Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1974

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The 1974 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 1954 or later, but not after 1968; the ballot included candidates from the 1973 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 1968. 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 42 players; a total of 365 ballots were cast, with 274 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 two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 17 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Allie Reynolds was on the ballot for the final time.

Player Votes Percent
Mickey Mantle 322 88.2
Whitey Ford 284 77.8
Robin Roberts 224 61.4
Ralph Kiner 215 58.9
Gil Hodges 198 54.2
Bob Lemon 190 52.1
Enos Slaughter 145 39.7
Pee Wee Reese 141 38.6
Eddie Mathews 118 32.3
Phil Rizzuto 111 30.4
Duke Snider 111 30.4
Red Schoendienst 110 30.1
Allie Reynolds 101 27.7
George Kell 94 25.8
Nellie Fox 79 21.6
Roger Maris 78 21.4
Hal Newhouser 73 20.0
Phil Cavarretta 61 16.7
Richie Ashburn 56 15.3
Alvin Dark 54 14.8
Johnny Sain 51 14.0
Don Larsen 29 7.9
Ted Kluszewski 28 7.7
Mickey Vernon 27 7.4
Elston Howard 19 5.2
Carl Erskine* 11 3.0
Walker Cooper 9 2.5
Harvey Haddix 8 2.2
Lew Burdette 7 1.9
Don Newcombe 7 1.9
Bobby Thomson 6 1.6
Dick Groat 4 1.1
Roy McMillan* 4 1.1
Billy Pierce* 4 1.1
Gil McDougald* 3 0.8
Vic Raschi 3 0.8
Bobby Shantz* 3 0.8
Curt Simmons* 3 0.8
Bill Virdon 3 0.8
Smoky Burgess* 2 0.5
Rocky Colavito 2 0.5
Vic Wertz 2 0.5

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