1946 Hall of Fame Election

From BR Bullpen

There were two elections in 1946. There was a nominating vote then a regular election of the top twenty in the nominating vote.

198 of 263 votes needed for election

Nominating Ballot

Player	Votes	Result
Frank Chance	144	Nominated
Johnny Evers	130	Nominated
Miller Huggins	129	Nominated
Rube Waddell	122	Nominated
Ed Walsh	115	Nominated
Frankie Frisch	104	Nominated
Carl Hubbell	101	Nominated
Mickey Cochrane	80	Nominated
Clark Griffith	73	Nominated
Lefty Grove	71	Nominated
Pie Traynor	65	Nominated
Mordecai Brown	56	Nominated
Joe Tinker	55	Nominated
Joe McGinnity	53	Nominated
Rabbit Maranville	50	Nominated
Charlie Gehringer	43	Nominated
Herb Pennock	41	Nominated
Dizzy Dean	40	Nominated
Bill Dickey	40	Nominated
Frank Baker	39	Nominated
Chief Bender	39	Nominated
Ray Schalk	36
Eddie Plank	34
Bill Terry	31
Dazzy Vance	31
Jimmie Foxx	26
Ross Youngs	25
Harry Heilmann	23
Johnny Kling	20
Addie Joss	14
Nap Rucker	13
Edd Roush	11
Sam Crawford	9
Babe Adams	6
Lou Criger	6
Rube Marquard	6
Zack Wheat	6
Joe Wood	5
Bill Donovan	4
Lefty Gomez	4
Paul Waner	4
Ted Lyons	3
Jesse Burkett	2
Donie Bush	2
Jack Coombs	2
Harry Davis	2
Gabby Hartnett	2
Joe Jackson	2
Bill McKechnie	2
Dave Bancroft	1
Ginger Beaumont	1
Bill Bradley	1
Jack Chesbro	1
John Clarkson	1
Gavvy Cravath	1
Bill Dineen	1
Jack Dunn	1
Eddie Grant	1
Charlie Grimm	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Fielder Jones	1
Bill Killefer	1
Otto Knabe	1
Herman Long	1
Sherry Magee	1
Pepper Martin	1
Kid Nichols	1
Deacon Phillippe	1
Muddy Ruel	1
Jimmy Sheckard	1
Al Simmons	1
Billy Southworth	1
Tully Sparks	1
Billy Sullivan	1
Jesse Tannehill	1
Fred Tenney	1

Regular Ballot

Player	Votes	Result
Frank Chance	150
Johnny Evers	110
Miller Huggins	106
Ed Walsh	106
Rube Waddell	87
Clark Griffith	82
Carl Hubbell	75
Frankie Frisch	67
Mickey Cochrane	65
Lefty Grove	61
Pie Traynor	53
Mordecai Brown	48
Joe McGinnity	47
Dizzy Dean	45
Joe Tinker	45
Frank Baker	36
Chief Bender	35
Bill Dickey	32
Rabbit Maranville	29
Charlie Gehringer	23
Herb Pennock	16

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