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Results
1970 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1969
300 total ballots (225 votes needed for election)
1972 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Lou Boudreau
10
232
77.3
Y
218
14
13.2
Ralph Kiner
8
167
55.7
N
137
30
15.4
Gil Hodges
2
145
48.3
N
82
63
24.2
Early Wynn
2
140
46.7
N
95
45
18.7
Enos Slaughter
5
133
44.3
N
128
5
6.7
Johnny Mize
8
126
42.0
N
116
10
7.9
Marty Marion
9
120
40.0
N
112
8
7.1
Red Schoendienst
2
97
32.3
N
65
32
13.2
Pee Wee Reese
6
97
32.3
N
89
8
6.2
George Kell
6
90
30.0
N
60
30
12.4
Allie Reynolds
9
89
29.7
N
98
-9
0.8
Johnny Vander Meer
10
88
29.3
N
95
-7
1.4
Hal Newhouser
7
80
26.7
N
82
-2
2.5
Joe Gordon
11
79
26.3
N
97
-18
-2.2
Phil Rizzuto
8
79
26.3
N
78
1
3.4
Bobby Doerr
11
75
25.0
N
62
13
6.8
Bob Lemon
6
75
25.0
N
56
19
8.5
Tommy Henrich
10
62
20.7
N
50
12
6.0
Al Dark
5
55
18.3
N
48
7
4.2
Phil Cavaretta
7
51
17.0
N
37
14
6.1
Duke Snider
1
51
17.0
N
0
0
0.0
Bucky Walters
13
29
9.7
N
20
9
3.8
Dom DiMaggio
6
15
5.0
N
13
2
1.2
Ewell Blackwell
3
14
4.7
N
0
0
0.0
Bobo Newsom
8
12
4.0
N
0
0
0.0
Richie Ashburn
3
11
3.7
N
10
1
0.7
Mickey Vernon
5
10
3.3
N
21
-11
-2.8
Walker Cooper
3
9
3.0
N
5
4
1.5
Johnny Sain
5
9
3.0
N
8
1
0.6
Ted Kluszewski
4
8
2.7
N
11
-3
-0.6
Charlie Keller
9
7
2.3
N
14
-7
-1.8
Bobby Shantz
1
7
2.3
N
0
0
0.0
Dutch Leonard
4
5
1.7
N
0
0
0.0
Wally Moses
5
5
1.7
N
4
1
0.5
Billy Pierce
1
5
1.7
N
0
0
0.0
Don Newcombe
5
5
1.7
N
3
2
0.8
Bobby Thomson
5
4
1.3
N
6
-2
-0.4
Harry Brecheen
4
3
1.0
N
0
0
0.0
Augie Galan
2
3
1.0
N
0
0
0.0
Vic Wertz
1
2
0.7
N
0
0
0.0
Carl Erskine
4
2
0.7
N
4
-2
-0.5
Carl Furillo
3
2
0.7
N
2
0
0.0
Gil McDougald
5
1
0.3
N
3
-2
-0.5
Eddie Lopat
3
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Preacher Roe
4
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Jackie Jensen
4
1
0.3
N
1
0
0.0