2007 Hall of Fame Election

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The Hall of Fame Election results were announced on January 9, 2007.

409 of 545 votes were needed for election. Players who received less than 28 votes would not be on the 2008 ballot. Steve Garvey was also dropped from the ballot after failing to be elected in his 15th try.


Player Votes Percentage Year on the Ballot Result
Cal Ripken, Jr. 537 98.5 1st ELECTED
Tony Gwynn 532 97.6 1st ELECTED
Rich Gossage 388 71.2 8th
Jim Rice 346 63.5 13th
Andre Dawson 309 56.7 6th
Bert Blyleven 260 47.7 10th
Lee Smith 217 39.8 5th
Jack Morris 202 31.7 8th
Mark McGwire 128 23.5 1st
Tommy John 125 22.9 13th
Steve Garvey 115 21.1 15th Dropped
Dave Concepcion 74 13.6 14th
Alan Trammell 73 13.4 6th
Dave Parker 62 11.4 11th
Don Mattingly 54 9.9 7th
Dale Murphy 50 9.2 9th
Harold Baines 29 5.3 1st
Orel Hershiser 24 4.4 2nd Dropped
Albert Belle 19 3.5 2nd Dropped
Paul O'Neill 12 2.2 1st Dropped
Bret Saberhagen 7 1.3 1st Dropped
Jose Canseco 6 1.1 1st Dropped
Tony Fernandez 4 0.7 1st Dropped
Dante Bichette 3 0.6 1st Dropped
Eric Davis 3 0.6 1st Dropped
Ken Caminiti 2 0.4 1st Dropped
Bobby Bonilla 2 0.4 1st Dropped
Jay Buhner 1 0.2 1st Dropped
Scott Brosius 0 0 1st Dropped
Wally Joyner 0 0 1st Dropped
Devon White 0 0 1st Dropped
Bobby Witt 0 0 1st Dropped

Veterans Committee[edit]

After a screening committee narrowed down lists of 200 players and 60 executives, managers and umpires down to 25 players and 15 others the ballots were sent out to the new voters. Two players were later add to the ballot to raise its total to 27. Both ballots still needed 75% approval to be elected. 82 ballots were cast for players and 71 were cast for the composite ballot. No one would be elected from either ballot.

Players[edit]

Player Votes Percentage Result
Ron Santo 57 69.5
Jim Kaat 52 64.2
Gil Hodges 50 61.7
Tony Oliva 47 58.0
Maury Wills 33 40.7
Joe Torre 26 32.1
Don Newcombe 17 21.0
Vada Pinson 16 19.8
Roger Maris 15 18.5
Luis Tiant 15 18.5
Lefty O’Doul 15 18.5
Al Oliver 14 17.3
Curt Flood 14 17.3
Mickey Vernon 14 17.3
Minnie Minoso 12 14.8
Cecil Travis 12 14.8
Dick Allen 11 13.6
Marty Marion 11 13.6
Joe Gordon 10 12.3
Ken Boyer 9 11.1
Mickey Lolich 8 9.9
Wes Ferrell 7 8.6
Sparky Lyle 6 7.4
Carl Mays 6 7.4
Thurman Munson 6 7.4
Rocky Colavito 5 6.2
Bobby Bonds 1 1.2

Composite[edit]

Person Votes Percentage Result
Doug Harvey 52 64.2
Marvin Miller 51 63.0
Walter O'Malley 36 44.4
Buzzie Bavasi 30 37.0
Dick Williams 30 37.0
Whitey Herzog 29 35.8
Bill White 24 29.6
Bowie Kuhn 14 17.3
Gussie Busch 13 16.0
Billy Martin 12 14.8
Charles Finley 10 12.3
Gabe Paul 10 12.3
Paul Richards 10 12.3
Phil Wrigley 9 11.1
Harry Dalton 8 9.9