2007 Hall of Fame Election

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

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

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

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