Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1968

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The 1968 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted under a somewhat revised system from that used previously. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select among recent players, under rules rewritten in June 1967 which permanently re-established annual elections; at the same time, the provisions for runoff elections by the BBWAA were abolished. 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 1948 or later, but not after 1962; the ballot included candidates from the 1967 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 1962. 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 283 ballots were cast, with 213 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 23 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Joe Medwick, Arky Vaughan, Terry Moore, Frankie Crosetti and Frank McCormick were on the ballot for the final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
Joe Medwick	240	84.8
Roy Campanella	205	72.4
Lou Boudreau	146	51.6
Enos Slaughter	129	45.6
Ralph Kiner	118	41.7
Johnny Mize	103	36.4
Allie Reynolds	95	33.6
Marty Marion	89	31.4
Arky Vaughan	82	29.0
Pee Wee Reese	81	28.6
Johnny Vander Meer	79	27.9
Joe Gordon	77	27.2
Phil Rizzuto	74	26.1
Hal Newhouser	67	23.7
Bucky Walters	67	23.7
Bobby Doerr	48	17.0
George Kell	47	16.6
Bob Lemon	47	16.6
Alvin Dark	36	12.7
Terry Moore	33	11.7
Phil Cavarretta	23	8.1
Tommy Henrich	22	7.8
Bobo Newsom	22	7.8
Mickey Vernon	22	7.8
Frankie Crosetti	15	5.3
Ted Kluszewski	14	4.9
Bobby Thomson	13	4.6
Charlie Keller	11	3.9
Sal Maglie*	11	3.9
Carl Erskine	9	3.2
Don Newcombe	9	3.2
†Walker Cooper	8	2.8
Dom DiMaggio	8	2.8
Johnny Sain	7	2.5
†Richie Ashburn	6	2.1
Schoolboy Rowe	6	2.1
Dixie Walker	6	2.1
†Ewell Blackwell	5	1.8
Dutch Leonard	5	1.8
Gil McDougald	4	1.4
Wally Moses	4	1.4
Harry Brecheen	3	1.1
Jackie Jensen	3	1.1
Frank McCormick	3	1.1
†Augie Galan	2	0.7
†Ed Lopat	2	0.7
Preacher Roe*	2	0.7
Vic Raschi	1	0.4

[edit] External links

• 1968 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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