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1955 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee

Baseball Writers

251 total ballots (189 votes needed for election) · 1954 · 1956
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 Joe DiMaggio 4th 223 88.8% 262 58 13 78.25 51.16 64.71 57.3 1736 6821 1390 2214 361 1537 30 790 .325 .398 .579 .977 155 *O/3
2 Ted Lyons 10th 217 86.5% 65 30 21 71.54 40.90 56.22 61.3 705 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
3 Dazzy Vance 16th 205 81.7% 89 35 16 59.89 49.21 54.55 61.3 442 971 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
4 Gabby Hartnett 12th 195 77.7% 121 48 20 53.28 30.27 41.77 43.0 1990 6432 867 1912 236 1179 28 703 .297 .370 .489 .858 126 *23
5 Hank Greenberg HOF 8th 157 62.5% 188 46 13 57.60 47.70 52.65 55.7 1394 5193 1051 1628 331 1276 58 852 .313 .412 .605 1.017 158 *3O
6 Joe Cronin HOF 9th 135 53.8% 143 55 20 66.38 43.92 55.15 54.7 2124 7579 1233 2285 170 1424 87 1059 .301 .390 .468 .857 119 *6534/O
7 Max Carey HOF 12th 119 47.4% 76 36 20 53.89 32.95 43.42 57.3 2476 9363 1545 2665 70 800 738 1040 .285 .361 .386 .747 108 *O
8 Ray Schalk HOF 16th 113 45.0% 56 25 18 28.63 22.19 25.41 43.0 1762 5306 579 1345 11 594 177 638 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 *2
9 Edd Roush HOF 16th 97 38.6% 72 36 18 45.55 31.74 38.64 57.3 1967 7363 1099 2376 68 981 268 484 .323 .369 .446 .815 126 *O/34
10 Hank Gowdy 14th 90 35.9% 6 25 17 18.19 13.64 15.92 43.0 1050 2735 270 738 21 322 59 311 .270 .351 .358 .709 104 *23
11 Hack Wilson HOF 11th 81 32.3% 100 39 12 38.78 35.76 37.27 57.3 1348 4760 884 1461 244 1063 52 674 .307 .395 .545 .940 144 *O/4
12 Lefty Gomez HOF 11th 71 28.3% 128 34 14 38.41 35.61 37.01 61.3 368 904 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
13 Tony Lazzeri HOF 10th 66 26.3% 89 39 14 49.96 35.09 42.53 57.0 1740 6297 986 1840 178 1194 148 869 .292 .380 .467 .846 121 *456/O3
14 Red Ruffing HOF 8th 60 23.9% 130 38 22 70.34 41.29 55.81 61.3 882 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
15 Zack Wheat HOF 15th 51 20.3% 98 48 19 60.00 34.66 47.33 53.1 2410 9106 1289 2884 132 1248 205 650 .317 .367 .450 .817 129 *O
16 Ross Youngs HOF 16th 48 19.1% 72 32 10 32.17 30.39 31.28 56.4 1211 4627 812 1491 42 592 153 550 .322 .399 .441 .839 130 *O/4
17 Rube Marquard HOF 13th 35 13.9% 84 31 18 31.91 29.05 30.48 61.3 536 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
18 Kiki Cuyler HOF 8th 35 13.9% 118 46 18 46.69 34.87 40.78 56.4 1879 7161 1305 2299 128 1065 328 676 .321 .386 .474 .860 125 *O
19 Duffy Lewis 9th 34 13.5% 19 12 11 21.29 21.17 21.23 53.1 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
20 Waite Hoyt HOF 11th 33 13.1% 94 32 21 51.84 34.03 42.94 61.3 674 1287 96 255 0 99 0 40 .198 .223 .235 .458 20 237 182 3.59 112 1.340 674 425 52 3762.1 4037 154 1003 1206 *1
21 Sam Rice HOF 9th 28 11.2% 128 51 20 52.80 30.74 41.77 56.4 2404 9269 1514 2987 34 1077 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
22 Red Faber HOF 12th 27 10.8% 89 37 20 64.86 40.64 52.75 61.3 670 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
23 Jim Bottomley HOF 8th 26 10.4% 99 42 16 35.35 28.73 32.04 55.7 1991 7471 1177 2313 219 1422 58 664 .310 .369 .500 .869 125 *3/4
24 Dickey Kerr 11th 25 10.0% 22 12 4 10.33 10.33 10.33 61.3 143 275 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
25 Chuck Klein HOF 7th 25 10.0% 194 48 17 43.53 36.64 40.09 56.4 1753 6486 1168 2076 300 1201 79 601 .320 .379 .543 .922 137 *O/3
26 Babe Adams 15th 24 9.6% 72 39 19 51.97 40.43 46.20 61.3 482 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
27 Dave Bancroft HOF 12th 19 7.6% 84 29 16 48.51 36.15 42.33 54.7 1913 7182 1048 2004 32 591 145 827 .279 .355 .358 .714 98 *6/45O
28 Jimmie Wilson 8th 13 5.2% 44 26 18 9.32 8.64 8.98 43.0 1525 4778 580 1358 32 621 86 356 .284 .336 .370 .707 82 *2/3O4
29 Muddy Ruel 7th 11 4.4% 48 28 19 18.49 16.40 17.44 43.0 1468 4514 494 1242 4 536 61 606 .275 .365 .332 .697 83 *2/3
30 Wilbur Cooper 9th 11 4.4% 76 33 15 53.71 41.45 47.58 61.3 521 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
31 Jesse Haines HOF 8th 10 4.0% 64 27 19 32.63 21.92 27.28 61.3 560 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
32 Everett Scott 13th 8 3.2% 29 14 13 16.31 15.93 16.12 54.7 1654 5837 552 1455 20 551 69 243 .249 .281 .315 .596 65 *6/54
33 Eppa Rixey HOF 12th 8 3.2% 75 35 21 55.37 33.37 44.37 61.3 694 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
34 Goose Goslin HOF 5th 7 2.8% 160 61 18 66.14 42.69 54.42 53.1 2287 8656 1483 2735 248 1610 176 949 .316 .387 .500 .887 128 *O/35
35 Art Nehf 10th 7 2.8% 70 32 15 29.53 22.55 26.04 61.3 464 915 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
36 Clyde Milan 7th 6 2.4% 24 23 16 40.13 27.99 34.06 57.3 1982 7359 1004 2100 17 617 495 685 .285 .353 .353 .706 109 *O
37 Babe Herman 9th 5 2.0% 74 39 13 40.24 32.18 36.21 56.4 1552 5603 882 1818 181 997 94 520 .324 .383 .532 .915 141 *O3
38 Bill Wambsganss 5th 5 2.0% 6 15 13 3.75 7.41 5.58 57.0 1491 5241 710 1359 7 521 140 490 .259 .328 .327 .655 78 *465/3
39 Heinie Groh 7th 5 2.0% 24 24 16 48.43 35.73 42.08 55.0 1676 6074 918 1774 26 566 180 696 .292 .373 .384 .757 118 *5*4/6
40 Travis Jackson HOF 8th 5 2.0% 28 29 15 44.08 35.14 39.61 54.7 1656 6086 833 1768 135 929 71 412 .291 .337 .433 .770 102 *6*5/4O
41 Chick Hafey HOF 8th 4 1.6% 69 33 13 30.13 27.16 28.65 53.1 1283 4625 777 1466 164 833 70 372 .317 .372 .526 .898 133 *O
42 Glenn Wright 8th 4 1.6% 33 27 11 25.30 24.48 24.89 54.7 1119 4153 584 1219 94 723 38 209 .294 .328 .447 .775 99 *6/345O
43 Arky Vaughan HOF 3rd 4 1.6% 116 52 14 72.96 50.65 61.80 54.7 1817 6622 1173 2103 96 926 118 937 .318 .406 .453 .859 136 *65O/4
44 Cy Williams 10th 3 1.2% 44 31 19 37.11 25.57 31.34 57.3 2002 6780 1024 1981 251 1005 115 690 .292 .365 .470 .835 125 *O
45 Luke Appling HOF 2nd 3 1.2% 149 57 20 74.46 43.75 59.11 54.7 2422 8856 1319 2749 45 1116 179 1302 .310 .399 .398 .798 113 *654/3
46 Burleigh Grimes HOF 10th 3 1.2% 115 38 19 52.96 42.09 47.53 61.3 632 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
47 Joe Judge 4th 2 0.8% 32 32 20 46.90 26.43 36.67 55.7 2171 7898 1184 2352 71 1034 213 965 .298 .378 .420 .798 114 *3/O
48 Bob Meusel 8th 2 0.8% 76 31 11 27.65 23.60 25.62 56.4 1407 5475 826 1693 156 1064 143 375 .309 .356 .497 .852 118 *O5/3
49 Earl Averill HOF 3rd 2 0.8% 128 50 13 48.06 37.36 42.71 57.3 1669 6353 1224 2019 238 1164 70 774 .318 .395 .534 .928 133 *O
50 George Earnshaw 4th 2 0.8% 57 10 9 21.33 23.60 22.46 61.3 319 704 61 162 3 70 1 20 .230 .253 .295 .549 41 127 93 4.38 100 1.457 319 249 12 1915.1 1981 142 809 1002 *1
51 Joe Gordon HOF 2nd 1 0.4% 88 31 11 57.11 45.80 51.46 57.0 1566 5707 914 1530 253 975 89 759 .268 .357 .466 .822 120 *43/6
52 Johnny Allen 1st 1 0.4% 35 24 13 26.53 24.09 25.31 61.3 365 716 82 124 4 64 1 33 .173 .210 .215 .425 11 142 75 3.75 113 1.326 352 241 18 1950.1 1849 103 738 1070 *1
53 Sad Sam Jones 2nd 1 0.4% 56 21 22 43.66 27.97 35.82 61.3 713 1243 151 245 6 99 7 139 .197 .289 .255 .544 45 229 217 3.84 104 1.411 647 487 31 3883.0 4084 151 1396 1223 *1/O
54 Paul Derringer 4th 1 0.4% 98 28 15 37.04 26.91 31.98 61.3 579 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
55 Joe Sewell HOF 4th 1 0.4% 68 45 14 53.75 37.34 45.54 54.7 1903 7132 1141 2226 49 1054 74 842 .312 .391 .413 .804 108 *6*5/4
56 Earle Combs HOF 10th 1 0.4% 94 37 12 42.55 34.37 38.46 57.3 1455 5746 1186 1866 58 632 98 670 .325 .397 .462 .859 125 *O
57 Bill Sherdel 6th 1 0.4% 37 16 15 31.40 24.08 27.74 61.3 549 960 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
58 Jimmy Dykes 7th 1 0.4% 26 30 22 35.16 21.40 28.28 55.0 2282 8046 1108 2256 108 1069 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
59 Charlie Berry 1st 1 0.4% 0 4 11 5.37 5.85 5.61 43.0 709 2018 196 539 23 256 13 160 .267 .322 .374 .696 84 *2
60 Roger Peckinpaugh 9th 1 0.4% 48 26 17 45.10 29.05 37.07 54.7 2012 7233 1006 1876 48 739 205 814 .259 .336 .335 .672 86 *6/3
61 Max Bishop 1st 1 0.4% 28 29 12 37.33 29.12 33.23 57.0 1338 4494 966 1216 41 379 40 1156 .271 .423 .366 .789 103 *4/36
62 Hal Schumacher 2nd 1 0.4% 44 21 13 29.93 27.95 28.94 61.3 450 896 100 181 15 102 0 32 .202 .233 .287 .520 42 158 121 3.36 111 1.340 391 329 7 2482.1 2424 140 902 906 *1/O
63 Jake Daubert 5th 1 0.4% 70 27 15 39.07 25.79 32.43 55.7 2014 7673 1117 2326 56 722 251 623 .303 .360 .401 .760 117 *3
64 Mule Haas 1st 1 0.4% 18 17 12 12.35 13.13 12.74 57.3 1168 4303 706 1257 43 496 12 433 .292 .359 .402 .761 94 *O3
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

1954 · 1956
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 Ray Schalk as Player 56 25 18 28.63 22.19 25.41 43.0 1762 5306 579 1345 11 594 177 638 .253 .340 .316 .656 83 *2 102 125 .449
2 Home Run Baker as Player 81 33 13 62.65 46.76 54.70 55.0 1575 5984 887 1838 96 987 235 473 .307 .363 .442 .805 135 *5
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.