Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1988

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The 1988 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 1968 or later, but not after 1982; the ballot included candidates from the 1987 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 1982. 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 44 players; a total of 427 ballots were cast, with 321 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 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 20 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Roger Maris, Elston Howard and Don Larsen were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Willie Stargell	352	82.4
Jim Bunning	317	74.2
Tony Oliva	202	47.3
Orlando Cepeda	199	46.6
Roger Maris	184	43.1
Harvey Kuenn	168	39.3
Bill Mazeroski	143	33.5
†Luis Tiant	132	30.9
Maury Wills	127	29.7
Ken Boyer	109	25.5
Mickey Lolich	109	25.5
Ron Santo	108	25.3
Minnie Minoso	90	21.1
Roy Face	79	18.5
Vada Pinson	67	15.7
Joe Torre	60	14.1
†Sparky Lyle	56	13.1
Elston Howard	53	12.4
Dick Allen	52	12.2
Curt Flood	48	11.2
Thurman Munson	32	7.5
Don Larsen	31	7.3
Wilbur Wood	30	7.0
Bobby Bonds	27	6.3
†Manny Mota	18	4.2
†Mark Belanger*	16	3.7
†Bill Lee*	3	0.7
†Lee May*	3	0.7
†Reggie Smith*	3	0.7
†Al Hrabosky*	1	0.2
†Stan Bahnsen*	0	0.0
†Ross Grimsley*	0	0.0
†Larry Hisle*	0	0.0
†Grant Jackson*	0	0.0
†Randy Jones*	0	0.0
†John Mayberry*	0	0.0
†Lynn McGlothen*	0	0.0
†Doc Medich*	0	0.0
†John Milner*	0	0.0
†Willie Montanez*	0	0.0
†Joe Rudi*	0	0.0
†Jim Spencer*	0	0.0
†Del Unser*	0	0.0
†Rick Wise*	0	0.0

Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: John D'Acquisto, Barry Foote, Tom Griffin, Mick Kelleher, Len Randle, Ken Reitz, Dave Roberts, Eddie Solomon, Don Stanhouse, Fred Stanley, and Frank Taveras.

[edit] External links

• 1988 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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