Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1966

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The 1966 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted under the system in use since 1962. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select among recent players; provisions for a runoff election were in effect, but were not necessary. The BBWAA election applied a 75% rule to all eligible players, while the Veterans Committee met in closed-door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives.

[edit] BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1946 or later, but not after 1960; the ballot included candidates from the 1964 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 1960. 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. The ballot consisted of 48 players; a total of 302 ballots were cast, with 227 votes required for election. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote would not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but could 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 elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 20 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Tommy Bridges was on the ballot for the final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Ted Williams	282	93.4
Red Ruffing	208	68.9
Roy Campanella	197	65.2
Joe Medwick	187	61.9
Lou Boudreau	115	38.1
Al Lopez	109	36.1
†Enos Slaughter	100	33.1
Pee Wee Reese	95	31.5
Marty Marion	86	28.5
Johnny Mize	81	26.8
Ralph Kiner	74	24.5
Johnny Vander Meer	72	23.8
Allie Reynolds	60	19.9
Bucky Walters	56	18.5
Phil Rizzuto	54	17.9
Arky Vaughan	36	11.9
Mel Harder	34	11.3
Ernie Lombardi	34	11.3
Hal Newhouser	32	10.6
Joe Gordon	31	10.3
Bobby Doerr	30	9.9
George Kell	29	9.6
Billy Herman	28	9.3
Bobo Newsom	25	8.3
Bob Lemon	21	7.0
†Mickey Vernon	20	6.6
†Alvin Dark	17	5.6
Tommy Bridges	16	5.3
†Bobby Thomson	12	4.0
Phil Cavarretta	9	3.0
†Larry Doby	7	2.3
†Don Newcombe	7	2.3
†Carl Erskine	6	2.0
†Jim Hegan	5	1.7
†Gil McDougald	5	1.7
†Grady Hatton	4	1.3
†Whitey Lockman*	4	1.3
†Hank Sauer*	4	1.3
†Del Ennis	3	1.0
†Carl Furillo	2	0.7
†Marv Grissom*	2	0.7
†Andy Pafko	2	0.7
†Del Rice*	2	0.7
†Bobby Adams*	1	0.3
†Chico Carrasquel*	1	0.3
†Jim Hearn	1	0.3
†Solly Hemus*	1	0.3
†Bob Porterfield*	1	0.3

[edit] External links

• 1966 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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