Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1983
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The 1983 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 1963 or later, but not after 1977; the ballot included candidates from the 1982 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 1977. 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 46 players; a total of 374 ballots were cast, with 281 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 23 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Gil Hodges and Red Schoendienst were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| †Brooks Robinson | 344 | 92.0 |
| Juan Marichal | 313 | 83.7 |
| Harmon Killebrew | 269 | 71.9 |
| Luis Aparicio | 252 | 67.4 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 243 | 65.0 |
| Don Drysdale | 242 | 64.7 |
| Gil Hodges | 237 | 63.4 |
| Nellie Fox | 173 | 46.3 |
| Billy Williams | 153 | 40.9 |
| Red Schoendienst | 146 | 39.0 |
| Jim Bunning | 138 | 36.9 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 77 | 20.6 |
| Maury Wills | 77 | 20.6 |
| Tony Oliva | 75 | 20.1 |
| Roger Maris | 69 | 18.4 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 59 | 15.8 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 48 | 12.8 |
| Lew Burdette | 43 | 11.5 |
| Roy Face | 32 | 8.6 |
| Elston Howard | 32 | 8.6 |
| Don Larsen | 22 | 5.9 |
| †Joe Torre | 20 | 5.3 |
| Thurman Munson | 18 | 4.8 |
| †Dick Allen | 14 | 3.7 |
| Vada Pinson | 12 | 3.2 |
| Jim Perry* | 7 | 1.9 |
| †Boog Powell* | 5 | 1.3 |
| †Ray Sadecki* | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Dave Giusti* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Tommy Helms* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Felix Millan* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Mike Cuellar* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Larry Dierker* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Pat Dobson* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Al Downing* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Joe Hoerner* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Randy Hundley* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Carlos May* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Ken McMullen* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Bill Melton* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Gary Nolan* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Doug Rader* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Cookie Rojas* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Diego Segui* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Bill Singer* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Jimmy Wynn* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Ken Boswell, Ollie Brown, Willie Crawford, Bruce Dal Canton, Tom Hall, Steve Hargan, Terry Harmon. Mike Hegan, Bob Heise, Jerry Johnson, Ed Kirkpatrick, George Mitterwald, Dave Nelson, Phil Roof, and Gary Ross.
[edit] External links
- 1983 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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