Veterans Committee selects nobody

[Buccaneer]

COOPERSTOWN -- None of the 25 candidates eligible for election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Committee on Baseball Veterans were named on the required 75% of ballots cast, it was announced today. Wade Boggs and Ryne Sandberg, the Baseball Writers' Association of America 2005 electees, will be enshrined during the Induction Ceremony in Cooperstown on Sunday, July 31, beginning at 1:30 pm., as a part of Hall of Fame Weekend, at which time Peter Gammons will be honored with the 2004 J.G. Taylor Spink Award and Jerry Coleman with the 2005 Ford C. Frick Award.

The Veterans Committee featured 83 voting-eligible members. Eighty members (96%) cast paper ballots during January and February, as 458 total votes were cast, an average of 5.7 votes per ballot. Sixty votes were necessary for election and the top two recipients - Gil Hodges and Ron Santo - each missed by eight votes. The final results, in order of voting percentage (total votes, percentage):

Players' Ballot: Gil Hodges (52, 65.0%); Ron Santo (52, 65.0%); Tony Oliva (45, 56.3%); Jim Kaat (43, 53.8%); Joe Torre (36, 45.0%); Maury Wills (26, 32.5%); Vada Pinson (23, 28.8%); Luis Tiant (20, 25%); Roger Maris (19, 23.8%); Marty Marion (16, 20.0%); Ken Boyer (15, 18.8%); Joe Gordon (14, 17.5%); Carl Mays (12, 15.0%); Minnie Minoso (12, 15.0%); Dick Allen (12, 15.0%); Curt Flood (10, 12.5%); Wes Ferrell (9, 11.3%); Mickey Lolich (9, 11.3%); Don Newcombe (8, 10.0%); Sparky Lyle (7, 8.8%); Elston Howard (6, 7.5%); Bobby Bonds (4, 5.0%); Rocky Colavito (4, 5.0%); Thurman Munson (2, 2.5%); Smoky Joe Wood (2, 2.5%).

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Now the Veterans Committee can start removing some players from the Hall that clearly do not belong?

[NoMyths]

Ron Santo is going to kill himself one of these days.

[KWhit]

I can't believe Gil Hodges isn't in the HOF.

[Buccaneer]

I can't believe Gil Hodges isn't in the HOF.
Why?


Year Ag Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG TB SH SF IBB HBP GDP
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
1943 19 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1943.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1943.shtml) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 .000 .333 .000 0 0 0 0
1947 23 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1947.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1947.shtml) 28 77 9 12 3 1 1 7 0 14 19 .156 .286 .260 20 0 0 3
1948 24 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1948.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1948.shtml) 134 481 48 120 18 5 11 70 7 43 61 .249 .311 .376 181 4 0 11
1949 25 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1949.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1949.shtml) 156 596 94 170 23 4 23 115 10 66 64 .285 .360 .453 270 10 4 13
1950 26 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1950.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1950.shtml) 153 561 98 159 26 2 32 113 6 73 73 .283 .367 .508 285 11 1 14
1951 27 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1951.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1951.shtml) 158 582 118 156 25 3 40 103 9 7 93 99 .268 .374 .527 307 1 5 13
1952 28 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1952.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1952.shtml) 153 508 87 129 27 1 32 102 2 4 107 90 .254 .386 .500 254 2 2 9
1953 29 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1953.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1953.shtml) 141 520 101 157 22 7 31 122 1 4 75 84 .302 .393 .550 286 0 3 4
1954 30 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1954.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1954.shtml) 154 579 106 176 23 5 42 130 3 3 74 84 .304 .373 .579 335 5 19 1 13
1955 31 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1955.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1955.shtml) 150 546 75 158 24 5 27 102 2 1 80 91 .289 .377 .500 273 3 10 3 3 16
1956 32 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1956.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1956.shtml) 153 550 86 146 29 4 32 87 3 3 76 91 .265 .354 .507 279 5 2 10 0 16
1957 33 BRO (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/BRO/1957.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1957.shtml) 150 579 94 173 28 7 27 98 5 3 63 91 .299 .366 .511 296 4 6 6 2 11
1958 34 LAD (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1958.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1958.shtml) 141 475 68 123 15 1 22 64 8 2 52 87 .259 .330 .434 206 2 3 3 0 15
1959 35 LAD (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1959.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1959.shtml) 124 413 57 114 19 2 25 80 3 2 58 92 .276 .367 .513 212 3 3 6 3 13
1960 36 LAD (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1960.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1960.shtml) 101 197 22 39 8 1 8 30 0 1 26 37 .198 .291 .371 73 4 3 1 1 5
1961 37 LAD (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/LAD/1961.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1961.shtml) 109 215 25 52 4 0 8 31 3 1 24 43 .242 .313 .372 80 2 4 1 0 5
1962 38 NYM (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1962.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1962.shtml) 54 127 15 32 1 0 9 17 0 0 15 27 .252 .331 .472 60 0 0 1 0 4
1963 39 NYM (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/NYM/1963.shtml) NL (http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/NL_1963.shtml) 11 22 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 2 .227 .320 .227 5 0 0 0 0 0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
18 Seasons 7030 1921 48 1274 31 1137 .273 .359 .487 56 50 31 25 165
2071 1105 295 370 63 943 3422

[Franklinnoble]

I can't believe Roger Maris isn't in the hall of fame...

[Franklinnoble]

I would think a player would have to have more than 3 good seasons. ;)

I dunno... I suppose I just figured he had the "fame" part for his 1961 season alone.

[Buccaneer]

I can't believe Roger Maris isn't in the hall of fame...
I would think a player would have to have more than 3 good seasons. ;)

[Neon_Chaos]

I would think a player would have to have more than 3 good seasons. ;)

But... but... he broke the Babe's record... and he had to wear that * beside his name for over 30 years!