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1979 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee

Baseball Writers

432 total ballots (324 votes needed for election) · 1978 · 1980
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 Willie Mays 1st 409 94.7% 376 76 22 150.8 71.5 111.1 54.8 2992 10881 2062 3283 660 1903 338 1464 .302 .384 .557 .941 156 *83/9765
2 Duke Snider HOF 10th 308 71.3% 152 47 18 63.1 48.1 55.6 54.8 2143 7161 1259 2116 407 1333 99 971 .295 .380 .540 .919 140 *897
3 Enos Slaughter HOF 14th 297 68.8% 90 41 19 51.3 33.1 42.2 55.4 2380 7946 1247 2383 169 1304 71 1018 .300 .382 .453 .834 124 *O
4 Gil Hodges 11th 242 56.0% 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 Don Drysdale HOF 5th 233 53.9% 134 42 14 63.1 42.2 52.7 57.9 547 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
6 Nellie Fox HOF 9th 174 40.3% 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
7 Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 2nd 168 38.9% 117 30 21 44.4 24.6 34.5 32.3 1070 432 24 38 1 21 0 26 .088 .139 .106 .246 -31 143 122 2.52 147 1.125 1070 52 227 2254.1 1757 150 778 1610 *1
8 Maury Wills 2nd 166 38.4% 104 29 14 37.5 28.8 33.2 52.1 1942 7588 1067 2134 20 458 586 552 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 *6*5/4
9 Red Schoendienst HOF 11th 159 36.8% 110 30 19 39.0 28.5 33.7 54.4 2216 8479 1223 2449 84 773 89 606 .289 .337 .387 .724 94 *4765/8
10 Jim Bunning HOF 3rd 147 34.0% 98 42 17 55.8 47.0 51.4 57.9 601 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
11 Richie Ashburn HOF 12th 130 30.1% 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
12 Roger Maris 6th 127 29.4% 89 22 12 36.2 30.9 33.6 55.4 1463 5101 826 1325 275 850 21 652 .260 .345 .476 .822 127 *98/7
13 Luis Aparicio HOF 1st 120 27.8% 150 36 18 51.7 31.1 41.4 52.1 2599 10230 1335 2677 83 791 506 736 .262 .311 .343 .653 82 *6
14 Mickey Vernon 14th 88 20.4% 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
15 Al Dark 14th 80 18.5% 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*57/4391
16 Harvey Kuenn 3rd 63 14.6% 100 27 15 22.8 20.4 21.6 52.1 1833 6913 951 2092 87 671 68 594 .303 .357 .408 .765 108 *6*7*9853
17 Ted Kluszewski 13th 58 13.4% 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
18 Don Larsen 6th 53 12.3% 26 6 14 17.0 15.5 16.2 32.3 480 596 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
19 Lew Burdette 7th 53 12.3% 84 31 18 24.8 21.9 23.3 57.9 666 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
20 Don Newcombe 14th 52 12.0% 78 28 10 35.6 33.1 34.4 57.9 452 878 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 Bill Mazeroski HOF 2nd 36 8.3% 71 16 17 32.3 23.9 28.1 54.4 2163 7755 769 2016 138 853 27 447 .260 .299 .367 .667 84 *4/5
22 Roy Face 4th 35 8.1% 56 11 16 19.0 17.0 18.0 32.3 853 194 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
23 Elston Howard 6th 30 6.9% 82 22 14 24.5 25.0 24.8 40.7 1605 5363 619 1471 167 762 9 373 .274 .322 .427 .749 108 *2739
24 X-Ken Boyer 5th 20 4.6% 86 36 15 58.7 43.9 51.3 53.4 2034 7455 1104 2143 282 1141 105 713 .287 .349 .462 .810 116 *5836
25 X-Curt Flood 3rd 14 3.2% 59 16 15 39.8 31.5 35.6 54.8 1759 6357 851 1861 85 636 88 444 .293 .342 .389 .732 100 *8/5749
26 X-Bobby Thomson 14th 11 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 *8*759/43
27 X-Del Crandall 4th 9 2.1% 82 26 16 25.4 22.8 24.1 40.7 1573 5026 585 1276 179 657 26 424 .254 .312 .404 .716 96 *2/397
28 X-Vern Law 7th 9 2.1% 42 16 16 29.0 26.3 27.7 57.9 516 883 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 X-Harvey Haddix 9th 8 1.9% 30 20 14 30.9 25.5 28.2 57.9 531 798 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
30 X-Frank Howard 1st 6 1.4% 61 26 16 33.8 27.0 30.4 50.7 1895 6488 864 1774 382 1119 8 782 .273 .352 .499 .851 142 *7*9*3D
31 X-Ron Perranoski 1st 6 1.4% 45 13 13 16.7 19.9 18.3 32.3 737 167 6 16 0 3 0 10 .096 .147 .114 .261 -25 79 74 2.79 124 1.332 737 1 179 1174.2 1097 50 468 687 *1
32 X-Milt Pappas 1st 5 1.2% 40 34 17 40.6 27.4 34.0 57.9 527 1073 72 132 20 67 1 36 .123 .157 .197 .354 -3 209 164 3.40 110 1.225 520 465 4 3186.0 3046 298 858 1728 *1/4
33 X-Clete Boyer 2nd 3 0.7% 11 11 16 25.5 22.2 23.9 53.4 1725 5780 645 1396 162 654 41 470 .242 .299 .372 .670 86 *564
34 X-Denny McLain 2nd 3 0.7% 92 26 10 16.8 20.2 18.5 57.9 285 616 32 82 1 31 1 25 .133 .166 .153 .318 -8 131 91 3.39 101 1.163 280 264 2 1886.0 1646 242 548 1282 1
35 X-Jim Maloney 2nd 2 0.5% 50 29 12 35.9 35.6 35.7 57.9 321 628 51 126 7 53 2 33 .201 .241 .280 .521 44 134 84 3.19 115 1.259 302 262 4 1849.0 1518 138 810 1605 *1/7
36 X-Johnny Callison 1st 1 0.2% 36 16 16 35.4 32.7 34.1 55.4 1886 6652 926 1757 226 840 74 650 .264 .331 .441 .773 115 *97/8D
37 X-Chris Short 1st 1 0.2% 31 15 15 25.8 26.8 26.3 57.9 506 697 29 88 0 24 1 14 .126 .146 .139 .285 -19 135 132 3.43 104 1.299 501 308 18 2325.0 2215 183 806 1629 *1/2
38 X-Hal Lanier 1st 1 0.2% 1 12 10 -2.3 1.7 -0.3 52.1 1196 3703 297 843 8 273 11 136 .228 .255 .275 .529 50 *6*45/3
39 X-Jim Beauchamp 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 10 -1.6 0.1 -0.7 51.5 393 661 79 153 14 90 6 54 .231 .288 .334 .622 75 37/89
40 X-Jose Pagan 1st 0 0.0% 5 11 15 3.8 6.8 5.3 52.1 1326 3689 387 922 52 372 46 244 .250 .298 .344 .641 79 *6*57/4932
41 X-Jeff Torborg 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 10 -0.2 1.2 0.5 40.7 574 1391 78 297 8 101 3 103 .214 .268 .265 .533 57 *2
42 X-Bobby Bolin 1st 0 0.0% 10 13 13 17.2 18.6 17.9 32.3 496 423 39 69 6 35 1 35 .163 .232 .232 .464 31 88 75 3.40 104 1.244 495 164 50 1576.0 1364 164 597 1175 *1
43 X-Tommie Agee 1st 0 0.0% 17 11 12 23.6 24.7 24.2 54.8 1129 3912 558 999 130 433 167 342 .255 .320 .412 .732 109 *897
44 X-Jerry May 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 10 4.8 5.6 5.2 40.7 556 1527 120 357 15 130 1 157 .234 .307 .318 .625 81 *2
45 X-Ray Culp 1st 0 0.0% 16 17 11 12.8 15.7 14.3 57.9 322 602 40 74 1 34 0 26 .123 .161 .148 .308 -13 122 101 3.58 100 1.280 322 268 1 1898.1 1677 188 752 1411 *1
46 X-Joe Pepitone 1st 0 0.0% 20 11 12 6.9 8.6 7.8 51.5 1397 5097 606 1315 219 721 41 302 .258 .301 .432 .733 105 *3*897
47 X-Fred Gladding 1st 0 0.0% 2 17 13 6.2 7.0 6.6 32.3 450 63 1 1 0 3 0 0 .016 .016 .016 .031 -91 48 34 3.13 114 1.313 450 1 109 601.0 566 38 223 394 *1
48 X-Bernie Allen 1st 0 0.0% 0 14 12 7.6 7.6 7.6 54.4 1139 3404 357 815 73 351 13 370 .239 .314 .357 .671 91 *45/D
49 X-Larry Stahl 1st 0 0.0% 0 2 10 1.6 2.3 2.0 50.7 730 1721 167 400 36 163 22 142 .232 .292 .351 .643 86 7983
50 X-Gene Alley 1st 0 0.0% 20 16 11 22.7 22.9 22.8 52.1 1195 3927 442 999 55 342 63 300 .254 .310 .354 .665 88 *645
51 X-John Stephenson 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 10 -2.5 -0.2 -1.4 40.7 451 989 83 214 12 93 0 63 .216 .271 .296 .567 65 *2/5789
52 X-Rich Reese 1st 0 0.0% 2 4 10 1.2 4.1 2.6 51.5 866 2020 248 512 52 245 16 158 .253 .312 .384 .695 95 *37/9
53 X-Jimmy Stewart 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 10 -1.9 0.8 -0.6 50.7 777 1420 164 336 8 112 38 139 .237 .306 .305 .611 71 74685/392
54 X-Eddie Fisher 1st 0 0.0% 12 15 15 8.1 9.2 8.6 32.3 690 246 11 30 0 8 0 10 .122 .156 .150 .307 -12 85 70 3.41 101 1.193 690 63 81 1538.2 1398 149 438 812 *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

1978 · 1980
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 Warren Giles as Pioneer/Executive
2 Hack Wilson as Player 100 39 12 37.3 34.6 36.0 54.8 1348 4760 884 1461 244 1063 52 674 .307 .395 .545 .940 144 *O/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.