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Results
1996 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1995
470 total ballots (353 votes needed for election)
1997 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Phil Niekro
4
321
68.3
N
286
35
6.1
Tony Perez
5
309
65.7
N
259
50
9.4
Don Sutton
3
300
63.8
N
264
36
6.4
Steve Garvey
4
175
37.2
N
196
-21
-5.4
Ron Santo
13
174
37.0
N
139
35
6.8
Tony Oliva
15
170
36.2
N
149
21
3.8
Y
Jim Rice
2
166
35.3
N
137
29
5.5
Bruce Sutter
3
137
29.1
N
137
0
-0.6
Tommy John
2
102
21.7
N
98
4
0.4
Jim Kaat
8
91
19.4
N
100
-9
-2.4
Dick Allen
13
89
18.9
N
72
17
3.3
Curt Flood
15
71
15.1
N
59
12
2.3
Y
Luis Tiant
9
64
13.6
N
45
19
3.8
Dave Concepcion
3
63
13.4
N
43
20
4.1
Minnie Minoso
12
62
13.2
N
66
-4
-1.2
Vada Pinson
15
51
10.9
N
32
19
3.9
Y
Joe Torre
14
50
10.6
N
50
0
-0.2
Graig Nettles
3
37
7.9
N
28
9
1.8
Ron Guidry
3
37
7.9
N
25
12
2.4
Bob Boone
1
36
7.7
N
0
0
0.0
Mickey Lolich
12
33
7.0
N
26
7
1.4
Fred Lynn
1
26
5.5
N
0
0
0.0
Rysty Staub
6
24
5.1
N
23
1
0.1
Keith Hernandez
1
24
5.1
N
0
0
0.0
Bobby Bonds
10
24
5.1
N
35
-11
-2.5
Dan Quisenberry
1
18
3.8
N
0
0
0.0
Frank White
1
18
3.8
N
0
0
0.0
Bill Buckner
1
10
2.1
N
0
0
0.0
Jerry Reuss
1
2
0.4
N
0
0
0.0
John Tudor
1
2
0.4
N
0
0
0.0
Chet Lemon
1
1
0.2
N
0
0
0.0
Bob Knepper
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Claudell Washington
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Jeff Leonard
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0
Johnny Ray
1
0
0.0
N
0
0
0.0