Elections to
Baseball Hall of Fame
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for 1960 followed a system established after the 1956 election. The
Veterans Committee was meeting only in odd-numbered years (until 1962). The
Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players, and as had been the case in , elected no one. For the third time, the induction ceremonies in
Cooperstown, New York
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, were canceled because there was no one to induct. This would be the last time until that no one was selected for induction to the Hall.
BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1930 or later, but not after 1954. 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. A total of 134 players received votes; 269 ballots were cast, with 202 votes required for election. A total of 2,288 individual votes were cast, an average of 8.51 per ballot.
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in ''italics''.
Copies of the 1958 and 1960 ballots are not available, reportedly listing "about 400" and 237 players, respectively. Eight candidates may have received votes for the first time who were previously eligible: Miller, White, Kress, Crowder, Danning, Keltner, Walberg, and Zachary (in table order). The votes for Ralph Kiner may have been write-ins; he played until 1955 and should have been ineligible. Lefty Grove received six votes despite the fact that he had already been elected to the Hall of Fame, in 1947.
The next ballot for 1962 did not include a list of names. Twenty-six candidates who received at least one vote in 1960 may have been eligible for the final time:
Edd Roush,
Hank Gowdy,
Bucky Harris,
Dave Bancroft,
Joe Sewell,
Nick Altrock,
Joe Judge,
Howard Ehmke,
Eddie Rommel,
Wally Schang,
Cy Williams,
Bob Meusel,
Joe Dugan,
Babe Herman,
Lew Fonseca,
Mike González,
Marty McManus,
Jack Quinn,
Bill Sherdel,
Sparky Adams,
Ray Blades
Francis Raymond Blades (August 6, 1896 – May 18, 1979) was an American left fielder, manager, coach and scout in Major League Baseball (MLB).
Scouted on the sandlots by Rickey
A native of McLeansboro, Illinois, Blades was first scouted as a bas ...
,
Heinie Groh
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,
Bubbles Hargrave,
Addie Joss,
Freddy Leach
Frederick Leach (November 23, 1897 in Springfield, Missouri – December 10, 1981 in Hagerman, Idaho) was a professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1923 to 1932. He would play for the Philadelphia Phillies, Ne ...
and
Hans Lobert
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.
References
External links
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