1979 Hall of Fame Voting

1978 1980

Baseball Writers

432 total ballots (324 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	y Willie Mays	1st	409	94.7%	376	77	22	156.2	73.5	114.9	58.0	2992	10881	2062	3283	660	1903	338	1464	.302	.384	.557	.941	156														*8H3/9765
2	y Duke Snider HOF	10th	308	71.3%	152	47	18	66.0	49.5	57.7	58.0	2143	7161	1259	2116	407	1333	99	971	.295	.380	.540	.919	140														*89H7
3	y Enos Slaughter HOF	14th	297	68.8%	90	41	19	57.0	36.9	47.0	57.2	2380	7946	1247	2383	169	1304	71	1018	.300	.382	.453	.834	124														97*H/8
4	y Gil Hodges	11th	242	56.0%	83	32	18	43.9	33.7	38.8	54.8	2071	7030	1105	1921	370	1274	63	943	.273	.359	.487	.846	120														*3H275/948
5	y Don Drysdale HOF	5th	233	53.9%	134	42	14	67.1	44.7	55.9	61.6	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	y Nellie Fox HOF	9th	174	40.3%	163	32	19	49.5	37.2	43.4	57.0	2367	9232	1279	2663	35	790	76	719	.288	.348	.363	.710	94														*4H/53
7	y Hoyt Wilhelm HOF	2nd	168	38.9%	97	30	21	46.8	26.7	36.8	32.6	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
8	y Maury Wills	2nd	166	38.4%	104	30	14	39.8	29.7	34.7	55.3	1942	7588	1067	2134	20	458	586	552	.281	.330	.331	.661	88														65H/4
9	y Red Schoendienst HOF	11th	159	36.8%	110	30	19	44.2	32.5	38.4	57.0	2216	8479	1223	2449	84	773	89	606	.289	.337	.387	.724	94														*4H765/8
10	y Jim Bunning HOF	3rd	147	34.0%	98	42	17	59.5	48.9	54.2	61.6	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
11	y Richie Ashburn HOF	12th	130	30.1%	112	41	15	64.4	44.5	54.5	58.0	2189	8365	1322	2574	29	586	234	1198	.308	.396	.382	.778	111														*8H79/4
12	y Roger Maris	6th	127	29.4%	89	22	12	38.3	32.4	35.3	57.2	1463	5101	826	1325	275	850	21	652	.260	.345	.476	.822	127														*98H/7
13	y Luis Aparicio HOF	1st	120	27.8%	150	36	18	55.9	32.7	44.3	55.3	2599	10230	1335	2677	83	791	506	736	.262	.311	.343	.653	82														*6H
14	y Mickey Vernon	14th	88	20.4%	72	33	20	35.1	25.4	30.3	54.8	2409	8731	1196	2495	172	1311	137	955	.286	.359	.428	.787	116														*3H/79
15	y Al Dark	14th	80	18.5%	51	26	14	43.9	33.6	38.8	55.3	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
16	y Harvey Kuenn	3rd	63	14.6%	100	27	15	26.0	22.1	24.0	55.3	1833	6913	950	2092	87	671	68	594	.303	.357	.408	.765	108														67*98H53
17	y Ted Kluszewski	13th	58	13.4%	77	24	15	31.4	28.5	30.0	54.8	1718	5929	848	1766	279	1028	20	492	.298	.353	.498	.850	123														*3H
18	y Lew Burdette	7th	53	12.3%	85	31	18	28.6	24.0	26.3	61.6	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
19	y Don Larsen	6th	53	12.3%	26	6	14	18.4	16.4	17.4	32.6	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
20	y Don Newcombe	14th	52	12.0%	78	28	10	37.7	34.7	36.2	61.6	452	878	94	238	15	108	2	87	.271	.338	.367	.705	85	149	90	3.56	114	1.203	344	294	7	2154.2	2102	252	490	1129	*1H
21	y Bill Mazeroski HOF	2nd	36	8.3%	71	16	17	36.5	26.0	31.3	57.0	2163	7755	769	2016	138	853	27	447	.260	.299	.367	.667	84														*4H/5
22	y Roy Face	4th	35	8.1%	47	11	16	20.5	17.9	19.2	32.6	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	y Elston Howard	6th	30	6.9%	83	22	14	27.1	26.5	26.8	44.2	1605	5363	619	1471	167	762	9	373	.274	.322	.427	.749	108														*27H39
24	y Ken Boyer	5th	20	4.6%	87	36	15	62.9	46.3	54.6	55.7	2034	7455	1104	2143	282	1141	105	713	.287	.349	.462	.810	116														*58H36
25	y Curt Flood	3rd	14	3.2%	59	16	15	41.9	32.8	37.3	58.0	1759	6357	851	1861	85	636	88	444	.293	.342	.389	.732	100														*8H/5749
26	y X-Bobby Thomson	14th	11	2.5%	31	21	15	33.9	27.5	30.7	58.0	1779	6305	903	1705	264	1026	38	559	.270	.332	.462	.794	110														875H9/43
27	y X-Vern Law	7th	9	2.1%	42	16	16	32.4	28.2	30.3	61.6	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	y X-Del Crandall	4th	9	2.1%	82	26	16	28.2	24.4	26.3	44.2	1573	5026	585	1276	179	657	26	424	.254	.312	.404	.716	96														*2H/397
29	y Harvey Haddix	9th	8	1.9%	30	20	14	33.3	26.8	30.0	61.6	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
30	y X-Ron Perranoski	1st	6	1.4%	34	13	13	18.2	21.0	19.6	32.6	730	167	6	16	0	3	0	10	.096	.147	.114	.261	-25	79	74	2.79	124	1.332	737	1	178	1174.2	1097	50	468	687	*1
31	y X-Frank Howard	1st	6	1.4%	61	26	16	37.6	29.1	33.4	53.6	1895	6488	864	1774	382	1119	8	782	.273	.352	.499	.851	142														79*3HD
32	y X-Milt Pappas	1st	5	1.2%	40	34	17	43.7	28.5	36.1	61.6	527	1073	72	132	20	67	1	36	.123	.157	.197	.354	-3	209	164	3.40	110	1.225	520	465	4	3186.0	3046	298	858	1728	*1/H4
33	y X-Clete Boyer	2nd	3	0.7%	11	11	16	27.7	23.6	25.6	55.7	1725	5780	645	1396	162	654	41	470	.242	.299	.372	.670	86														*56H4
34	y Denny McLain	2nd	3	0.7%	93	26	10	19.3	22.2	20.8	61.6	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
35	y X-Jim Maloney	2nd	2	0.5%	50	29	12	37.5	36.9	37.2	61.6	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
36	y X-Johnny Callison	1st	1	0.2%	36	16	16	38.4	34.4	36.4	57.2	1886	6652	926	1757	226	840	74	650	.264	.331	.441	.773	115														*97H/8D
37	y X-Hal Lanier	1st	1	0.2%	1	12	10	-0.9	2.5	0.8	55.3	1196	3703	297	843	8	273	11	136	.228	.255	.275	.529	50														645/H3
38	y X-Chris Short	1st	1	0.2%	31	15	15	28.7	28.5	28.6	61.6	465	697	29	88	0	24	1	14	.126	.146	.139	.285	-19	135	132	3.43	104	1.299	501	308	18	2325.0	2215	183	806	1629	*1/H2
39	y X-Rich Reese	1st	0	0.0%	3	4	10	2.2	4.7	3.5	54.8	866	2020	248	512	52	245	16	158	.253	.312	.384	.695	95														*3H7/9
40	y X-Jim Beauchamp	1st	0	0.0%	0	0	10	-1.5	-0.1	-0.8	53.6	393	661	79	153	14	90	6	54	.231	.288	.334	.622	75														H37/89
41	y X-Tommie Agee	1st	0	0.0%	17	11	12	25.4	26.3	25.8	58.0	1130	3912	558	999	130	433	167	342	.255	.320	.412	.732	109														*89H7
42	y X-Bobby Bolin	1st	0	0.0%	10	13	13	19.0	19.7	19.3	32.6	457	423	39	69	6	35	1	35	.163	.232	.232	.464	31	88	75	3.40	104	1.244	495	164	51	1576.0	1364	164	597	1175	*1/H
43	y X-Fred Gladding	1st	0	0.0%	2	17	13	6.9	7.5	7.2	32.6	450	63	1	1	0	3	0	0	.016	.016	.016	.031	-91	48	34	3.13	114	1.313	450	1	109	601.0	566	38	223	394	*1
44	y X-Jeff Torborg	1st	0	0.0%	0	0	10	0.4	1.4	0.9	44.2	574	1391	78	297	8	101	3	103	.214	.268	.265	.533	57														*2/H
45	y X-Ray Culp	1st	0	0.0%	16	17	11	15.0	17.5	16.3	61.6	312	602	40	74	1	34	0	26	.123	.161	.148	.308	-13	122	101	3.58	100	1.280	322	268	1	1898.1	1677	188	752	1411	*1
46	y X-Joe Pepitone	1st	0	0.0%	20	11	12	9.8	10.7	10.2	54.8	1397	5097	606	1315	219	721	41	302	.258	.301	.432	.733	105														389H7
47	y X-Bernie Allen	1st	0	0.0%	0	14	12	9.3	8.9	9.1	57.0	1139	3404	357	815	73	352	13	370	.239	.314	.357	.671	91														*4H5/D
48	y X-Larry Stahl	1st	0	0.0%	0	2	10	2.2	2.8	2.5	53.6	730	1721	167	400	36	163	22	142	.232	.292	.351	.643	86														*H7983
49	y X-Eddie Fisher	1st	0	0.0%	10	15	15	10.0	11.0	10.5	32.6	664	246	11	30	0	8	0	10	.122	.156	.150	.307	-12	85	70	3.41	101	1.193	690	63	82	1538.2	1398	149	438	812	*1
50	y X-Gene Alley	1st	0	0.0%	20	16	11	24.2	24.1	24.1	55.3	1195	3927	442	999	55	342	63	300	.254	.310	.354	.665	88														*64H5
51	y X-John Stephenson	1st	0	0.0%	0	0	10	-2.2	0.1	-1.1	44.2	451	989	83	214	12	93	0	63	.216	.271	.296	.567	65														*2H/5789
52	y X-Jimmy Stewart	1st	0	0.0%	0	0	10	-1.2	0.9	-0.2	55.3	777	1420	164	336	8	112	38	139	.237	.306	.305	.611	71														*H74685/392
53	y X-Jerry May	1st	0	0.0%	0	0	10	5.3	6.0	5.6	44.2	556	1527	120	357	15	130	1	157	.234	.307	.318	.625	81														*2H
54	y X-Jose Pagan	1st	0	0.0%	5	11	15	5.7	8.0	6.8	55.3	1326	3689	387	922	52	372	46	244	.250	.298	.344	.641	79														65H7/4932

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.

1978 1980

Veterans Committee

Veterans Committee Table
										Batting Stats													Pitching Stats														Manager
Rk	Name	Hof_category	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	y Hack Wilson	as Player	104	39	12	38.2	35.6	36.9	58.0	1348	4760	884	1461	244	1063	52	674	.307	.395	.545	.940	144														*879H/4
2	n Warren Giles	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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