Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1981
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The 1981 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 1961 or later, but not after 1975; the ballot included candidates from the 1980 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 1975. 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 39 players; a total of 401 ballots were cast, with 301 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 were elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 17 candidates whoe received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Ted Kluszewski was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| †Bob Gibson | 337 | 84.0 |
| Don Drysdale | 243 | 60.6 |
| Gil Hodges | 241 | 60. |
| †Harmon Killebrew | 239 | 59.6 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm | 238 | 59.4 |
| †Juan Marichal | 233 | 58.1 |
| Nellie Fox | 168 | 41.9 |
| Red Schoendienst | 166 | 41.4 |
| Jim Bunning | 164 | 40.9 |
| Maury Wills | 163 | 40.6 |
| Richie Ashburn | 142 | 35.4 |
| Roger Maris | 94 | 23.4 |
| Harvey Kuenn | 93 | 23.2 |
| Elston Howard | 83 | 20.7 |
| Orlando Cepeda | 77 | 19.2 |
| †Thurman Munson | 62 | 15.5 |
| Ted Kluszewski | 56 | 14.0 |
| Luis Aparicio | 48 | 12.0 |
| Lew Burdette | 48 | 12.0 |
| Bill Mazeroski | 38 | 9.5 |
| Don Larsen | 33 | 8.2 |
| Roy Face | 23 | 5.7 |
| †Vada Pinson | 18 | 4.5 |
| †Jim Perry* | 6 | 1.5 |
| †Dave McNally | 5 | 1.2 |
| †Claude Osteen | 2 | 0.5 |
| †Glenn Beckert* | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Gates Brown | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Leo Cardenas | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Lindy McDaniel | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Jim Northrup | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Sonny Siebert | 1 | 0.2 |
| †Ken Berry* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Johnny Briggs | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Bill Hands* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Bobby Locke* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Dal Maxvill* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Dick McAuliffe* | 0 | 0.0 |
| †Sam McDowell* | 0 | 0.0 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Ed Brinkman, Danny Cater, Tom Egan, Bob Locker, Tommy McCraw, Jim Merritt, Gene Michael, Orlando Pena, Paul Popovich, Eddie Watt, Walt Williams and Clyde Wright.
[edit] External links
- 1981 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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