Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1967
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The 1967 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted using a system which was in transition. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election, its first in an odd-numbered year since 1955, to select among recent players. The rules were later rewritten in June 1967 to permanently re-establish annual elections. The 1967 vote also marked the final use of the runoff election process by the BBWAA. The BBWAA election applied a 75% rule to all eligible players. The Veterans Committee met in closed-door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives, resulting in the first election of an executive since 1953.
[edit] BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1947 or later, but not after 1961; the ballot included candidates from the 1966 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 1961. 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 47 players; a total of 292 ballots were cast, with 219 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 †. As no player received the 75% required for election, a special run-off election was held. Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 19 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Red Ruffing, Al Lopez, Billy Herman, Mel Harder and Ernie Lombardi were on the ballot for the final time.
| Player | Vote | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Joe Medwick | 212 | 72.6 |
| Red Ruffing | 212 | 72.6 |
| Roy Campanella | 204 | 69.9 |
| Lou Boudreau | 143 | 49.0 |
| Ralph Kiner | 124 | 42.5 |
| Enos Slaughter | 123 | 42.1 |
| Al Lopez | 114 | 39.0 |
| Marty Marion | 90 | 30.8 |
| Johnny Mize | 89 | 30.5 |
| Pee Wee Reese | 89 | 30.5 |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 87 | 29.8 |
| Allie Reynolds | 77 | 26.4 |
| Phil Rizzuto | 71 | 24.3 |
| Joe Gordon | 66 | 22.6 |
| Bucky Walters | 65 | 22.3 |
| Hal Newhouser | 62 | 21.2 |
| Billy Herman | 59 | 20.2 |
| Mel Harder | 52 | 17.8 |
| Arky Vaughan | 46 | 15.8 |
| Ernie Lombardi | 43 | 14.7 |
| George Kell | 40 | 13.7 |
| Alvin Dark | 38 | 13.0 |
| Bobby Doerr | 35 | 12.0 |
| Bob Lemon | 35 | 12.0 |
| †Hank Bauer* | 23 | 7.9 |
| Bobo Newsom | 19 | 6.5 |
| Don Newcombe | 18 | 6.2 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 15 | 5.1 |
| Mickey Vernon | 14 | 4.8 |
| Larry Doby* | 10 | 3.4 |
| Bobby Thomson | 10 | 3.4 |
| †Ted Kluszewski | 9 | 3.1 |
| Gil McDougald | 4 | 1.4 |
| †Jackie Jensen | 3 | 1.0 |
| Terry Moore | 3 | 1.0 |
| Del Ennis* | 2 | 0.7 |
| Carl Furillo* | 2 | 0.7 |
| Jim Hegan* | 2 | 0.7 |
| †Earl Torgeson* | 2 | 0.7 |
| †Elmer Valo* | 2 | 0.7 |
| †Clint Courtney* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Walt Dropo* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Ned Garver* | 1 | 0.3 |
| Grady Hatton* | 1 | 0.3 |
| Jim Hearn* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Billy Martin* | 1 | 0.3 |
| Andy Pafko* | 1 | 0.3 |
[edit] External links
- 1967 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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