1972 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
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New inductees | 8 |
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via BBWAA | 3 |
via Veterans Committee | 3 |
via Negro Leagues Committee | 2 |
Total inductees | 134 |
Induction date | August 7, 1972 |
Elections to the
BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1952 or later, but not after 1966; the ballot included candidates from the 1971 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 1966. 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 46 players; a total of 396 ballots were cast, with 297 votes required for election. A total of 3,083 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.79 per ballot.
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The three candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics.
Charlie Keller was on the ballot for the final time.
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Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Joe Adcock, Ed Bailey, Don Blasingame, Frank Bolling, Wes Covington, Roger Craig, Del Crandall, Joe Cunningham, Gene Freese, Bob Friend, Jim Gilliam, Ray Herbert, Billy Hoeft, Joey Jay, Eddie Kasko, Marty Keough, Héctor López, Jerry Lynch, Frank Malzone, Félix Mantilla, Joe Nuxhall, Bob Purkey, Steve Ridzik, Ed Roebuck, Bob Skinner and Frank Thomas.
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
References
- ^ "Berra, Koufax strike mood for Hall of Fame ceremonies". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, Illinois. AP. August 8, 1972. p. 13. Retrieved October 11, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- ^ "1971 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Frank Graham".
External links
- 1972 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org