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Results
1985 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1984
395 total ballots (297 votes needed for election)
1986 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Hoyt Wilhelm
8
331
83.8
Y
290
41
11.8
Lou Brock
1
315
79.7
Y
0
0
0.0
Nellie Fox
15
295
74.7
N
246
49
13.6
Y
Billy Williams
4
252
63.8
N
202
50
13.7
Jim Bunning
9
214
54.2
N
201
13
4.3
Catfish Hunter
1
212
53.7
N
0
0
0.0
Roger Maris
12
128
32.4
N
107
21
5.9
Harvey Kuenn
9
125
31.6
N
106
19
5.3
Tony Oliva
4
114
28.9
N
124
-10
-1.9
Orlando Cepeda
6
114
28.9
N
124
-10
-1.9
Maury Wills
8
93
23.5
N
104
-11
-2.3
Bill Mazeroski
8
87
22.0
N
74
13
3.7
Lew Burdette
13
82
20.8
N
97
-15
-3.3
Mickey Lolich
1
78
19.7
N
0
0
0.0
Ken Boyer
6
68
17.2
N
20
48
12.6
Roy Face
10
62
15.7
N
65
-3
-0.4
Elston Howard
12
54
13.7
N
45
9
2.5
Ron Santo
2
53
13.4
N
15
38
9.5
Joe Torre
3
44
11.1
N
45
-1
0.0
Don Larsen
12
32
8.1
N
25
7
1.9
Thurman Munson
5
32
8.1
N
29
3
0.9
Dick Allen
2
28
7.1
N
14
14
3.3
Curt Flood
4
28
7.1
N
14
14
3.8
Vada Pinson
4
19
4.8
N
12
7
1.6
Wilbur Wood
2
16
4.1
N
14
2
0.6
Harvey Haddix
10
15
3.8
N
8
7
1.9
Dave McNally
3
7
1.8
N
5
2
0.6
Ken Holtzman
1
4
1.0
N
0
0
0.0
Jim Lonborg
1
3
0.8
N
0
0
0.0
Andy Messersmith
1
3
0.8
N
0
0
0.0
Ron Fairly
2
3
0.8
N
0
3
0.8
Denny McLain
3
2
0.5
N
3
-1
-0.2
Don Kessinger
1
2
0.5
N
0
0
0.0
Jesus Alou
1
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Dock Ellis
1
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Rico Carty
1
1
0.3
N
0
0
0.0
Ed Kranepool
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
George Scott
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Clay Carroll
2
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Bobby Tolan
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Roy White
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0