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1974 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee / Negro League Committee

Baseball Writers

365 total ballots (274 votes needed for election) · 1973 · 1975
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 Mickey Mantle 1st 322 88.2% 300 65 18 109.71 64.78 87.25 57.3 2401 8102 1676 2415 536 1509 153 1733 .298 .421 .557 .977 172 *8397/645
2 Whitey Ford 2nd 284 77.8% 208 56 16 57.39 34.72 46.05 61.3 500 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 Robin Roberts HOF 2nd 224 61.4% 128 47 19 86.03 54.74 70.39 61.3 688 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
4 Ralph Kiner HOF 12th 215 58.9% 136 34 10 49.43 43.76 46.60 53.1 1472 5205 971 1451 369 1015 22 1011 .279 .398 .548 .946 149 *783
5 Gil Hodges 6th 198 54.2% 83 32 18 44.97 34.19 39.58 55.7 2071 7030 1105 1921 370 1274 63 943 .273 .359 .487 .846 120 *3275/948
6 Bob Lemon HOF 10th 190 52.1% 118 34 15 48.71 38.96 43.84 61.3 615 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 *1/859
7 Enos Slaughter HOF 9th 145 39.7% 90 41 19 55.12 34.95 45.04 56.4 2380 7946 1247 2383 169 1304 71 1018 .300 .382 .453 .834 124 *O
8 Pee Wee Reese HOF 10th 141 38.6% 100 39 16 66.17 40.81 53.49 54.7 2166 8058 1338 2170 126 885 232 1210 .269 .366 .377 .743 99 *65
9 Eddie Mathews HOF 1st 118 32.3% 162 54 17 96.19 54.25 75.22 55.0 2391 8537 1509 2315 512 1453 68 1444 .271 .376 .509 .885 143 *537
10 Phil Rizzuto HOF 12th 111 30.4% 87 23 13 40.56 33.69 37.12 54.7 1661 5816 877 1588 38 563 149 651 .273 .351 .355 .706 93 *6/4
11 Duke Snider HOF 5th 111 30.4% 152 47 18 66.53 49.95 58.24 57.3 2143 7161 1259 2116 407 1333 99 971 .295 .380 .540 .919 140 *897
12 Red Schoendienst HOF 6th 110 30.1% 110 30 19 42.16 30.13 36.15 57.0 2216 8479 1223 2449 84 773 89 606 .289 .337 .387 .724 94 *4765/8
13 Allie Reynolds 13th 101 27.7% 110 33 13 25.94 21.03 23.48 61.3 475 857 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
14 George Kell HOF 10th 94 25.8% 90 29 15 37.54 26.85 32.19 55.0 1795 6702 881 2054 78 870 51 621 .306 .367 .414 .781 112 *53/749
15 Nellie Fox HOF 4th 79 21.6% 163 32 19 49.04 36.84 42.94 57.0 2367 9232 1279 2663 35 790 76 719 .288 .348 .363 .710 93 *4/53
16 Roger Maris 1st 78 21.4% 89 22 12 38.31 32.43 35.37 56.4 1463 5101 826 1325 275 850 21 652 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 *98/7
17 Hal Newhouser HOF 11th 73 20.0% 140 34 17 63.03 52.49 57.76 61.3 492 999 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
18 Phil Cavarretta 11th 61 16.7% 42 22 22 34.43 25.17 29.80 55.7 2030 6754 990 1977 95 920 65 820 .293 .372 .416 .788 118 *3*O
19 Richie Ashburn HOF 7th 56 15.3% 112 41 15 63.40 44.17 53.79 57.3 2189 8365 1322 2574 29 586 234 1198 .308 .396 .382 .778 111 *879/4
20 Al Dark 9th 54 14.8% 51 26 14 43.06 32.98 38.02 54.7 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*57/4391
21 Johnny Sain 9th 51 14.0% 55 17 11 29.96 30.74 30.35 61.3 433 774 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
22 Don Larsen 1st 29 7.9% 26 6 14 18.41 16.34 17.38 34.3 480 596 65 144 14 72 0 43 .242 .291 .371 .662 81 81 91 3.78 99 1.400 412 171 23 1548.0 1442 130 725 849 *1/7
23 Ted Kluszewski 8th 28 7.7% 76 24 15 32.16 29.10 30.63 55.7 1718 5929 848 1766 279 1028 20 492 .298 .353 .498 .850 123 *3
24 Mickey Vernon 9th 27 7.4% 72 33 20 34.62 25.36 29.99 55.7 2409 8731 1196 2495 172 1311 137 955 .286 .359 .428 .787 116 *3/79
25 Elston Howard 1st 19 5.2% 82 22 14 27.23 26.60 26.92 43.0 1605 5363 619 1471 167 762 9 373 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 *2739
26 Carl Erskine 8th 11 3.0% 48 18 12 14.08 15.19 14.63 61.3 360 588 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
27 Walker Cooper 7th 9 2.5% 74 32 18 29.30 23.66 26.48 43.0 1473 4702 573 1341 173 812 18 309 .285 .332 .464 .796 116 *2
28 Harvey Haddix 4th 8 2.2% 30 20 14 33.70 27.41 30.55 61.3 531 798 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 Don Newcombe 9th 7 1.9% 78 28 10 38.55 35.47 37.01 61.3 452 878 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
30 Lew Burdette 2nd 7 1.9% 84 31 18 28.93 23.95 26.44 61.3 666 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
31 Bobby Thomson 9th 6 1.6% 30 21 15 33.10 26.65 29.87 57.3 1779 6305 903 1705 264 1026 38 559 .270 .332 .462 .794 110 *8*759/43
32 Vern Law 2nd 5 1.4% 42 16 16 32.71 28.34 30.53 61.3 516 883 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
33 Bobby Richardson 3rd 5 1.4% 69 12 12 8.31 10.45 9.38 57.0 1412 5386 643 1432 34 390 73 262 .266 .299 .335 .634 77 *45/6
34 Dick Groat 2nd 4 1.1% 103 24 14 36.79 29.73 33.26 54.7 1929 7484 829 2138 39 707 14 490 .286 .330 .366 .696 89 *6/534
35 Roy McMillan 3rd 4 1.1% 27 16 16 25.32 19.70 22.51 54.7 2093 6752 739 1639 68 594 41 665 .243 .314 .321 .635 72 *6/54
36 Billy Pierce 5th 4 1.1% 82 35 18 53.36 37.82 45.59 61.3 616 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 Vic Raschi 8th 3 0.8% 82 25 10 16.80 16.73 16.76 61.3 269 608 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
38 Bill Virdon 1st 3 0.8% 10 8 12 19.54 17.62 18.58 57.3 1583 5980 735 1596 91 502 47 442 .267 .316 .379 .696 89 *89/7
39 Gil McDougald 9th 3 0.8% 54 21 10 40.60 32.03 36.31 57.0 1336 4676 697 1291 112 576 45 559 .276 .356 .410 .766 111 *4*56
40 Bobby Shantz 5th 3 0.8% 53 16 16 34.77 25.04 29.90 34.3 578 548 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
41 Curt Simmons 2nd 3 0.8% 37 24 20 43.37 30.63 37.00 61.3 609 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
42 Rocky Colavito 1st 2 0.5% 82 30 14 44.65 35.48 40.07 56.4 1841 6503 971 1730 374 1159 19 951 .266 .359 .489 .848 132 1 0 0.00 1.059 2 0 0 5.2 1 0 5 2 *9*7/31
43 Vic Wertz 5th 2 0.5% 35 26 17 27.33 20.70 24.02 56.4 1862 6099 867 1692 266 1178 9 828 .277 .364 .469 .833 122 *9*37/8
44 Smoky Burgess 2nd 2 0.5% 46 34 18 33.32 22.89 28.11 43.0 1691 4471 485 1318 126 673 13 477 .295 .362 .446 .807 116 *2
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

1973 · 1975
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 Jim Bottomley as Player 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 21 56 .273
2 Jocko Conlan as Umpire 0 0 2 -0.82 -0.82 -0.82 57.3 128 365 55 96 0 31 5 33 .263 .328 .334 .662 70 O
3 Sam Thompson as Player 174 47 15 44.13 33.03 38.58 56.4 1410 5998 1262 1988 126 1305 232 451 .331 .384 .505 .890 147 *O/3
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

1973 · 1975
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 Cool Papa Bell 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