Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1994

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The 1993 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 1974 or later, but not after 1988; the ballot included candidates from the 1993 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 1988. 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 38 players; a total of 456 ballots were cast, with 342 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 14 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Orlando Cepeda and Ken Boyer were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Steve Carlton	436	95.6
Orlando Cepeda	335	73.5
Phil Niekro	273	59.9
Tony Perez	263	57.7
†Don Sutton	259	56.8
Steve Garvey	166	36.4
Tony Oliva	158	34.6
Ron Santo	150	32.9
†Bruce Sutter	109	23.9
Jim Kaat	98	21.5
Dick Allen	66	14.5
Ken Boyer	54	11.8
Joe Torre	53	11.6
Vada Pinson	46	10.1
Minnie Miñoso	45	9.9
Luis Tiant	42	9.2
Curt Flood	39	8.6
†Graig Nettles	38	8.3
Bobby Bonds	37	8.1
Rusty Staub	36	7.9
†Dave Concepción	31	6.8
Thurman Munson	31	6.8
†Ron Guidry	24	5.3
Mickey Lolich	23	5.0
†Ted Simmons*	17	3.7
George Foster	16	3.5
Vida Blue	14	3.1
†Don Baylor	12	2.6
†Joe Niekro*	6	1.3
†José Cruz*	2	0.4
†Phil Garner*	2	0.4
†Larry Parrish*	2	0.4
†Ray Knight*	1	0.2
†Chris Chambliss*	0	0.0
†George Hendrick*	0	0.0
†Bob Horner*	0	0.0
†Scott McGregor*	0	0.0
†Mario Soto*	0	0.0

Players eleigible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Bill Almon, Joaquín Andújar, Juan Beniquez, Ron Davis, Ivan DeJesus, Gene Garber, Steve Henderson, Larry Herndon, Steve Kemp, Tippy Martinez, Donnie Moore, Jim Morrison, Jerry Mumphrey, Gary Roenicke, Jerry Royster, Lary Sorensen, Willie Upshaw, and Butch Wynegar.

[edit] External links

• 1994 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org.

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