 22.3 23.7 23.0 57.9 284 698 46 131 2 56 9 53 .188 .248 .234 .482 46 121 109 2.66 105 1.158 279 240 8 2049.0 1971 35 402 786 1
68 Lloyd Waner HOF 3rd 1 0.4% 86 31 18 22.0 19.2 20.6 54.8 1993 7772 1201 2459 27 598 67 420 .316 .353 .393 .747 99 *O/45
69 Hub Pruett 3rd 1 0.4% 0 0 7 1.8 1.8 1.8 32.3 211 212 9 36 0 12 0 21 .170 .245 .203 .447 17 29 48 4.63 92 1.627 211 69 13 745.0 816 28 396 357 1
70 Spud Chandler 2nd 1 0.4% 70 32 11 21.8 21.9 21.9 57.9 211 548 53 110 9 45 0 20 .201 .234 .290 .524 42 109 43 2.84 132 1.205 211 184 6 1485.0 1327 64 463 614 1
71 Bill Sherdel 4th 1 0.4% 37 16 15 29.7 23.0 26.4 57.9 549 960 96 214 9 86 2 63 .223 .271 .298 .569 52 165 146 3.72 104 1.358 514 273 26 2709.1 3018 150 661 839 *1/O3
72 Clyde Milan 3rd 1 0.4% 24 23 16 36.2 26.1 31.1 54.8 1982 7359 1004 2100 17 617 495 685 .285 .353 .353 .706 109 *O
73 Glenn Wright 4th 1 0.4% 33 27 11 23.9 23.2 23.5 52.1 1119 4153 584 1219 94 723 38 209 .294 .328 .447 .775 99 *6/345O
74 Babe Herman 5th 1 0.4% 74 39 13 38.3 30.9 34.6 55.4 1552 5603 882 1818 181 997 94 520 .324 .383 .532 .915 141 *O3
75 Muddy Ruel 3rd 1 0.4% 48 28 19 15.8 14.6 15.2 40.7 1468 4514 494 1242 4 534 61 606 .275 .365 .332 .697 83 *2/3
76 Paul Derringer 3rd 1 0.4% 98 28 15 35.1 26.0 30.6 57.9 579 1260 70 220 2 102 0 16 .175 .186 .208 .394 9 223 212 3.46 108 1.282 579 445 29 3645.0 3912 158 761 1507 *1
77 Sam Rice HOF 5th 1 0.4% 128 51 20 48.0 28.5 38.2 55.4 2404 9269 1514 2987 34 1078 351 708 .322 .374 .427 .801 112 1 1 2.52 117 1.271 9 3 0 39.1 31 0 19 12 *O/1
78 Jack Coombs 5th 1 0.4% 95 30 14 26.7 27.2 26.9 57.9 460 1110 123 261 4 100 21 59 .235 .278 .295 .573 74 158 110 2.78 99 1.239 354 268 8 2320.0 2034 38 841 1052 *1O/3
79 Charlie Gelbert 4th 1 0.4% 14 5 9 8.3 10.2 9.3 52.1 876 2869 398 766 17 350 34 290 .267 .336 .374 .709 81 0 0 9.00 51 2.000 2 0 0 4.0 5 2 3 1 *65/41
80 Pinky Higgins 2nd 1 0.4% 27 30 14 23.5 18.5 21.0 53.4 1802 6636 930 1941 140 1075 61 800 .292 .370 .428 .798 107 *5/46
81 Chick Hafey HOF 4th 1 0.4% 69 33 13 28.4 25.9 27.1 50.7 1283 4625 777 1466 164 833 70 372 .317 .372 .526 .898 133 *O
82 Wilbur Cooper 5th 1 0.4% 76 33 15 51.8 40.5 46.2 57.9 521 1227 111 293 6 106 12 47 .239 .269 .309 .578 61 216 178 2.89 116 1.226 517 406 14 3480.0 3415 103 853 1252 *1/O
83 Dick Bartell 2nd 1 0.4% 66 32 18 37.3 28.5 32.9 52.1 2016 7629 1130 2165 79 710 109 748 .284 .355 .391 .747 96 *654
84 Mel Harder 3rd 1 0.4% 51 21 20 38.1 34.8 36.4 57.9 584 1203 89 199 4 93 2 39 .165 .194 .215 .409 7 223 186 3.80 113 1.408 582 433 23 3426.1 3706 161 1118 1161 *1
85 Howard Ehmke 3rd 1 0.4% 32 12 15 33.5 29.8 31.6 57.9 429 1009 71 210 0 73 5 26 .208 .228 .258 .486 29 166 166 3.75 104 1.388 427 338 14 2820.2 2873 103 1042 1030 *1
86 Joe McCarthy HOF 3rd 1 0.4%
Notes: Each voting cycle, qualified members of the BBWAA name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of Hall of Fame honors. To be enshrined, a player must be named on at least 75% of the voters' ballots. Currently, players are removed from the ballot if they are named on fewer than 5% of ballots or have been on the ballot 15 times without election.
X means off ballot for future elections. HOF means they were selected to the Hall of Fame in a future election.