1939 Hall of Fame Election

206 of 274 votes needed for election

Player	Votes	Result
George Sisler	235	Elected
Eddie Collins	213	Elected
Willie Keeler	207	Elected
Rube Waddell	179
Rogers Hornsby	176
Frank Chance	158
Ed Delahanty	145
Ed Walsh	132
Johnny Evers	107
Miller Huggins	97
Rabbit Maranville	82
Jimmy Collins	72
Roger Bresnahan	67
Fred Clarke	59
Mordecai Brown	54
Wilbert Robinson	46
Chief Bender	40
Herb Pennock	40
Ray Schalk	35
Ross Youngs	34
Hugh Duffy	34
Hughie Jennings	33
Joe McGinnity	32
Frank Baker	30
Eddie Plank	28
Addie Joss	28
Mickey Cochrane	28
Frankie Frisch	26
Clark Griffith	20
Bill Terry	16
Dazzy Vance	15
Johnny Kling	14
Nap Rucker	13
Joe Tinker	12
Babe Adams	11
Pie Traynor	10
Harry Heilmann	8
Edd Roush	8
Max Carey	7
Kid Nichols	7
Bill Dineen	7
Jack Chesbro	6
Amos Rusie	6
Casey Stengel	6
Sam Crawford	6
Nick Altrock	6
Duffy Lewis	6
Dickie Kerr	5
Bobby Wallace	5
Harry Hooper	5
Mike Donlin	5
Zack Wheat	4
Hank Gowdy	4
Stuffy McInnis	4
Rube Marquard	4
Joe McCarthy	3
Jimmy Archer	3
Fred Tenney	3
Earle Combs	3
Red Faber	3
Buck Ewing	2
Bill Donovan	2
Joe Wood	2
Gavvy Cravath	2
Donie Bush	2
Bill Carrigan	2
Lou Criger	2
Eddie Grant	2
Ossee Schrekengost	2
Hans Lobert	2
Bill Bradley	1
Herman Long	1
Dolf Luque	1
Sherry Magee	1
Pat Moran	1
Art Nehf	1
George J. Burns	1
Burleigh Grimes	1
Hack Wilson	1
Marty Bergen	1
Heinie Peitz	1
Jack Barry	1
Dave Bancroft	1
Al Schacht	1
Hub Perdue	1
Deacon Phillippe	1
Roger Peckinpaugh	1
Jake Stahl	1
Kid Gleason	1
Chick Fraser	1
Art Fletcher	1
Charlie Grimm	1
Noodles Hahn	1
Jesse Haines	1
Bucky Harris	1
Larry Doyle	1
Tommy Leach	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Otto Knabe	1
Urban Shocker	1
Jake Daubert	1
Lave Cross	1
Sam Jones	1
Everett Scott	1
Joe Kelley	1
Wilbur Cooper	1
Charlie Irwin	1
Harry Steinfeldt	1

In addition to this regular election, a special election was held following the retirement of Lou Gehrig due to a soon-to-be-fatal disease. He was elected as well, but was not part of the induction ceremony that honored the three players elected in the regular vote. In fact, like all persons elected up to and including the Class of 1945, he never received a proper induction ceremony. This was finally remedied in 2013, a year when the BBWAA failed to elect anyone, when all twelve successful candidates from the period were honored at that year's induction ceremony.

Further Reading

• Steve Gardner: "Lou Gehrig may be the biggest name at this summer's Hall ceremony", USA Today, January 9, 2013. [1]