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1977 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

383 total ballots (288 votes needed for election) · 1976 · 1978
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 Ernie Banks 1st 321 83.8% 170 46 19 67.59 51.93 59.76 54.7 2528 9421 1305 2583 512 1636 50 763 .274 .330 .500 .830 122 *3*65/7
2 Eddie Mathews HOF 4th 239 62.4% 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
3 Gil Hodges 9th 224 58.5% 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
4 Enos Slaughter HOF 12th 222 58.0% 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
5 Duke Snider HOF 8th 212 55.4% 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
6 Don Drysdale HOF 3rd 197 51.4% 134 42 14 67.20 44.80 56.00 61.3 547 1169 96 218 29 113 0 60 .186 .228 .295 .523 45 209 166 2.95 121 1.148 518 465 6 3432.0 3084 280 855 2486 *1
7 Pee Wee Reese HOF 13th 163 42.6% 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
8 Nellie Fox HOF 7th 152 39.7% 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
9 Jim Bunning HOF 1st 146 38.1% 98 42 17 59.46 48.90 54.18 61.3 601 1275 82 213 7 75 0 34 .167 .188 .206 .395 9 224 184 3.27 115 1.179 591 519 16 3760.1 3433 372 1000 2855 *1
10 George Kell HOF 13th 141 36.8% 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
11 Richie Ashburn HOF 10th 139 36.3% 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
12 Red Schoendienst HOF 9th 105 27.4% 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 Lew Burdette 5th 85 22.2% 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
14 Roger Maris 4th 82 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
15 Al Dark 12th 66 17.2% 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
16 Harvey Kuenn 1st 57 14.9% 100 27 15 26.02 22.02 24.02 54.7 1833 6913 951 2092 87 671 68 594 .303 .357 .408 .765 108 *6*7*9853
17 Ted Kluszewski 11th 55 14.4% 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
18 Mickey Vernon 12th 52 13.6% 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
19 Walker Cooper 10th 45 11.7% 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
20 Don Newcombe 12th 43 11.2% 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
21 Elston Howard 4th 43 11.2% 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
22 Don Larsen 4th 39 10.2% 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 Roy Face 2nd 33 8.6% 56 11 16 20.87 18.10 19.49 34.3 853 194 9 31 0 7 0 2 .160 .168 .175 .344 -6 104 95 3.48 109 1.243 848 27 193 1375.0 1347 141 362 877 *1
24 Curt Flood 1st 16 4.2% 59 16 15 41.82 32.67 37.24 57.3 1759 6357 851 1861 85 636 88 444 .293 .342 .389 .732 100 *8/5749
25 Ken Boyer 3rd 14 3.7% 86 36 15 62.89 46.38 54.63 55.0 2034 7455 1104 2143 282 1141 105 713 .287 .349 .462 .810 116 *5836
26 Bobby Thomson 12th 10 2.6% 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
27 Del Crandall 2nd 8 2.1% 82 26 16 28.40 24.41 26.40 43.0 1573 5026 585 1276 179 657 26 424 .254 .312 .404 .716 96 *2/397
28 Harvey Haddix 7th 7 1.8% 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 Vern Law 5th 5 1.3% 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
30 Dick Groat 5th 4 1.0% 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
31 Vic Wertz 8th 4 1.0% 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
32 Will White 3rd 4 1.0% 141 47 10 34.34 34.91 34.62 61.3 403 1478 167 271 1 111 0 56 .183 .215 .214 .429 41 229 166 2.28 121 1.111 403 401 0 3542.2 3440 65 496 1041 *1/O
33 Camilo Pascual 1st 3 0.8% 66 22 18 41.24 38.55 39.89 61.3 542 967 71 198 5 81 0 46 .205 .243 .264 .506 40 174 170 3.63 103 1.287 529 404 10 2930.2 2703 256 1069 2167 *1
34 Johnny Podres 3rd 3 0.8% 46 19 15 29.97 26.05 28.01 61.3 462 762 61 145 2 50 1 32 .190 .224 .226 .449 21 148 116 3.68 105 1.317 440 340 11 2265.0 2239 242 743 1435 *1
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

1976 · 1978
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 Al Lopez as Manager 71 24 19 16.64 11.73 14.18 43.0 1950 5916 613 1547 51 652 46 556 .261 .326 .337 .663 83 *2/453 1410 1004 .584
2 Amos Rusie as Player 186 42 10 69.29 66.79 68.04 61.3 487 1730 209 429 8 176 25 27 .248 .262 .320 .582 62 246 174 3.07 129 1.349 463 427 5 3778.2 3389 75 1707 1950 *1/O3
3 Joe Sewell as Player 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
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

1976 · 1978
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 Martin Dihigo as Player
2 Pop Lloyd 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