Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1987
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The 1987 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 1967 or later, but not after 1981; the ballot included candidates from the 1986 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 1981. 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 28 players; a total of 413 ballots were cast, with 310 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 was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 4 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Lew Burdette was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Billy Williams | 354 | 85.7 |
| Catfish Hunter | 315 | 76.3 |
| Jim Bunning | 289 | 70.0 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 179 | 43.3 |
| Roger Maris | 176 | 42.6 |
| Tony Oliva | 160 | 38.7 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 144 | 34.9 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 125 | 30.3 |
| Maury Wills | 113 | 27.4 |
| Ken Boyer | 96 | 23.2 |
| Lew Burdette | 96 | 23.2 |
| Mickey Lolich | 84 | 20.3 |
| Minnie Minoso | 82 | 19.9 |
| Roy Face | 78 | 18.9 |
| Ron Santo | 78 | 18.9 |
| Dick Allen | 55 | 13.3 |
| Curt Flood | 50 | 12.1 |
| Vada Pinson | 48 | 11.6 |
| Joe Torre | 47 | 11.4 |
| Elston Howard | 44 | 10.7 |
| Don Larsen | 30 | 7.3 |
| Thurman Munson | 28 | 6.8 |
| Wilbur Wood | 26 | 6.3 |
| †Bobby Bonds | 24 | 5.8 |
| †Mike Marshall* | 6 | 1.5 |
| †Sal Bando* | 3 | 0.7 |
| †Jerry Grote* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Steve Stone* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Rick Auerbach, Ken Brett, Reggie Cleveland, Dick Drago, Duffy Dyer, John Ellis, Tom Hutton, Pat Kelly, Mike Lum, Billy North, Freddie Patek, Dave Roberts, Rennie Stennett, and Mike Tyson.
[edit] External links
- 1987 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org.
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