Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 2002

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The 2002 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded in keeping with rules enacted in 2001. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select from among recent players. The Veterans Committee did not hold an election; the 2001 rules changes provided that elections for players retired over 20 years would be held every other year, with elections of non-players (managers, umpires and executives) held every fourth year. The Committee held elections in 2001 for players who were active no later than 1979. The next Veterans Committee election, for both categories, was in 2003.

The induction ceremonies were held on July 28 in Cooperstown, with Commissioner Bud Selig presiding.

Contents 1 The BBWAA election 2 J.G. Taylor Spink Award 3 Ford C. Frick Award 4 External links

[edit] The BBWAA election

The BBWAA was again authorized to elect players active in 1982 or later, but not after 1996; the ballot included candidates from the 2001 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1996. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.

Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Results of the 2002 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 8, 2002. The ballot consisted of 28 players; 472 ballots were cast, with 354 votes required for election. A total of 2810 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.96 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote (24 votes) will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.

Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 8 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *. Furthermore, this was Luis Tiant's fifteenth year of eligibility, and thus he is also ineligible for future BBWAA consideration.

• †Ozzie Smith 433
• Gary Carter 343
• Jim Rice 260
• Bruce Sutter 238
• †Andre Dawson 214
• Rich Gossage 203
• Steve Garvey 134
• Tommy John 127
• Bert Blyleven 124
• Jim Kaat 109
• Jack Morris 97
• Don Mattingly 96
• Luis Tiant* 85
• †Alan Trammell 74
• Dale Murphy 70
• Dave Parker 66
• Dave Concepción 56
• Keith Hernandez 29
• Ron Guidry* 23
• Dave Stewart* 23
• †Mike Greenwell* 2
• †Frank Viola* 2
• †Lenny Dykstra* 1
• †Tim Wallach* 1
• †Mike Henneman* 0
• †Jeff Russell* 0
• †Scott Sanderson* 0
• †Robby Thompson* 0

[edit] J.G. Taylor Spink Award

Joe Falls was elected the winner of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award.

[edit] Ford C. Frick Award

Harry Kalas was elected the winner of the Ford C. Frick Award.

[edit] External links

• 2002 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org.

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