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1972 Hall of Fame Voting

Hall of Fame Inductees / Batting / Ballot History / Pitching / Hall of Fame Voting Procedures / HOF Voting Results:
Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee / Negro League Committee

Baseball Writers

396 total ballots (297 votes needed for election) · 1971 · 1973
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 Sandy Koufax 1st 344 86.9% 227 46 12 46.2 43.8 45.0 57.8 397 776 26 75 2 28 0 43 .097 .145 .116 .261 -26 165 87 2.76 131 1.106 397 314 9 2324.1 1754 204 817 2396 *1
2 Yogi Berra 2nd 339 85.6% 226 49 19 56.1 35.1 45.6 41.0 2120 7555 1175 2150 358 1430 30 704 .285 .348 .482 .830 125 *2O/35
3 Early Wynn 4th 301 76.0% 141 44 23 56.2 37.0 46.6 57.8 796 1704 136 365 17 173 1 141 .214 .274 .285 .559 54 300 244 3.54 107 1.329 691 612 15 4564.0 4291 338 1775 2334 *1
4 Ralph Kiner HOF 10th 235 59.3% 136 34 10 46.2 41.3 43.7 50.7 1472 5205 971 1451 369 1015 22 1011 .279 .398 .548 .946 149 *O3
5 Gil Hodges 4th 161 40.7% 83 32 18 40.7 31.8 36.2 51.5 2071 7030 1105 1921 370 1274 63 943 .273 .359 .487 .846 120 *3275/948
6 Johnny Mize HOF 10th 157 39.6% 175 47 15 67.8 46.8 57.3 51.5 1884 6443 1118 2011 359 1337 28 856 .312 .397 .562 .959 158 *3/O
7 Enos Slaughter HOF 7th 149 37.6% 92 41 19 51.3 33.1 42.2 55.4 2380 7946 1247 2383 169 1304 71 1018 .300 .382 .453 .834 124 *O
8 Pee Wee Reese HOF 8th 129 32.6% 100 39 16 63.1 39.6 51.4 52.1 2166 8058 1338 2170 126 885 232 1210 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 *65
9 Marty Marion 11th 120 30.3% 57 17 13 29.6 25.1 27.4 52.1 1572 5506 602 1448 36 624 35 470 .263 .323 .345 .668 81 *6/5
10 Bob Lemon HOF 8th 117 29.5% 118 34 15 45.9 37.0 41.4 57.8 615 1183 148 274 37 147 2 93 .232 .288 .386 .674 82 207 128 3.23 119 1.337 460 350 22 2850.0 2559 180 1251 1277 *1/O5
11 George Kell HOF 8th 115 29.0% 90 29 15 34.5 25.7 30.1 53.4 1795 6702 881 2054 78 870 51 621 .306 .367 .414 .781 112 *53/749
12 Allie Reynolds 11th 105 26.5% 110 33 13 22.8 19.2 21.0 57.8 475 857 56 140 1 79 1 61 .163 .223 .198 .422 18 182 107 3.30 109 1.386 434 309 49 2492.1 2193 133 1261 1423 *1
13 Red Schoendienst HOF 4th 104 26.3% 110 30 19 39.0 28.5 33.7 54.4 2216 8479 1223 2449 84 773 89 606 .289 .337 .387 .724 94 *4O65/8
14 Phil Rizzuto HOF 10th 103 26.0% 87 23 13 38.1 31.9 35.0 52.1 1661 5816 877 1588 38 563 149 651 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 *6/4
15 Hal Newhouser HOF 9th 92 23.2% 140 34 17 58.6 49.6 54.1 57.8 492 999 71 201 2 81 3 89 .201 .267 .233 .500 36 207 150 3.06 130 1.311 488 374 26 2993.0 2674 136 1249 1796 *1
16 Duke Snider HOF 3rd 84 21.2% 152 47 18 63.1 48.1 55.6 54.8 2143 7161 1259 2116 407 1333 99 971 .295 .380 .540 .919 140 *O
17 Nellie Fox HOF 2nd 64 16.2% 163 32 19 46.3 35.8 41.0 54.4 2367 9232 1279 2663 35 790 76 719 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 *4/53
18 Phil Cavarretta 9th 61 15.4% 42 22 22 31.8 24.0 27.9 51.5 2030 6754 990 1977 95 920 65 820 .293 .372 .416 .788 118 *3*O
19 Al Dark 7th 55 13.9% 51 26 14 39.6 31.0 35.3 52.1 1828 7219 1064 2089 126 757 59 430 .289 .333 .411 .744 98 0 0 18.00 33 2.000 1 1 0 1.0 1 1 1 0 *6*5O/4391
20 Dom DiMaggio 8th 36 9.1% 62 28 11 29.8 25.0 27.4 54.8 1399 5640 1046 1680 87 618 100 750 .298 .383 .419 .802 110 *O
21 Bobo Newsom 10th 31 7.8% 69 23 20 42.0 32.6 37.3 57.8 609 1337 86 253 1 102 1 17 .189 .200 .217 .417 10 211 222 3.98 107 1.463 600 483 21 3759.1 3769 206 1732 2082 *1
22 Charlie Keller 11th 24 6.1% 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
23 Johnny Sain 7th 21 5.3% 55 17 11 27.3 28.8 28.1 57.8 433 774 69 190 3 101 0 24 .245 .270 .304 .574 58 139 116 3.49 107 1.300 412 245 51 2125.2 2145 179 619 910 *1
24 Mickey Vernon 7th 12 3.0% 72 33 20 30.1 23.6 26.8 51.5 2409 8731 1196 2495 172 1311 137 955 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 *3/79
25 Richie Ashburn HOF 5th 11 2.8% 112 41 15 60.2 42.9 51.6 54.8 2189 8365 1322 2574 29 586 234 1198 .308 .396 .382 .778 111 *879/4
26 Ted Kluszewski 6th 10 2.5% 76 24 15 29.2 27.2 28.2 51.5 1718 5929 848 1766 279 1028 20 492 .298 .353 .498 .850 123 *3
27 Bobby Thomson 7th 10 2.5% 30 21 15 30.0 24.7 27.3 54.8 1779 6305 903 1705 264 1026 38 559 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 *O*759/43
28 Harvey Haddix 2nd 9 2.3% 30 20 14 30.9 25.5 28.2 57.8 531 798 95 169 4 64 4 46 .212 .255 .296 .551 47 136 113 3.63 108 1.233 453 285 21 2235.0 2154 240 601 1575 *1/9
29 Roy McMillan 1st 9 2.3% 27 16 16 21.7 17.8 19.8 52.1 2093 6752 739 1639 68 594 41 665 .243 .314 .321 .635 72 *6/54
30 Bobby Shantz 3rd 9 2.3% 53 16 16 32.5 23.7 28.1 32.3 578 548 60 107 1 46 3 47 .195 .265 .245 .509 38 119 99 3.38 119 1.260 537 171 48 1935.2 1795 151 643 1072 *1/8
31 Walker Cooper 5th 8 2.0% 74 32 18 27.2 22.5 24.9 41.0 1473 4702 573 1341 173 812 18 309 .285 .332 .464 .796 116 *2
32 Bobby Richardson 1st 8 2.0% 69 12 12 6.5 9.2 7.9 54.4 1412 5386 643 1432 34 390 73 262 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 *45/6
33 Don Newcombe 7th 7 1.8% 78 28 10 35.6 33.1 34.4 57.8 452 878 94 238 15 108 2 87 .271 .338 .367 .705 85 149 90 3.56 114 1.203 344 294 7 2154.2 2102 252 490 1129 *1
34 Harry Brecheen 6th 5 1.3% 67 27 12 40.1 31.3 35.7 57.8 321 673 48 129 2 44 0 45 .192 .247 .235 .481 30 133 92 2.92 133 1.188 318 240 18 1907.2 1731 116 536 901 *1
35 Dutch Leonard 6th 5 1.3% 45 24 20 44.1 29.8 36.9 57.8 640 1054 53 177 0 69 1 20 .168 .185 .193 .378 4 191 181 3.25 119 1.256 640 375 44 3218.1 3304 158 737 1170 *1
36 Billy Pierce 3rd 4 1.0% 82 35 18 50.4 36.1 43.2 57.8 616 1102 94 203 0 69 1 65 .184 .232 .203 .435 19 211 169 3.27 119 1.260 585 432 32 3306.2 2989 284 1178 1999 *1/3
37 Gil McDougald 7th 4 1.0% 54 21 10 38.6 30.6 34.6 54.4 1336 4676 697 1291 112 576 45 559 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 *4*56
38 Vic Raschi 6th 4 1.0% 82 25 10 15.0 15.1 15.0 57.8 269 608 45 112 1 50 0 47 .184 .243 .217 .460 25 132 66 3.72 105 1.316 269 255 3 1819.0 1666 138 727 944 1
39 Vic Wertz 3rd 4 1.0% 35 26 17 24.8 19.4 22.1 55.4 1862 6099 867 1692 266 1178 9 828 .277 .364 .469 .833 122 *O*3
40 Carl Erskine 6th 4 1.0% 48 18 12 12.0 13.7 12.8 57.8 360 588 51 92 1 31 0 12 .156 .175 .180 .355 -7 122 78 4.00 101 1.328 335 216 13 1718.2 1637 199 646 981 *1
41 Vic Power 2nd 3 0.8% 38 10 12 13.1 14.8 13.9 51.5 1627 6046 765 1716 126 658 45 279 .284 .315 .411 .725 97 *34587/96
42 Roy Sievers 2nd 3 0.8% 50 26 17 22.8 21.3 22.1 51.5 1887 6387 945 1703 318 1147 14 841 .267 .354 .475 .829 124 *3*785/9
43 Carl Furillo 5th 2 0.5% 38 27 15 31.8 24.3 28.0 55.4 1806 6378 895 1910 192 1058 48 514 .299 .355 .458 .813 112 *O
44 Preacher Roe 6th 2 0.5% 55 21 12 28.2 29.2 28.7 57.8 333 620 37 68 1 28 0 38 .110 .161 .119 .280 -24 127 84 3.43 116 1.259 333 261 10 1914.1 1907 199 504 956 *1
45 Eddie Lopat 5th 2 0.5% 64 27 12 29.7 26.0 27.9 57.8 357 887 87 187 5 77 0 73 .211 .271 .268 .539 50 166 112 3.21 116 1.277 340 318 3 2439.1 2464 179 650 859 *1
46 Jackie Jensen 6th 1 0.3% 56 25 11 25.5 23.1 24.3 55.4 1438 5236 810 1463 199 929 143 750 .279 .369 .460 .829 120 *987
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

1971 · 1973
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 Ross Youngs as Player 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
2 Lefty Gomez as Player 128 34 14 34.6 33.0 33.8 57.8 368 904 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
3 Will Harridge as Pioneer/Executive
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.

Negro League Committee

1971 · 1973
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 Josh Gibson as Player
2 Buck Leonard as Player
Notes: A special committee formed in 1971-1977 elected one or two players per year. Then in 2006, a special committee of 12 baseball historians was formed. The committee considered almost 100 Negro League and pre-Negro League players, managers, & executives before electing 17 to the Hall of Fame