Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1986
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The 1986 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 1966 or later, but not after 1980; the ballot included candidates from the 1985 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 1980. 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 425 ballots were cast, with 319 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 17 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| †Willie McCovey | 346 | 81.4 |
| Billy Williams | 315 | 74.1 |
| Catfish Hunter | 289 | 68.0 |
| Jim Bunning | 279 | 65.6 |
| Roger Maris | 177 | 41.6 |
| Tony Oliva | 154 | 36.2 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 152 | 35.8 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 144 | 33.9 |
| Maury Wills | 124 | 29.2 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 100 | 23.5 |
| Lew Burdette | 96 | 22.6 |
| Ken Boyer | 95 | 22.4 |
| Minnie Minoso | 89 | 20.9 |
| Mickey Lolich | 86 | 20.2 |
| Roy Face | 74 | 17.4 |
| Ron Santo | 64 | 15.1 |
| Joe Torre | 60 | 14.1 |
| Elston Howard | 51 | 12.0 |
| Curt Flood | 45 | 10.6 |
| Vada Pinson | 43 | 10.1 |
| Dick Allen | 41 | 9.6 |
| Thurman Munson | 35 | 8.2 |
| Don Larsen | 33 | 7.8 |
| Wilbur Wood | 23 | 5.4 |
| †Tim McCarver* | 16 | 3.8 |
| Dave McNally* | 12 | 2.8 |
| †John Hiller* | 11 | 2.6 |
| †Paul Blair* | 8 | 1.9 |
| †J. R. Richard* | 7 | 1.6 |
| Ken Holtzman* | 5 | 1.2 |
| †Willie Horton* | 4 | 0.9 |
| Jim Lonborg* | 3 | 0.7 |
| Andy Messersmith* | 3 | 0.7 |
| †Dave Cash* | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Manny Sanguillen* | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Jack Billingham* | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Jose Cardenal* | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Bud Harrelson* | 1 | 0.2 |
| George Scott* | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Vic Davalillo* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Darold Knowles* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eleigible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Bill Bonham, Pedro Borbon, Bernie Carbo, Ralph Garr, Ken Henderson, Von Joshua, Fred Kendall, Lerrin LaGrow, Skip Lockwood, Elliott Maddox, Roger Metzger, Fred Norman, Marty Pattin, Dave Rader, Merv Rettenmund, Jim Rooker, Ted Sizemore and Bob Stinson.
[edit] External links
- 1986 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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