Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1951

The 1951 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) again authorized to elect players retired less than 25 years.

The 10-year members of the BBWAA had the authority to select any players active in 1926 or later, provided they had not been active in 1950. Voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall.

A total of 226 ballots were cast, with 2167 individual votes for 86 specific candidates; 170 votes were required for election. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in "bold italics".

*"Mel Ott" - 197
*"Jimmie Foxx" - 179
*Paul Waner - 162
*Harry Heilmann - 153
*Bill Terry - 148
*Dizzy Dean - 145
*Bill Dickey - 118
*Al Simmons - 116
*Rabbit Maranville - 110
*Ted Lyons - 71
*Dazzy Vance - 70
*Hank Greenberg - 67
*Gabby Hartnett - 57
*Joe Cronin - 44
*Ray Schalk - 37
*Chief Bender - 35
*Ross Youngs - 34
*Max Carey - 27
*Tony Lazzeri - 27
*Hank Gowdy - 26
*Lefty Gomez - 23
*Edd Roush - 21
*Hack Wilson - 21
*Pepper Martin - 19
*Zack Wheat - 19
*Chuck Klein - 15
*Waite Hoyt - 13
*Lefty O'Doul - 13
*Babe Adams - 12
*Dave Bancroft - 9
*Charlie Grimm - 9
*Bucky Harris - 9
*Red Ruffing - 9
*Frank Baker - 8
*Kiki Cuyler - 8
*Red Faber - 8
*Bill McKechnie - 8
*Casey Stengel (as player) - 8
*Cy Williams - 7
*Jim Bottomley - 6
*Red Rolfe - 6
*Burleigh Grimes - 5
*Eppa Rixey - 5
*Joe Wood - 5
*Art Fletcher - 4
*Travis Jackson - 4
*Art Nehf - 4
*Al Schacht - 4
*Billy Southworth - 4
*Jimmy Dykes - 3
*Stan Hack - 3
*Harry Hooper - 3
*Dickie Kerr - 3
*Ernie Lombardi - 3
*Rube Marquard - 3
*Stuffy McInnis - 3
*Steve O'Neill - 3
*Duffy Lewis - 2
*Sherry Magee - 2
*Everett Scott - 2
*George Selkirk - 2
*Jimmie Wilson - 2
*Dick Bartell - 1
*Spud Chandler - 1
*Jack Coombs - 1
*Wilbur Cooper - 1
*Jake Daubert - 1
*Paul Derringer - 1
*Howard Ehmke - 1
*Charlie Gelbert - 1
*Chick Hafey - 1
*Mel Harder - 1
*Babe Herman - 1
*Pinky Higgins - 1
*Tim Jordan - 1
*Joe McCarthy - 1
*Clyde Milan - 1
*Satchel Paige - 1
*Hub Pruett - 1
*Sam Rice - 1
*Eddie Rommel - 1
*Dick Rudolph - 1
*Muddy Ruel - 1
*Bill Sherdel - 1
*Lloyd Waner - 1
*Glenn Wright - 1

ources

*"The Politics of Glory" by Bill James.
*Baseball Hall of Fame website at http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/voting_year.jsp?year=1951