Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1998
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The 1998 elections to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame followed the same system in use since 1995. The BBWAA election continued to apply a 75% rule to all eligible players, while the Veterans Committee met in closed door sessions to select from players ineligible for the BBWAA election, as well as managers and executives.
[edit] The BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1978 or later, but not after 1992; the ballot included candidates from the 1997 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 1992. 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 26 players; 473 ballots were cast, with 355 votes required for election. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote (24 votes) 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 †. The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The seven candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.
Ron Santo was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
| Player | Votes | Percent |
|---|---|---|
| Don Sutton | 386 | 81.6 |
| Tony Perez | 321 | 67.9 |
| Ron Santo | 204 | 43.1 |
| Jim Rice | 203 | 42.9 |
| †Gary Carter | 200 | 42.3 |
| Steve Garvey | 195 | 41.2 |
| Bruce Sutter | 147 | 31.1 |
| Tommy John | 129 | 27.3 |
| Jim Kaat | 129 | 27.3 |
| Dave Parker | 116 | 24.5 |
| †Bert Blyleven | 83 | 17.5 |
| Dave Concepcion | 80 | 16.9 |
| Minnie Minoso | 76 | 16.1 |
| Luis Tiant | 62 | 13.1 |
| Keith Hernandez | 51 | 10.8 |
| Dwight Evans | 49 | 10.4 |
| Mickey Lolich | 39 | 8.2 |
| Ron Guidry | 37 | 7.8 |
| Bob Boone | 26 | 5.5 |
| †Jack Clark* | 7 | 1.5 |
| †Pedro Guerrero* | 6 | 1.3 |
| †Willie Randolph* | 5 | 1.1 |
| †Carney Lansford* | 3 | 0.6 |
| †Brian Downing* | 2 | 0.4 |
| †Mike Flanagan* | 2 | 0.4 |
| †Rick Dempsey* | 1 | 0.2 |
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Jim Acker, Dave Anderson, Floyd Bannister, Jesse Barfield, Juan Berenguer, Dave Bergman, Don Carman, Rick Cerone, Mike Fitzgerald, Jim Gantner, Rich Gedman, Jerry Don Gleaton, Von Hayes, Brook Jacoby, Dennis Lamp, John Moses, Rance Mulliniks, Ken Oberkfell, Gary Pettis, Jamie Quirk, Rafael Ramirez, Don Robinson, Luis Salazar, Dave Schmidt, Mike Scioscia, Matt Sinatro, Dave Smith, Pat Tabler, Walt Terrell, and Denny Walling.
[edit] External links
- 1998 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org.
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