Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1980

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The 1980 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 1960 or later, but not after 1974; the ballot included candidates from the 1979 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 1974. 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 61 players; a total of 385 ballots were cast, with 289 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 were elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 38 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Mickey Vernon, Don Newcombe and Alvin Dark were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Al Kaline	340	88.3
Duke Snider	333	86.5
Don Drysdale	238	61.8
Gil Hodges	230	59.7
Hoyt Wilhelm	209	54.3
Jim Bunning	177	46.0
Red Schoendienst	164	42.6
Nellie Fox	161	41.8
Maury Wills	146	37.9
Richie Ashburn	134	34.8
Luis Aparicio	124	32.2
Roger Maris	111	28.8
Mickey Vernon	96	24.9
Harvey Kuenn	83	21.6
Lew Burdette	66	17.1
Don Newcombe	59	15.3
Ted Kluszewski	50	13.0
†Orlando Cepeda	48	12.5
Alvin Dark	43	11.2
Bill Mazeroski	33	8.6
Don Larsen	31	8.1
Elston Howard	29	7.5
Roy Face	21	5.5
†Ron Santo*	15	3.9
†Norm Cash*	6	1.6
†Matty Alou*	5	1.3
†Felipe Alou*	3	0.8
†Mel Stottlemyre, Sr.*	3	0.8
†Steve Blass*	2	0.5
†Jim Hickman*	1	0.3
†Sonny Jackson*	1	0.3
†Don McMahon*	1	0.3
†Jack Aker*	0	0.0
†Steve Barber*	0	0.0
†Bob Barton*	0	0.0
†John Boccabella*	0	0.0
†Larry Brown*	0	0.0
†Chris Cannizarro*	0	0.0
†Paul Casanova*	0	0.0
†Horace Clarke*	0	0.0
†Johnny Edwards*	0	0.0
†Phil Gagliano*	0	0.0
†Jim Gosger*	0	0.0
†Jim Ray Hart*	0	0.0
†Ron Hunt*	0	0.0
†John Kennedy*	0	0.0
†Andy Kosco*	0	0.0
†Lew Krausse Jr.*	0	0.0
†Frank Linzy*	0	0.0
†Denis Menke*	0	0.0
†Bob Miller*	0	0.0
†Norm Miller*	0	0.0
†Ivan Murrell*	0	0.0
†Juan Piazarro*	0	0.0
†Rick Reichardt*	0	0.0
†Pete Richert*	0	0.0
†Mike Ryan*	0	0.0
†Paul Schaal*	0	0.0
†Dick Selma*	0	0.0
†Duke Sims*	0	0.0
†Bob Veale*	0	0.0

Player eligible for the first time who was not included on the ballot was: Dick Green.

[edit] External links

• 1980 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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