Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1973
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The 1973 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame followed the same system in use since 1968. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select among recent players. 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 1953 or later, but not after 1967; the ballot included candidates from the 1972 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 1967. 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 43 players; a total of 380 ballots were cast, with 285 votes required for election. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote 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 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 *.
Johnny Mize, Marty Marion, Dom DiMaggio, Dutch Leonard and Harry Brecheen were on the ballot for the final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| †Warren Spahn | 316 | 83.2 |
| †Whitey Ford | 255 | 67.1 |
| Ralph Kiner | 235 | 61.8 |
| Gil Hodges | 218 | 57.4 |
| †Robin Roberts | 213 | 56.1 |
| Bob Lemon | 177 | 46.6 |
| Johnny Mize | 157 | 41.3 |
| Enos Slaughter | 145 | 38.2 |
| Marty Marion | 127 | 33.4 |
| Pee Wee Reese | 126 | 33.2 |
| George Kell | 114 | 30.0 |
| Phil Rizzuto | 111 | 29.2 |
| Duke Snider | 101 | 26.6 |
| Red Schoendienst | 96 | 25.3 |
| Allie Reynolds | 93 | 24.5 |
| Hal Newhouser | 79 | 20.8 |
| Phil Cavarretta | 73 | 19.2 |
| Nellie Fox | 73 | 19.2 |
| Alvin Dark | 53 | 13.9 |
| Johnny Sain | 47 | 12.4 |
| Dom DiMaggio | 43 | 11.3 |
| Richie Ashburn | 25 | 6.6 |
| Mickey Vernon | 23 | 6.1 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 14 | 3.7 |
| †Lew Burdette | 12 | 3.2 |
| Don Newcombe | 11 | 2.9 |
| †Vern Law | 9 | 2.4 |
| Walker Cooper | 8 | 2.1 |
| †Dick Groat | 7 | 1.8 |
| Vic Raschi | 7 | 1.8 |
| Dutch Leonard | 6 | 1.6 |
| Roy McMillan | 5 | 1.3 |
| Bobby Shantz | 5 | 1.3 |
| †Curt Simmons | 5 | 1.3 |
| Carl Erskine | 4 | 1.1 |
| Billy Pierce | 4 | 1.1 |
| Harry Brecheen | 3 | 0.8 |
| Bobby Thomson | 3 | 0.8 |
| Gil McDougald | 2 | 0.5 |
| Bobby Richardson* | 2 | 0.5 |
| Vic Wertz | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Smoky Burgess | 1 | 0.3 |
| Harvey Haddix | 1 | 0.3 |
On March 20, the BBWAA held a special election for Roberto Clemente, who had died in a plane crash on December 31, 1973. Clemente was elected after receiving 393 votes out of 420 ballots cast.
[edit] External links
- 1973 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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