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Results
1997 Baseball Hall of Fame Election
< 1996
470 total ballots (353 votes needed for election)
1998 >
PLAYER
YoB
VOTES
VOTE %
ELECTED
PREV VOTES
+/- VOTES
+/- PCT
LAST
Phil Niekro
5
380
80.3
Y
321
59
12.0
Don Sutton
4
346
73.2
N
300
46
9.3
Tony Perez
6
312
66.0
N
309
3
0.2
Ron Santo
14
186
39.3
N
174
12
2.3
Jim Rice
3
178
37.6
N
166
12
2.3
Steve Garvey
5
167
35.3
N
175
-8
-1.9
Bruce Sutter
4
130
27.5
N
137
-7
-1.7
Jim Kaat
9
107
22.6
N
91
16
3.3
Joe Torre
15
105
22.2
N
50
55
11.6
Y
Tommy John
3
97
20.5
N
102
-5
-1.2
Minnie Minoso
13
84
17.8
N
62
22
4.6
Dave Parker
1
83
17.5
N
0
0
0.0
Dick Allen
14
79
16.7
N
89
-10
-2.2
Dave Concepcion
4
60
12.7
N
63
-3
-0.7
Luis Tiant
10
53
11.2
N
64
-11
-2.4
Keith Hernandez
2
45
9.5
N
24
21
4.4
Mickey Lolich
13
34
7.2
N
33
1
0.2
Ron Guidry
4
31
6.6
N
37
-6
-1.3
Bob Boone
2
28
5.9
N
36
-8
-1.7
Dwight Evans
1
28
5.9
N
0
0
0.0
Fred Lynn
2
22
4.7
N
26
-4
-0.9
Graig Nettles
4
22
4.7
N
37
-15
-3.2
Ken Griffey Sr.
1
22
4.7
N
0
0
0.0
Bobby Bonds
11
20
4.2
N
24
-4
-0.9
Rysty Staub
7
18
3.8
N
24
-6
-1.3
Garry Templeton
1
2
0.4
N
0
0
0.0
Mike Scott
1
2
0.4
N
0
0
0.0
Rick Reuschel
1
2
0.4
N
0
0
0.0
Terry Kennedy
1
1
0.2
N
0
0
0.0
Terry Puhl
1
1
0.2
N
0
0
0.0