Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1982
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The 1982 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 1962 or later, but not after 1976; the ballot included candidates from the 1981 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 1976. 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 415 ballots were cast, with 312 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 is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 18 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| †Hank Aaron | 406 | 97.8 |
| †Frank Robinson | 370 | 89.2 |
| Juan Marichal | 305 | 73.5 |
| Harmon Killebrew | 246 | 59.3 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 236 | 56.9 |
| Don Drysdale | 233 | 56.1 |
| Gil Hodges | 205 | 49.4 |
| Luis Aparicio | 174 | 41.9 |
| Jim Bunning | 138 | 33.3 |
| Red Schoendienst | 135 | 32.5 |
| Nellie Fox | 127 | 30.6 |
| Richie Ashburn | 126 | 30.4 |
| †Billy Williams | 97 | 23.4 |
| Maury Wills | 91 | 21.9 |
| Roger Maris | 69 | 16.6 |
| †Tony Oliva | 63 | 15.2 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 62 | 14.9 |
| Lew Burdette | 43 | 10.4 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 42 | 10.1 |
| Elston Howard | 40 | 9.6 |
| Don Larsen | 32 | 7.7 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 28 | 6.7 |
| Thurman Munson | 26 | 6.3 |
| Roy Face | 22 | 5.3 |
| Vada Pinson | 6 | 1.4 |
| †Tommy Davis* | 5 | 1.2 |
| Dave McNally | 5 | 1.2 |
| Lindy McDaniel* | 3 | 0.7 |
| †Rico Petrocelli* | 3 | 0.7 |
| †Jim Brewer* | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Bill Freehan* | 2 | 0.5 |
| Leo Cardenas* | 1 | 0.2 |
| Claude Osteen* | 1 | 0.2 |
| Gates Brown* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Tommy Harper* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Alex Johnson* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Deron Johnson* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Cleon Jones* | 0 | 0.0 |
| Jim Northrup* | 0 | 0.0 |
| Sonny Siebert* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Tony Taylor* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Cesar Tovar* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not icluded on the ballot were: Dick Bosman, Buddy Bradford, Nate Colbert, Dave Duncan, Alan Foster, Danny Frisella, Ted Kubiak, Bob Moose, Blue Moon Odom, Fritz Peterson, and Ken Sanders.
[edit] External links
- 1982 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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