Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1967
- Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1967
The 1967 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame were conducted using a system which was in transition. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) held an election, its first in an odd-numbered year since 1955, to select among recent players. The rules were later rewritten in June 1967 to permanently re-establish annual elections. The 1967 vote also marked the final use of the runoff election process by the BBWAA. The BBWAA election applied a 75% rule to all eligible players. The Veterans Committee met in closed-door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives, resulting in the first election of an executive since 1953.
BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1947 or later, but not after 1961; the ballot included candidates from the 1966 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 1961. 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 47 players; a total of 292 ballots were cast, with 219 votes required for election. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote would not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but could eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. As no player received the 75% required for election, a special run-off election was held. Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in "italics". The 19 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Red Ruffing, Al Lopez, Billy Herman, Mel Harder and Ernie Lombardi were on the ballot for the final time.
External links
* [http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/voting_year.jsp?year=1967 1967 Election] at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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