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 (*).
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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.
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.
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.
Referencesedit
^Holtzman, Jerome (August 13, 1984). "Aparicio enters the Hall". Chicago Tribune. pp. 4–12. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
^"1983 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Ken Smith".
External linksedit
at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources 1984 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message 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 ballotingNew inductees5via BBWAA3via Veterans Committee2Total inductees189Induction dateAugust 12 1984 19831985 Contents 1 BBWAA election 2 J G Taylor Spink Award 3 References 4 External linksBBWAA election edit nbsp Harmon Killebrew nbsp Pee Wee Reese nbsp Rick Ferrell nbsp Luis AparicioThe 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 YearLuis Aparicio 341 84 6 nbsp 0 17 2 6thHarmon Killebrew 335 83 1 nbsp 0 11 2 4thDon Drysdale 316 78 4 nbsp 0 13 7 10thHoyt Wilhelm 290 72 0 nbsp 0 7 0 7thNellie Fox 246 61 0 nbsp 0 14 7 14thBilly Williams 202 50 1 nbsp 0 9 2 3rdJim Bunning 201 49 9 nbsp 0 13 0 8thOrlando Cepeda 124 30 8 nbsp 0 15 0 5thTony Oliva 124 30 8 nbsp 0 10 7 3rdRoger Maris 107 26 6 nbsp 0 8 2 11thHarvey Kuenn 106 26 3 nbsp 0 5 7 8thMaury Wills 104 25 8 nbsp 0 5 2 7thLew Burdette 97 24 1 nbsp 0 12 6 12thBill Mazeroski 74 18 4 nbsp 0 5 6 7thRoy Face 65 16 1 nbsp 0 7 5 9thElston Howard 45 11 2 nbsp 0 2 6 11thJoe Torre 45 11 2 nbsp 0 5 9 2ndThurman Munson 29 7 2 nbsp 0 2 4 4thDon Larsen 25 6 2 nbsp 0 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 1stThe 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 editKen 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 edit Holtzman Jerome August 13 1984 Aparicio enters the Hall Chicago Tribune pp 4 12 Retrieved October 9 2019 via newspapers com 1983 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Ken Smith External links edit1984 Election at www baseballhalloffame org Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1984 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting amp oldid 1164954212, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
