1984 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1984 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected three: Luis Aparicio, Don Drysdale, and Harmon Killebrew. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro leagues. It selected two players, Rick Ferrell and Pee Wee Reese. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 12, 1984.[1]

1984 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
New inductees5
via BBWAA3
via Veterans Committee2
Total inductees189
Induction dateAugust 12, 1984

BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1964 or later, but not after 1978; the ballot included candidates from the 1983 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1978. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.

Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. The ballot consisted of 29 players; a total of 403 ballots were cast, with 303 votes required for election. A total of 2,905 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.21 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.

Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Key to colors
     Elected to the Hall. These individuals are also indicated in bold italics.
     Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in plain italics.
     Players not yet elected who returned on the 1985 ballot.
     Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remain eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration.
Player Votes Percent Change Year
Luis Aparicio 341 84.6 Increase0 17.2% 6th
Harmon Killebrew 335 83.1 Increase0 11.2% 4th
Don Drysdale 316 78.4 Increase0 13.7% 10th
Hoyt Wilhelm 290 72.0 Increase0 7.0% 7th
Nellie Fox 246 61.0 Increase0 14.7% 14th
Billy Williams 202 50.1 Increase0 9.2% 3rd
Jim Bunning 201 49.9 Increase0 13.0% 8th
Orlando Cepeda 124 30.8 Increase0 15.0% 5th
Tony Oliva 124 30.8 Increase0 10.7% 3rd
Roger Maris 107 26.6 Increase0 8.2% 11th
Harvey Kuenn 106 26.3 Increase0 5.7% 8th
Maury Wills 104 25.8 Increase0 5.2% 7th
Lew Burdette 97 24.1 Increase0 12.6% 12th
Bill Mazeroski 74 18.4 Increase0 5.6% 7th
Roy Face 65 16.1 Increase0 7.5% 9th
Elston Howard 45 11.2 Increase0 2.6% 11th
Joe Torre 45 11.2 Increase0 5.9% 2nd
Thurman Munson 29 7.2 Increase0 2.4% 4th
Don Larsen 25 6.2 Increase0 0.3% 11th
Wilbur Wood* 14 3.5 - 1st
Jim Fregosi* 4 1.0 - 1st
Jim Bouton* 3 0.7 - 1st
Davey Johnson* 3 0.7 - 1st
Mickey Stanley* 2 0.5 - 1st
Bob Bailey* 1 0.2 - 1st
Nelson Briles* 1 0.2 - 1st
Clay Carroll* 1 0.2 - 1st
Jim Colborn* 0 0.0 - 1st
Ron Fairly* 0 0.0 - 1st

The newly-eligible players included 12 All-Stars, five of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 25 All-Star selections. Jim Fregosi, who was selected to the All Star Game six times, was the only newly eligible player selected at least five times.

Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Sandy Alomar Sr., Andy Etchebarren, Al Fitzmorris, Tito Fuentes, Wayne Garrett, Cito Gaston, Larry Haney, Ed Herrmann, Joe Lahoud, Paul Lindblad, Dave May, Marty Perez, Bill Plummer, and Gary Sutherland.

J. G. Taylor Spink Award

Ken Smith (1902–1991) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer.[2] The award was voted at the December 1983 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1984 ceremonies.

References

  1. Holtzman, Jerome (August 13, 1984). "Aparicio enters the Hall". Chicago Tribune. pp. 4–12. Retrieved October 9, 2019 via newspapers.com.
  2. "1983 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Ken Smith".
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