Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1964

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The 1964 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted under the system in use since 1962. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election to select among recent players; a runoff election was necessary, resulting in the selection of one player. 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.

[edit] BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1944 or later, but not after 1958; the ballot included candidates from the 1962 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 1958. 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 58 players; a total of 201 ballots were cast, with 151 votes required for election. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote would not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but could eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.

Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 18 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Chuck Klein, Lloyd Waner, Pepper Martin, Leo Durocher and Lon Warneke were on the ballot for the final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
Luke Appling	142	70.6
Red Ruffing	141	70.1
†Roy Campanella	115	57.2
Joe Medwick	108	53.7
†Pee Wee Reese	73	36.3
Lou Boudreau	68	33.8
Al Lopez	57	28.4
Chuck Klein	56	27.9
Johnny Mize	54	26.9
Mel Harder	51	25.4
Johnny Vander Meer	51	25.4
Marty Marion	50	24.9
Lloyd Waner	47	23.4
Phil Rizzuto	45	22.4
Allie Reynolds	35	17.4
Bucky Walters	35	17.4
†George Kell	33	16.4
Ernie Lombardi	33	16.4
Ralph Kiner	31	15.4
Joe Gordon	30	14.9
Billy Herman	26	12.9
Hal Newhouser	26	12.9
Bobby Doerr	24	11.9
†Bob Lemon	24	11.9
Phil Cavarretta	22	10.9
Pepper Martin	19	9.5
Bobo Newsom	17	8.5
Arky Vaughan	17	8.5
Tommy Bridges	15	7.5
Leo Durocher	15	7.5
Terry Moore	14	7.0
Tommy Henrich	13	6.5
†Sal Maglie	13	6.5
Lon Warneke	13	6.5
Doc Cramer*	12	6.0
Dom DiMaggio	12	6.0
Charlie Keller	12	6.0
Fred Hutchinson*	10	5.0
Hal Schumacher*	10	5.0
Rudy York*	10	5.0
Vic Raschi	8	4.0
Spud Chandler*	6	3.0
Frank McCormick	6	3.0
Dixie Walker	6	3.0
Bob Elliott*	4	2.0
†Virgil Trucks*	4	2.0
†Ellis Kinder*	3	1.5
Johnny Sain	3	1.5
George Case*	2	1.0
†Art Houtteman*	2	1.0
†Wes Westrum*	2	1.0
†Steve Gromek*	1	0.5
†Bob Kuzava*	1	0.5
†Eddie Miksis*	1	0.5
†Ron Northey*	1	0.5
Rip Sewell*	1	0.5
†Roy Smalley*	1	0.5
†Dizzy Trout*	1	0.5

[edit] External links

• 1964 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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