Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1985
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The 1985 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 1965 or later, but not after 1979; the ballot included candidates from the 1984 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 1979. 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 41 players; a total of 395 ballots were cast, with 297 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 18 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Nellie Fox was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 331 | 83.8 |
| †Lou Brock | 315 | 79.7 |
| Nellie Fox | 295 | 74.7 |
| Billy Williams | 252 | 63.8 |
| Jim Bunning | 214 | 54.2 |
| †Catfish Hunter | 212 | 53.7 |
| Roger Maris | 128 | 32.4 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 125 | 31.6 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 114 | 28.9 |
| Tony Oliva | 114 | 28.9 |
| Maury Wills | 93 | 23.5 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 87 | 22.0 |
| Lew Burdette | 82 | 20.8 |
| †Mickey Lolich | 78 | 19.7 |
| Ken Boyer | 68 | 17.2 |
| Roy Face | 62 | 15.7 |
| Elston Howard | 54 | 13.7 |
| Ron Santo | 53 | 13.4 |
| Joe Torre | 44 | 11.1 |
| Don Larsen | 32 | 8.1 |
| Thurman Munson | 32 | 8.1 |
| Dick Allen | 28 | 7.1 |
| Curt Flood | 28 | 7.1 |
| Vada Pinson | 19 | 4.8 |
| Wilbur Wood | 16 | 4.1 |
| Harvey Haddix* | 15 | 3.8 |
| Dave McNally | 7 | 1.8 |
| †Ken Holtzman | 4 | 1.0 |
| Ron Fairly* | 3 | 0.8 |
| †Jim Lonborg | 3 | 0.8 |
| †Andy Messersmith | 3 | 0.8 |
| †Don Kessinger* | 2 | 0.5 |
| Denny McLain* | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Jesus Alou* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Rico Carty* | 1 | 0.3 |
| †Dock Ellis* | 1 | 0.3 |
| Clay Carroll* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Ed Kranepool* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †George Scott | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Bobby Tolan* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Roy White* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not on the ballot were: Darrel Chaney, Gene Clines, Joe Coleman, Willie Davis, Frank Duffy, Ray Fosse, Ellie Hendricks, Steve Mingori, Bob Montgomery, Tom Murphy, Bob Robertson, Bobby Tolan, Wayne Twitchell, and Bobby Valentine.
[edit] External links
- 1985 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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