Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1979

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The 1979 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 1959 or later, but not after 1973; the ballot included candidates from the 1978 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 1973. 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 54 players; a total of 432 ballots were cast, with 324 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 31 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Enos Slaughter was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.

Players	Votes	Percent
†Willie Mays	409	94.7
Duke Snider	308	71.3
Enos Slaughter	297	68.8
Gil Hodges	242	56.0
Don Drysdale	233	53.9
Nellie Fox	174	40.3
Hoyt Wilhelm	168	38.9
Maury Wills	166	38.4
Red Schoendienst	159	36.8
Jim Bunning	147	34.0
Richie Ashburn	130	30.1
Roger Maris	127	29.4
†Luis Aparicio	120	27.8
Mickey Vernon	88	20.4
Alvin Dark	80	18.5
Harvey Kuenn	63	14.6
Ted Kluszewski	58	13.4
Lew Burdette	53	12.3
Don Larsen	53	12.3
Don Newcombe	52	12.0
Bill Mazeroski	36	8.3
Roy Face	35	8.1
Elston Howard	30	6.9
Ken Boyer*	20	4.6
Curt Flood*	14	3.2
Bobby Thomson*	11	2.5
Del Crandall*	9	2.1
Vern Law*	9	2.1
Harvey Haddix*	8	1.9
†Frank Howard*	6	1.4
†Ron Perranoski*	6	1.4
†Milt Pappas*	5	1.2
Clete Boyer*	3	0.7
Denny McLain*	3	0.7
Jim Maloney*	2	0.5
†Johnny Callison*	1	0.2
†Hal Lanier*	1	0.2
†Chris Short*	1	0.2
†Tommie Agee*	0	0.0
†Bernie Allen*	0	0.0
†Gene Alley*	0	0.0
†Jim Beauchamp*	0	0.0
†Bobby Bolin*	0	0.0
†Ray Culp*	0	0.0
†Eddie Fisher*	0	0.0
†Fred Gladding*	0	0.0
†Jerry May*	0	0.0
†Jose Pagan*	0	0.0
†Joe Pepitone*	0	0.0
†Rich Reese*	0	0.0
†Larry Stahl*	0	0.0
†John Stephenson*	0	0.0
†Jimmy Stewart*	0	0.0
†Jeff Torborg*	0	0.0

No player eligible for the first time was not included on the ballot.

[edit] External links

• 1980 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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