1978 Hall of Fame Voting

1977 1979

Baseball Writers

379 total ballots (285 votes needed for election)

Baseball Writers Table
												Batting Stats													Pitching Stats
Rk	Name	YoB	Votes	%vote	HOFm	HOFs	Yrs	WAR	WAR7	JAWS	Jpos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	W	L	ERA	ERA+	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	Pos Summary
1	Eddie Mathews	5th	301	79.4%	162	54	17	95.9	53.8	74.9	56.3	2391	8537	1509	2315	512	1453	68	1444	.271	.376	.509	.885	143														*53H7
2	Enos Slaughter HOF	13th	261	68.9%	90	41	19	57.6	37.3	47.4	56.7	2380	7946	1247	2383	169	1304	71	1018	.300	.382	.453	.834	124														97*H/8
3	Duke Snider HOF	9th	254	67.0%	152	47	18	65.9	49.5	57.7	58.2	2143	7161	1259	2116	407	1333	99	971	.295	.380	.540	.919	140														*89H7
4	Gil Hodges HOF	10th	226	59.6%	83	32	18	43.8	33.6	38.7	53.4	2071	7030	1105	1921	370	1274	63	943	.273	.359	.487	.846	120														*3H275/948
5	Don Drysdale HOF	4th	219	57.8%	134	42	14	67.1	44.7	55.9	61.5	547	1169	96	218	29	113	0	60	.186	.228	.295	.523	45	209	166	2.95	121	1.148	518	465	6	3432.0	3084	280	855	2486	*1H
6	Jim Bunning HOF	2nd	181	47.8%	98	42	17	59.5	48.9	54.2	61.5	601	1275	82	213	7	75	0	34	.167	.188	.206	.395	9	224	184	3.27	115	1.179	591	519	16	3760.1	3433	372	1000	2855	*1/H
7	X-Pee Wee Reese HOF	14th	169	44.6%	100	39	16	68.4	42.0	55.2	55.5	2166	8058	1338	2170	126	885	232	1210	.269	.366	.377	.743	99														*65H
8	Hoyt Wilhelm HOF	1st	158	41.7%	97	30	21	46.8	26.6	36.7	32.5	1070	432	24	38	1	21	0	26	.088	.139	.106	.246	-31	143	122	2.52	147	1.125	1070	52	228	2254.1	1757	150	778	1610	*1
9	Richie Ashburn HOF	11th	158	41.7%	112	41	15	64.2	44.5	54.3	58.2	2189	8365	1322	2574	29	586	234	1198	.308	.396	.382	.778	111														*8H79/4
10	Nellie Fox HOF	8th	149	39.3%	163	32	19	49.4	37.1	43.3	57.1	2367	9232	1279	2663	35	790	76	719	.288	.348	.363	.710	94														*4H/53
11	Red Schoendienst HOF	10th	130	34.3%	110	30	19	44.8	32.7	38.8	57.1	2216	8479	1223	2449	84	773	89	606	.289	.337	.387	.724	94														*4H765/8
12	Maury Wills	1st	115	30.3%	104	29	14	39.6	29.5	34.5	55.5	1942	7588	1067	2134	20	458	586	552	.281	.330	.331	.661	88														65H/4
13	Roger Maris	5th	83	21.9%	89	22	12	38.3	32.3	35.3	56.7	1463	5101	826	1325	275	850	21	652	.260	.345	.476	.822	127														*98H/7
14	Lew Burdette	6th	76	20.1%	85	31	18	28.6	24.0	26.3	61.5	666	1011	101	185	12	75	2	32	.183	.216	.253	.469	29	203	144	3.66	99	1.243	626	373	32	3067.1	3186	289	628	1074	*1H
15	Mickey Vernon	13th	66	17.4%	72	33	20	35.5	25.6	30.6	53.4	2409	8731	1196	2495	172	1311	137	955	.286	.359	.428	.787	116														*3H/79
16	Al Dark	13th	60	15.8%	51	26	14	44.0	33.7	38.9	55.5	1828	7219	1064	2089	126	757	59	430	.289	.333	.411	.744	98	0	0	18.00	33	2.000	1	1	0	1.0	1	1	1	0	65H7/4391
17	Harvey Kuenn	2nd	58	15.3%	100	27	15	26.0	22.1	24.0	55.5	1833	6913	950	2092	87	671	68	594	.303	.357	.408	.765	108														67*98H53
18	Ted Kluszewski	12th	51	13.5%	77	24	15	31.4	28.5	29.9	53.4	1718	5929	848	1766	279	1028	20	492	.298	.353	.498	.850	123														*3H
19	Don Newcombe	13th	48	12.7%	83	28	12	38.7	34.7	36.7	61.5	471	917	99	246	15	109	2	90	.268	.336	.361	.697	83	153	96	3.57	114	1.207	360	305	7	2251.2	2188	255	530	1187	*1H
20	Elston Howard	5th	41	10.8%	83	22	15	27.0	26.5	26.7	44.3	1625	5443	635	1491	168	775	10	376	.274	.321	.427	.748	107														*27H39
21	Don Larsen	5th	32	8.4%	26	6	14	18.4	16.4	17.4	32.5	480	596	65	144	14	72	0	43	.242	.291	.371	.662	81	81	91	3.78	99	1.400	412	171	23	1548.0	1442	130	725	849	*1H/7
22	Roy Face	3rd	27	7.1%	47	11	16	20.6	18.0	19.3	32.5	853	194	9	31	0	7	0	2	.160	.168	.175	.344	-6	104	95	3.48	109	1.243	848	27	191	1375.0	1347	141	362	877	*1/H
23	Bill Mazeroski HOF	1st	23	6.1%	71	16	17	36.5	26.0	31.3	57.1	2163	7755	769	2016	138	853	27	447	.260	.299	.367	.667	84														*4H/5
24	Ken Boyer	4th	18	4.7%	87	36	15	62.8	46.3	54.5	56.3	2034	7455	1104	2143	282	1141	105	713	.287	.349	.462	.810	116														*58H36
25	Curt Flood	2nd	8	2.1%	59	16	15	41.9	32.7	37.3	58.2	1759	6357	851	1861	85	636	88	444	.293	.342	.389	.732	100														*8H/5749
26	Harvey Haddix	8th	7	1.8%	30	20	14	33.3	26.8	30.1	61.5	531	798	95	169	4	64	4	46	.212	.255	.296	.551	47	136	113	3.63	108	1.233	453	286	20	2235.0	2154	240	601	1575	*1H/9
27	Vern Law	6th	6	1.6%	42	16	16	32.3	28.2	30.3	61.5	516	883	96	191	11	90	1	41	.216	.254	.309	.563	53	162	147	3.77	101	1.284	483	364	13	2672.0	2833	268	597	1092	*1H/9
28	Del Crandall	3rd	6	1.6%	82	26	16	28.0	24.3	26.1	44.3	1573	5026	585	1276	179	657	26	424	.254	.312	.404	.716	96														*2H/397
29	Bobby Thomson	13th	5	1.3%	31	21	15	33.6	27.4	30.5	58.2	1779	6305	903	1705	264	1026	38	559	.270	.332	.462	.794	110														875H9/43
30	X-Vic Wertz	9th	4	1.1%	35	26	17	27.0	21.7	24.3	56.7	1862	6099	867	1692	266	1178	9	828	.277	.364	.469	.833	122														93H7/8
31	X-Dick Groat	6th	3	0.8%	103	24	14	36.8	29.6	33.2	55.5	1929	7484	829	2138	39	707	14	490	.286	.330	.366	.696	89														*6H/534
32	Jim Maloney	1st	2	0.5%	50	29	12	37.5	36.9	37.2	61.5	321	628	51	126	7	53	2	33	.201	.241	.280	.521	44	134	84	3.19	115	1.259	302	262	4	1849.0	1518	138	810	1605	*1/H7
33	Denny McLain	1st	1	0.3%	93	26	10	19.3	22.2	20.8	61.5	285	616	32	82	1	31	1	25	.133	.166	.153	.318	-8	131	91	3.39	101	1.163	280	264	2	1886.0	1646	242	548	1282	1/H
34	X-Camilo Pascual	2nd	1	0.3%	67	22	18	40.9	38.2	39.6	61.5	542	967	71	198	5	81	0	46	.205	.243	.264	.506	40	174	170	3.63	103	1.287	529	404	10	2930.2	2703	256	1069	2167	*1/H
35	Clete Boyer	1st	1	0.3%	11	11	16	27.8	23.7	25.7	56.3	1725	5780	645	1396	162	654	41	470	.242	.299	.372	.670	86														*56H4
36	X-Pedro Ramos	1st	0	0.0%	3	10	15	21.9	19.9	20.9	61.5	696	703	76	109	15	56	2	22	.155	.182	.240	.423	15	117	160	4.08	95	1.311	582	268	54	2355.2	2364	316	724	1305	*1H
37	X-Mudcat Grant	1st	0	0.0%	30	18	14	21.1	17.9	19.5	61.5	667	759	80	135	6	65	2	37	.178	.216	.240	.456	27	145	119	3.63	100	1.286	571	293	54	2442.0	2292	292	849	1267	*1H

Notes: Each voting cycle, qualified members of the BBWAA name no more than 10 eligible players whom they consider worthy of Hall of Fame honors. To be enshrined, a player must be named on at least 75% of the voters' ballots. Currently, players are removed from the ballot if they are named on fewer than 5% of ballots or have been on the ballot 15 times without election. Changed to 10 times prior to the 2015 election.

"X" means off ballot for future elections. "HOF" means they were selected to the Hall of Fame in a future election.

1977 1979

Veterans Committee

Veterans Committee Table
										Batting Stats													Pitching Stats														Manager
Rk	Name	Inducted As	HOFm	HOFs	Yrs	WAR	WAR7	JAWS	Jpos	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	BB	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	W	L	ERA	ERA+	WHIP	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	Pos Summary	W	L	W-L%
1	Addie Joss	as Player	89	47	9	45.3	39.7	42.5	61.5	296	817	46	118	1	51	10	54	.144	.198	.188	.387	20	160	97	1.89	143	0.968	286	260	5	2327.0	1888	19	364	920	1/385H
2	Larry MacPhail	as Pioneer/Executive

Notes: Various groups of Hall of Fame members and others charged with the induction of players who were not voted in by the BBWAA, as well as Negro League players and non-playing personnel (including managers, owners, and executives). To be enshrined, players must be named on at least 75% of the Committee members' ballots.

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