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1981 Hall of Fame Voting

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Voting bodies this year: Baseball Writers / Veterans Committee

Baseball Writers

401 total ballots (301 votes needed for election) · 1980 · 1982
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 Bob Gibson 1st 337 84.0% 222 54 17 89.91 61.59 75.75 61.3 596 1328 132 274 24 144 13 63 .206 .243 .301 .545 50 251 174 2.91 127 1.188 528 482 6 3884.1 3279 257 1336 3117 *1
2 Don Drysdale HOF 7th 243 60.6% 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
3 Gil Hodges 13th 241 60.1% 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 Harmon Killebrew HOF 1st 239 59.6% 178 46 22 60.40 38.08 49.24 55.7 2435 8147 1283 2086 573 1584 19 1559 .256 .376 .509 .884 143 *3*5*7D/49
5 Hoyt Wilhelm HOF 4th 238 59.4% 117 30 21 47.32 25.94 36.63 34.3 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
6 Juan Marichal HOF 1st 233 58.1% 159 57 16 63.09 51.92 57.50 61.3 475 1221 73 202 4 75 2 38 .165 .191 .202 .393 11 243 142 2.89 123 1.101 471 457 2 3507.0 3153 320 709 2303 *1
7 Nellie Fox HOF 11th 168 41.9% 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
8 Red Schoendienst HOF 13th 166 41.4% 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
9 Jim Bunning HOF 5th 164 40.9% 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 Maury Wills 4th 163 40.6% 104 29 14 39.76 29.77 34.76 54.7 1942 7588 1067 2134 20 458 586 552 .281 .330 .331 .661 88 *6*5/4
11 Luis Aparicio HOF 3rd 148 36.9% 150 36 18 55.69 32.66 44.17 54.7 2599 10230 1335 2677 83 791 506 736 .262 .311 .343 .653 82 *6
12 Richie Ashburn HOF 14th 142 35.4% 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
13 Roger Maris 8th 94 23.4% 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
14 Harvey Kuenn 5th 93 23.2% 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
15 Elston Howard 8th 83 20.7% 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
16 Orlando Cepeda HOF 2nd 77 19.2% 126 37 17 50.14 34.43 42.28 55.7 2124 7927 1131 2351 379 1365 142 588 .297 .350 .499 .849 133 *37D/95
17 Thurman Munson 1st 62 15.5% 90 29 11 45.90 36.92 41.41 43.0 1423 5344 696 1558 113 701 48 438 .292 .346 .410 .756 116 *2D/9375
18 X-Ted Kluszewski 15th 56 14.0% 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
19 Lew Burdette 9th 48 12.0% 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
20 Bill Mazeroski HOF 4th 38 9.5% 71 16 17 36.11 25.63 30.87 57.0 2163 7755 769 2016 138 853 27 447 .260 .299 .367 .667 84 *4/5
21 Don Larsen 8th 33 8.2% 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
22 Roy Face 6th 23 5.7% 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
23 X-Vada Pinson 1st 18 4.5% 95 36 18 54.18 40.09 47.14 57.3 2469 9645 1366 2757 256 1170 305 574 .286 .327 .442 .769 111 *8*97/3D
24 X-Jim Perry 1st 6 1.5% 59 32 17 42.03 30.53 36.28 61.3 635 889 73 177 5 59 0 32 .199 .228 .247 .476 33 215 174 3.45 106 1.255 630 447 10 3285.2 3127 308 998 1576 *1
25 X-Dave McNally 1st 5 1.2% 96 35 14 26.00 23.37 24.68 61.3 425 731 49 97 9 43 0 58 .133 .196 .201 .397 14 184 119 3.24 106 1.214 424 396 2 2730.0 2488 230 826 1512 *1
26 X-Claude Osteen 1st 2 0.5% 53 26 18 41.62 31.48 36.55 61.3 588 1099 90 207 8 76 2 40 .188 .217 .249 .467 34 196 195 3.30 104 1.275 541 488 1 3460.2 3471 249 940 1612 *1/7
27 X-Sonny Siebert 1st 1 0.2% 20 23 12 32.30 30.39 31.34 61.3 405 660 52 114 12 57 0 18 .173 .204 .270 .474 33 140 114 3.21 110 1.213 399 307 16 2152.0 1919 197 692 1512 *1
28 X-Gates Brown 1st 1 0.2% 0 10 13 10.03 10.80 10.42 53.1 1051 2262 330 582 84 322 30 242 .257 .330 .420 .750 110 *7D/93
29 X-Jim Northrup 1st 1 0.2% 4 13 12 22.17 21.55 21.86 56.4 1392 4692 603 1254 153 610 39 449 .267 .333 .429 .763 116 *9*8*73/D
30 X-Lindy McDaniel 1st 1 0.2% 43 19 21 28.12 23.77 25.95 34.3 988 378 19 56 3 17 0 8 .148 .168 .201 .369 -0 141 119 3.45 110 1.272 987 74 172 2139.1 2099 172 623 1361 *1
31 X-Leo Cardenas 1st 1 0.2% 36 19 16 27.39 23.37 25.38 54.7 1941 6707 662 1725 118 689 39 522 .257 .311 .367 .679 88 *65/D4
32 X-Glenn Beckert 1st 1 0.2% 20 15 11 15.62 17.16 16.39 57.0 1320 5208 685 1473 22 360 49 260 .283 .318 .345 .663 82 *4/586
33 X-Sam McDowell 1st 0 0.0% 90 25 15 41.76 41.01 41.38 61.3 429 774 34 119 2 36 0 16 .154 .171 .176 .347 -2 141 134 3.17 112 1.308 425 346 14 2492.1 1948 164 1312 2453 *1/34
34 X-Ken Berry 1st 0 0.0% 5 5 14 15.22 14.92 15.07 57.3 1383 4136 422 1053 58 343 45 298 .255 .308 .344 .652 91 *879/D4
35 X-John Briggs 1st 0 0.0% 0 15 12 24.02 18.83 21.43 53.1 1366 4117 601 1041 139 507 64 663 .253 .355 .416 .771 121 *7839/D
36 X-Dal Maxvill 1st 0 0.0% 13 14 14 7.76 8.70 8.23 54.7 1423 3443 302 748 6 252 7 370 .217 .293 .259 .552 57 *64/579
37 X-Dick McAuliffe 1st 0 0.0% 18 24 16 37.56 29.56 33.56 57.0 1763 6185 888 1530 197 697 63 882 .247 .343 .403 .746 109 *4*65/D
38 X-Bill Hands 1st 0 0.0% 16 13 11 27.64 26.44 27.04 61.3 374 472 19 37 0 19 0 39 .078 .150 .091 .241 -33 111 110 3.35 114 1.223 374 260 14 1951.0 1895 167 492 1128 *1
39 X-Bobby Locke 1st 0 0.0% 0 0 9 1.25 4.09 2.67 34.3 168 98 12 25 1 12 0 9 .255 .318 .306 .624 74 16 15 4.02 92 1.433 165 23 10 416.2 432 40 165 194 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

1980 · 1982
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 Rube Foster as Manager
2 Johnny Mize as Player 175 47 15 70.91 48.75 59.83 55.7 1884 6443 1118 2011 359 1337 28 856 .312 .397 .562 .959 158 *3/O
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.