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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1967 followed rules in transition. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) held its first election in any odd-number year since 1955 and its last election with provision for a runoff in case of no winner. (In June the rules were rewritten to restore a single annual vote permanently.) In the event, the BBWAA voted twice by mail and elected Red Ruffing on the second ballot. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider executives, managers, umpires, and earlier major league players. It selected two people, Branch Rickey and Lloyd Waner. BBWAA electionThe BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1947 or later, but not after 1961; the ballot included 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. A total of 2,321 individual votes were cast, an average of 7.95 per ballot. No one reached the threshold so there was a runoff election featuring the 31 leading candidates (thirty including a tie). There would be one winner regardless of numerical support on the second ballot; in fact, winner Red Ruffing tallied 266 of 306 votes or 87%. A total of 1,198 individual votes were cast in the run-off, an average of 4.10 per ballot. Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. (Al López, line seven, is in the Hall of Fame, too, but as a manager.) Red Ruffing, Al López, Billy Herman, Mel Harder and Ernie Lombardi were on the ballot for the final time because they last played in 1947. 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 1968 ballot. | | | Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remained eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration. | | Player | Vote | Percent | Change | Runoff |
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| Joe Medwick | 212 | 72.6 | {{increase}}{{0}} 10.7% | 248 | | Red Ruffing | 212 | 72.6 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.7% | 266 | | Roy Campanella | 204 | 69.9 | {{increase}}{{0}} 4.7% | 170 | | Lou Boudreau | 143 | 49.0 | {{increase}}{{0}} 10.9% | 68 | | Ralph Kiner | 124 | 42.5 | {{increase}}{{0}} 18.0% | 41 | | Enos Slaughter | 123 | 42.1 | {{increase}}{{0}} 9.0% | 48 | | Al López | 114 | 39.0 | {{increase}}{{0}} 2.9% | 50 | | Marty Marion | 90 | 30.8 | {{increase}}{{0}} 2.3% | 22 | | Johnny Mize | 89 | 30.5 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.7% | 14 | | Pee Wee Reese | 89 | 30.5 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 1.0% | 16 | | Johnny Vander Meer | 87 | 29.8 | {{increase}}{{0}} 6.0% | 35 | | Allie Reynolds | 77 | 26.4 | {{increase}}{{0}} 6.5% | 19 | | Phil Rizzuto | 71 | 24.3 | {{increase}}{{0}} 6.4% | 14 | | Joe Gordon | 66 | 22.6 | {{increase}}{{0}} 12.3% | 13 | | Bucky Walters | 65 | 22.3 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.8% | 24 | | Hal Newhouser | 62 | 21.2 | {{increase}}{{0}} 10.6% | 13 | | Billy Herman | 59 | 20.2 | {{increase}}{{0}} 10.9% | 14 | | Mel Harder | 52 | 17.8 | {{increase}}{{0}} 6.5% | 14 | | Arky Vaughan | 46 | 15.8 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.9% | 19 | | Ernie Lombardi | 43 | 14.7 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.4% | 25 | | George Kell | 40 | 13.7 | {{increase}}{{0}} 4.1% | 11 | | Alvin Dark | 38 | 13.0 | {{increase}}{{0}} 7.4% | 7 | | Bobby Doerr | 35 | 12.0 | {{increase}}{{0}} 2.1% | 15 | | Bob Lemon | 35 | 12.0 | {{increase}}{{0}} 5.0% | 7 | | †Hank Bauer | 23 | 7.9 | - | 9 | | Bobo Newsom | 19 | 6.5 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 1.8% | 6 | | Don Newcombe | 18 | 6.2 | {{increase}}{{0}} 3.9% | 2 | | Phil Cavarretta | 15 | 5.1 | {{increase}}{{0}} 2.1% | 4 | | Mickey Vernon | 14 | 4.8 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 1.8% | 2 | | Larry Doby | 10 | 3.4 | {{increase}}{{0}} 1.1% | 1 | | Bobby Thomson | 10 | 3.4 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 0.6% | 1 | | †Ted Kluszewski | 9 | 3.1 | - | | Gil McDougald | 4 | 1.4 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 0.3% | | †Jackie Jensen | 3 | 1.0 | - | | Terry Moore | 3 | 1.0 | - | | Del Ennis | 2 | 0.7 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 0.3% | | Carl Furillo | 2 | 0.7 | {{steady}} | | Jim Hegan | 2 | 0.7 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 1.0% | | †Earl Torgeson | 2 | 0.7 | - | | †Elmer Valo | 2 | 0.7 | - | | †Clint Courtney | 1 | 0.3 | - | | †Walt Dropo | 1 | 0.3 | - | | †Ned Garver | 1 | 0.3 | - | | Grady Hatton | 1 | 0.3 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 1.0% | | Jim Hearn | 1 | 0.3 | {{steady}} | | †Billy Martin | 1 | 0.3 | - | | Andy Pafko | 1 | 0.3 | {{decrease}}{{0}} 0.4% |
The results show that voters in the second election concentrated their support on the three leaders. External links- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120614052557/http://baseballhall.org/hall-famers/bbwaa-voting/year?year=1967 1967 Election] at www.baseballhalloffame.org
- 1967 Runoff Election{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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