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1953 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee

Baseball Writers

264 total ballots (198 votes needed for election) · 1952 · 1954
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 Dizzy Dean 9th 209 79.2% 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
2 Al Simmons 9th 199 75.4% 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
3 Bill Terry HOF 13th 191 72.3% 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
4 Bill Dickey HOF 8th 179 67.8% 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
5 Rabbit Maranville HOF 13th 164 62.1% 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
6 Dazzy Vance HOF 14th 150 56.8% 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
7 Ted Lyons HOF 8th 139 52.7% 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
8 Joe DiMaggio HOF 2nd 117 44.3% 262 58 13 75.1 49.1 62.1 54.8 1736 6821 1390 2214 361 1537 30 790 .325 .398 .579 .977 155 *O/3
9 Gabby Hartnett HOF 10th 104 39.4% 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
10 Chief Bender HOF 14th 104 39.4% 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
11 Hank Greenberg HOF 6th 80 30.3% 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
12 Joe Cronin HOF 7th 69 26.1% 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
13 Casey Stengel HOF 9th 61 23.1% 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
14 Hank Gowdy 12th 58 22.0% 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
15 Max Carey HOF 10th 55 20.8% 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
16 Ray Schalk HOF 14th 52 19.7% 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
17 Pepper Martin 9th 43 16.3% 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
18 Hack Wilson HOF 9th 43 16.3% 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
19 Lefty Gomez HOF 9th 35 13.3% 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
20 Zack Wheat HOF 13th 32 12.1% 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
21 Edd Roush HOF 14th 32 12.1% 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
22 Ross Youngs HOF 14th 31 11.7% 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
23 Tony Lazzeri HOF 8th 28 10.6% 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
24 Red Ruffing HOF 6th 24 9.1% 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
25 Bucky Harris HOF 8th 21 8.0% 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
26 Duffy Lewis 7th 20 7.6% 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
27 Rube Marquard HOF 11th 19 7.2% 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
28 Kiki Cuyler HOF 6th 18 6.8% 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
29 Babe Adams 13th 17 6.4% 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 Waite Hoyt HOF 9th 14 5.3% 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
31 Steve O'Neill 6th 13 4.9% 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
32 Dickey Kerr 9th 13 4.9% 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
33 Lefty O'Doul 6th 11 4.2% 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
34 Tommy Henrich 2nd 10 3.8% 54 27 11 33.6 26.5 30.1 55.4 1284 4603 901 1297 183 795 37 712 .282 .382 .491 .873 132 *O3
35 Bucky Walters 3rd 10 3.8% 104 27 19 52.0 42.1 47.0 57.9 715 1966 227 477 23 234 12 114 .243 .286 .344 .630 69 198 160 3.30 116 1.324 428 398 4 3104.2 2990 155 1121 1107 *15/4O
36 Jim Bottomley HOF 6th 10 3.8% 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
37 Dave Bancroft HOF 10th 10 3.8% 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
38 Jimmie Wilson 6th 10 3.8% 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
39 Charlie Grimm 9th 9 3.4% 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
40 Red Faber HOF 10th 9 3.4% 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
41 Wilbur Cooper 7th 9 3.4% 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
42 Burleigh Grimes HOF 9th 9 3.4% 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 Mel Harder 5th 8 3.0% 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
44 Muddy Ruel 5th 8 3.0% 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
45 Red Rolfe 4th 5 1.9% 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
46 Everett Scott 11th 5 1.9% 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
47 Jimmy Dykes 6th 5 1.9% 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
48 Jesse Haines HOF 6th 4 1.5% 64 27 19 30.7 20.9 25.8 57.9 560 1124 76 209 3 79 2 30 .186 .208 .218 .426 12 210 158 3.64 109 1.350 555 386 10 3208.2 3460 165 871 981 *1/3
49 Cy Williams 8th 4 1.5% 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
50 Art Nehf 8th 4 1.5% 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
51 Eppa Rixey HOF 10th 3 1.1% 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
52 Earle Combs HOF 9th 3 1.1% 94 37 12 40.0 32.5 36.3 54.8 1455 5746 1186 1866 58 632 98 670 .325 .397 .462 .859 125 *O
53 Sam Rice HOF 7th 3 1.1% 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
54 Howard Ehmke 5th 3 1.1% 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
55 Glenn Wright 6th 3 1.1% 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
56 Billy Southworth HOF 7th 2 0.8% 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
57 Babe Herman 7th 2 0.8% 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
58 Chick Hafey HOF 6th 2 0.8% 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
59 Travis Jackson HOF 6th 2 0.8% 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
60 Al Lopez HOF 3rd 2 0.8% 71 24 19 14.5 10.9 12.7 40.7 1950 5916 613 1547 51 652 46 556 .261 .326 .337 .663 83 *2/453
61 Roger Peckinpaugh 7th 2 0.8% 48 26 17 40.6 27.1 33.8 52.1 2012 7233 1006 1876 48 739 205 814 .259 .336 .335 .672 86 *6/3
62 Luke Appling HOF 1st 2 0.8% 149 57 20 69.9 41.7 55.8 52.1 2422 8856 1319 2749 45 1116 179 1302 .310 .399 .398 .798 113 *654/3
63 Bobby Doerr HOF 1st 2 0.8% 96 41 14 47.4 34.1 40.7 54.4 1865 7093 1094 2042 223 1247 54 809 .288 .362 .461 .823 115 *4
64 Bill Lange 1st 1 0.4% 44 33 7 21.4 21.4 21.4 54.8 813 3202 691 1056 39 579 400 350 .330 .400 .458 .858 123 *O4/3562
65 Germany Schaefer 2nd 1 0.4% 6 12 15 6.8 9.4 8.1 54.4 1150 3784 495 972 9 308 201 333 .257 .319 .320 .639 97 0 0 18.00 35 3.000 2 0 0 1.0 3 1 0 0 *4356O/1
66 Bill Wambsganss 3rd 1 0.4% 6 15 13 0.5 5.8 3.2 54.4 1491 5241 710 1359 7 520 140 490 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 *465/3
67 Dave Robertson 1st 1 0.4% 14 7 9 9.1 10.3 9.7 55.4 804 2830 366 812 47 364 94 113 .287 .318 .409 .727 117 *O/3
68 Donie Bush 6th 1 0.4% 35 34 16 36.7 32.2 34.4 52.1 1945 7210 1280 1804 9 436 406 1158 .250 .356 .300 .656 91 *65/4
69 Charley O'Leary 1st 1 0.4% 5 0 11 -1.7 2.4 0.3 52.1 955 3232 317 731 3 213 74 164 .226 .270 .272 .543 67 *645/O
70 Gabby Street 3rd 1 0.4% 0 0 8 3.3 4.1 3.7 40.7 504 1501 98 312 2 105 17 119 .208 .273 .256 .529 66 *2
71 Mike Gonzalez 3rd 1 0.4% 0 18 17 6.5 7.6 7.0 40.7 1042 2829 283 717 13 263 52 231 .253 .314 .324 .638 81 *23/O
72 Nick Altrock 4th 1 0.4% 31 18 19 8.6 11.0 9.8 57.9 230 550 52 97 2 27 5 29 .176 .232 .207 .439 40 83 75 2.67 96 1.141 218 161 7 1514.0 1455 16 272 425 1/3O
73 Joe McCarthy HOF 4th 1 0.4%
74 Eddie Rommel 6th 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
75 Charlie Keller 1st 1 0.4% 52 30 13 40.6 36.3 38.4 50.7 1170 3790 725 1085 189 760 45 784 .286 .410 .518 .928 152 *O
76 George Selkirk 6th 1 0.4% 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
77 Clyde Milan 5th 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
78 Dolf Luque 6th 1 0.4% 44 23 20 45.8 34.7 40.3 57.9 559 1043 96 237 5 90 7 70 .227 .283 .291 .573 53 194 179 3.24 118 1.288 550 367 28 3220.1 3231 113 918 1130 *1/5O
79 Hub Pruett 5th 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
80 Bill Sherdel 5th 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
81 Terry Moore 2nd 1 0.4% 18 12 11 16.9 16.3 16.6 54.8 1298 4700 719 1318 80 513 82 406 .280 .340 .399 .739 99 0 0 0.00 0.000 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 *O/51
82 Arky Vaughan HOF 1st 1 0.4% 116 52 14 70.5 48.9 59.7 52.1 1817 6622 1173 2103 96 926 118 937 .318 .406 .453 .859 136 *65O/4
83 Johnny Kling 9th 1 0.4% 24 24 13 22.9 21.1 22.0 40.7 1261 4246 475 1154 20 515 124 281 .272 .319 .357 .676 100 *2/O356
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.

Veterans Committee

1952 · 1954
Batting Stats Pitching Stats Manager
Rk 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 W L W-L%
1 Harry Wright as Pioneer/Executive 0 0 7 2.0 2.0 2.0 54.8 180 813 183 224 4 113 11 37 .276 .307 .336 .643 90 4 4 3.68 95 1.625 36 8 14 100.1 149 0 14 6 O1/6 1225 885 .581
2 Ed Barrow as Pioneer/Executive 310 320 .492
3 Chief Bender as Player 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
4 Tommy Connolly as Umpire
5 Bill Klem as Umpire
6 Bobby Wallace as Player 30 30 25 66.0 39.8 52.9 52.1 2383 8618 1057 2309 34 1121 201 774 .268 .332 .358 .690 105 24 22 3.87 125 1.555 57 48 1 402.0 469 6 156 120 *6*514/O3 62 154 .287
Notes: Various groups of Hall of Fame members and others charged with the induction of players who were not voted in by the BBWAA, as well as Negro League players and non-playing personnel (including managers, owners, and executives). To be enshrined, players must be named on at least 75% of the Committee members' ballots.