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1973 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 / Special Election

Baseball Writers

380 total ballots (285 votes needed for election) · 1972 · 1974
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 Warren Spahn 1st 316 83.2% 260 66 21 93.5 49.0 71.2 57.8 783 1872 141 363 35 189 4 94 .194 .234 .287 .520 43 363 245 3.09 119 1.195 750 665 29 5243.2 4830 434 1434 2583 *1
2 Whitey Ford HOF 1st 255 67.1% 208 56 16 54.2 33.1 43.6 57.8 500 1023 91 177 3 69 3 113 .173 .256 .200 .457 28 236 106 2.75 133 1.215 498 438 10 3170.1 2766 228 1086 1956 *1
3 Ralph Kiner HOF 11th 235 61.8% 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
4 Gil Hodges 5th 218 57.4% 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
5 Robin Roberts HOF 1st 213 56.1% 128 47 19 80.1 52.0 66.0 57.8 688 1525 107 255 5 103 3 135 .167 .238 .226 .464 27 286 245 3.41 113 1.170 676 609 25 4688.2 4582 505 902 2357 *1
6 Bob Lemon HOF 9th 177 46.6% 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
7 Johnny Mize HOF 11th 157 41.3% 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
8 Enos Slaughter HOF 8th 145 38.2% 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
9 Marty Marion 12th 127 33.4% 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 Pee Wee Reese HOF 9th 126 33.2% 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
11 George Kell HOF 9th 114 30.0% 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 Phil Rizzuto HOF 11th 111 29.2% 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
13 Duke Snider HOF 4th 101 26.6% 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
14 Red Schoendienst HOF 5th 96 25.3% 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
15 Allie Reynolds 12th 93 24.5% 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
16 Hal Newhouser HOF 10th 79 20.8% 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
17 Nellie Fox HOF 3rd 73 19.2% 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 10th 73 19.2% 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 8th 53 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 Johnny Sain 8th 47 12.4% 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
21 Dom DiMaggio 9th 43 11.3% 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
22 Bobo Newsom 11th 33 8.7% 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
23 Richie Ashburn HOF 6th 25 6.6% 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
24 Mickey Vernon 8th 23 6.1% 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 Ted Kluszewski 7th 14 3.7% 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
26 Lew Burdette 1st 12 3.2% 84 31 18 24.8 21.9 23.3 57.8 666 1011 101 185 12 75 2 32 .183 .216 .253 .469 29 203 144 3.66 99 1.243 626 373 31 3067.1 3186 289 628 1074 *1
27 Don Newcombe 8th 11 2.9% 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
28 Vern Law 1st 9 2.4% 42 16 16 29.0 26.3 27.7 57.8 516 883 96 191 11 90 1 41 .216 .254 .309 .563 53 162 147 3.77 101 1.284 483 364 13 2672.0 2833 268 597 1092 *1/9
29 Walker Cooper 6th 8 2.1% 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
30 Vic Raschi 7th 7 1.8% 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
31 Dick Groat 1st 7 1.8% 103 24 14 33.4 27.8 30.6 52.1 1929 7484 829 2138 39 707 14 490 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 *6/534
32 Dutch Leonard 7th 6 1.6% 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
33 Roy McMillan 2nd 5 1.3% 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
34 Bobby Shantz 4th 5 1.3% 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
35 Curt Simmons 1st 5 1.3% 37 24 20 38.9 28.6 33.7 57.8 609 1135 93 194 1 76 2 59 .171 .213 .196 .408 11 193 183 3.54 111 1.307 569 462 5 3348.1 3313 255 1063 1697 *1
36 Billy Pierce 4th 4 1.1% 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 Carl Erskine 7th 4 1.1% 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
38 Bobby Thomson 8th 3 0.8% 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
39 Harry Brecheen 7th 3 0.8% 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
40 Vic Wertz 4th 2 0.5% 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
41 Bobby Richardson 2nd 2 0.5% 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
42 Gil McDougald 8th 2 0.5% 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
43 Smoky Burgess 1st 1 0.3% 46 34 18 31.2 21.6 26.4 41.0 1691 4471 485 1318 126 673 13 477 .295 .362 .446 .807 116 *2
44 Harvey Haddix 3rd 1 0.3% 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
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

1972 · 1974
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 Billy Evans as Umpire
2 High Pockets Kelly as Player 48 22 16 23.4 22.7 23.0 51.5 1622 5993 819 1778 148 1020 65 386 .297 .342 .452 .794 109 1 0 0.00 1.000 1 0 0 5.0 4 0 1 2 *34O/51
3 Mickey Welch as Player 198 58 13 58.7 51.7 55.2 57.8 607 2201 268 492 12 202 10 82 .224 .252 .297 .549 68 307 210 2.71 113 1.226 565 549 4 4802.0 4588 106 1297 1850 *1O
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

1972 · 1974
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 Monte Irvin as Player 18 18 8 20.2 20.1 20.2 50.7 764 2499 366 731 99 443 28 351 .293 .383 .475 .858 125 *793/58
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

Special Election

1972 · 1974
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 Roberto Clemente as Player 231 51 18 89.8 52.9 71.4 55.4 2433 9454 1416 3000 240 1305 83 621 .317 .359 .475 .834 130 *98/745
Notes: In certain cases, the Hall of Fame has convened the Old Timers or Veterans Committees to elect new Hall Of Famers due to special circumstances such as a person's untimely death. This has been invoked only in the cases of Lou Gehrig and Roberto Clemente.