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Results
1977 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1976
383 total ballots (288 votes needed for election)
1978 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Ernie Banks
1
321
83.8
Y
0
0
0.0
Eddie Mathews
4
239
62.4
N
189
50
13.7
Gil Hodges
9
224
58.5
N
233
-9
-1.6
Enos Slaughter
12
222
58.0
N
197
25
7.2
Duke Snider
8
212
55.4
N
159
53
14.4
Don Drysdale
3
197
51.4
N
114
83
22.1
Pee Wee Reese
13
163
42.6
N
186
-23
-5.4
Nellie Fox
7
152
39.7
N
174
-22
-5.2
Jim Bunning
1
146
38.1
N
0
0
0.0
George Kell
13
141
36.8
N
129
12
3.6
Richie Ashburn
10
139
36.3
N
85
54
14.4
Red Schoendienst
9
105
27.4
N
129
-24
-5.8
Lew Burdette
5
85
22.2
N
21
64
16.8
Roger Maris
4
82
21.4
N
87
-5
-1.0
Al Dark
12
66
17.2
N
62
4
1.3
Harvey Kuenn
1
57
14.9
N
0
0
0.0
Ted Kluszewski
11
55
14.4
N
50
5
1.5
Mickey Vernon
12
52
13.6
N
52
0
0.2
Walker Cooper
10
45
11.7
N
56
-11
-2.7
Don Newcombe
12
43
11.2
N
21
22
5.8
Elston Howard
4
43
11.2
N
55
-12
-2.9
Don Larsen
4
39
10.2
N
47
-8
-1.9
Roy Face
2
33
8.6
N
23
10
2.7
Curt Flood
1
16
4.2
N
0
0
0.0
Ken Boyer
3
14
3.7
N
15
-1
-0.2
Bobby Thomson
12
10
2.6
N
9
1
0.3
Del Crandall
2
8
2.1
N
0
0
0.0
Harvey Haddix
7
7
1.8
N
8
-1
-0.2
Vern Law
5
5
1.3
N
9
-4
-1.0
Dick Groat
5
4
1.0
N
0
0
0.0
Vic Wertz
8
4
1.0
N
5
-1
-0.2
Will White
3
4
1.0
N
0
0
0.0
Camilo Pascual
1
3
0.8
N
0
0
0.0
Johnny Podres
3
3
0.8
N
2
1
0.3