Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1953

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The 1953 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) authorized to elect players.

A total of 264 ballots were cast in the Baseball Writers Election, with 2493 individual votes for 82 specific candidates; 198 votes were required for election. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics.

• Dizzy Dean - 209
• Al Simmons - 199
• Bill Terry - 191
• Bill Dickey - 179
• Rabbit Maranville - 164
• Dazzy Vance - 150
• Ted Lyons - 139
• Joe DiMaggio - 117
• Chief Bender - 104
• Gabby Hartnett - 104
• Hank Greenberg - 80
• Joe Cronin - 69
• Casey Stengel - 61
• Hank Gowdy - 58
• Max Carey - 55
• Ray Schalk - 52
• Pepper Martin - 43
• Hack Wilson - 43
• Lefty Gomez - 35
• Edd Roush - 32
• Ross Youngs - 31
• Tony Lazzeri - 28
• Red Ruffing - 24
• Bucky Harris - 21
• Duffy Lewis - 20
• Rube Marquard - 19
• Kiki Cuyler - 18
• Babe Adams - 17
• Waite Hoyt - 14
• Dickie Kerr - 13
• Steve O'Neill - 13
• Lefty O'Doul - 11
• Dave Bancroft - 10
• Jim Bottomley - 10
• Tommy Henrich - 10
• Bucky Walters - 10
• Jimmie Wilson - 10
• Wilbur Cooper - 9
• Red Faber - 9
• Charlie Grimm - 9
• Burleigh Grimes - 9
• Mel Harder - 8
• Muddy Ruel - 8
• Jimmy Dykes - 5
• Red Rolfe - 5
• Everett Scott - 5
• Jesse Haines - 4
• Art Nehf - 4
• Cy Williams - 4
• Earle Combs - 3
• Howard Ehmke - 3
• Sam Rice - 3
• Eppa Rixey - 3
• Glenn Wright - 3
• Luke Appling - 2
• Bobby Doerr - 2
• Chick Hafey - 2
• Babe Herman - 2
• Travis Jackson - 2
• Al Lopez - 2
• Roger Peckinpaugh - 2
• Billy Southworth - 2
• Nick Altrock - 1
• Donie Bush - 1
• Mike Gonzalez - 1
• Charlie Keller - 1
• Johnny Kling - 1
• Bill Lange - 1
• Dolf Luque - 1
• Joe McCarthy - 1
• Clyde Milan - 1
• Terry Moore - 1
• Charley O'Leary - 1
• Hub Pruett - 1
• Dave Robertson - 1
• Eddie Rommel - 1
• Germany Schaefer - 1
• George Selkirk - 1
• Bill Sherdel - 1
• Gabby Street - 1
• Arky Vaughan - 1
• Bill Wambsganss - 1

[edit] Sources

• Baseball Hall of Fame website at http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/voting_year.jsp?year=1953

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