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Results
1978 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1977
379 total ballots (285 votes needed for election)
1979 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Eddie Mathews
5
301
79.4
Y
239
62
17.0
Enos Slaughter
13
261
68.9
N
222
39
10.9
Duke Snider
9
254
67.0
N
212
42
11.7
Gil Hodges
10
226
59.6
N
224
2
1.1
Don Drysdale
4
219
57.8
N
197
22
6.3
Jim Bunning
2
181
47.8
N
146
35
9.6
Pee Wee Reese
14
169
44.6
N
163
6
2.0
Richie Ashburn
11
158
41.7
N
139
19
5.4
Hoyt Wilhelm
1
158
41.7
N
0
0
0.0
Nellie Fox
8
149
39.3
N
152
-3
-0.4
Red Schoendienst
10
130
34.3
N
105
25
6.9
Maury Wills
1
115
30.3
N
0
0
0.0
Roger Maris
5
83
21.9
N
82
1
0.5
Lew Burdette
6
76
20.1
N
85
-9
-2.1
Mickey Vernon
13
66
17.4
N
52
14
3.8
Al Dark
13
60
15.8
N
66
-6
-1.4
Harvey Kuenn
2
58
15.3
N
57
1
0.4
Ted Kluszewski
12
51
13.5
N
55
-4
-0.9
Don Newcombe
13
48
12.7
N
43
5
1.4
Elston Howard
5
41
10.8
N
43
-2
-0.4
Don Larsen
5
32
8.4
N
39
-7
-1.7
Roy Face
3
27
7.1
N
33
-6
-1.5
Bill Mazeroski
1
23
6.1
N
0
0
0.0
Ken Boyer
4
18
4.7
N
14
4
1.1
Curt Flood
2
8
2.1
N
16
-8
-2.1
Harvey Haddix
8
7
1.8
N
7
0
0.0
Del Crandall
3
6
1.6
N
0
0
0.0
Vern Law
6
6
1.6
N
5
1
0.3
Bobby Thomson
13
5
1.3
N
10
-5
-1.3
Vic Wertz
9
4
1.1
N
4
0
0.0
Dick Groat
6
3
0.8
N
0
0
0.0
Jim Maloney
1
2
0.5
N
0
0
0.0
Clete Boyer
1
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Denny McLain
1
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Camilo Pascual
2
1
0.3
N
3
-2
-0.5
Mudcat Grant
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Pedro Ramos
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0