1962 Results: Feller and Robinson, HOF Class of ‘62, Are Now Part of the Hall of Merit Class of ‘62!
In his first year of eligibility, Cleveland Indians ace Bob Feller easily obtained immortality with 98% of all possible points. He also becomes the first player (and Hall of Famer) to win the honor who is still with us today!
Also in his first year on the ballot, legendary Dodger star Jackie Robinson was inducted into the Hall of Merit with the very strong percentage of 93% of all possible points.
Another newbie, Negro League and ML outfielder Monte Irvin, placed himself in a good position to be elected himself next “year” by becoming the top runner-up comfortably.
HOFer Phil Rizzuto didn’t make too much of an impression in his first year on the ballot at #46.
Rounding out the top-ten were: Wes Ferrell, Red Ruffing, Joe Medwick, Eppa Rixey, Biz Mackey, Clark Griffith, and George Sisler.
RK LY Player PTS Bal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
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1 n/e Bob Feller 1151 49 31 17 1
2 n/e Jackie Robinson 1105 48 17 29 1 1
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3 n/e Monte Irvin 489 35 1 8 3 4 3 4 1 3 3 2 2 1
4 4 Wes Ferrell 369 30 2 4 1 4 2 1 5 1 1 2 2 3 2
5 2 Red Ruffing 361 26 5 2 1 3 3 6 3 1 1 1
6 3 Joe Medwick 360 30 3 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 5 3 2
7 6 Eppa Rixey 299 23 2 6 2 2 1 3 1 2 2 1 1
8 5 Biz Mackey 287 24 1 2 3 2 1 3 4 3 2 3
9 7 Clark Griffith 278 20 5 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1
10 8 George Sisler 249 20 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2
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11 9 George Van Haltren 246 20 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 2 3
12 10 Cool Papa Bell 235 20 1 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 3 1
13 11 Jake Beckley 232 17 1 2 3 3 2 3 1 1 1
14 13 Hugh Duffy 217 19 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
15 12 Cupid Childs 212 17 1 2 3 1 4 2 2 2
16 14 Pete Browning 198 15 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 1 1
17 15 Cannonball Dick Redding 195 18 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 3 3
18 16 Willard Brown 190 18 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 3
19 17 Bobby Doerr 174 15 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2
20 20 Dobie Moore 165 13 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2
21 19 José Méndez 161 14 1 2 3 1 1 1 3 2
22 18 Joe Sewell 160 14 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 2
23 23 Mickey Welch 158 11 4 1 2 1 1 1 1
24 21 Ralph Kiner 157 15 1 2 2 1 4 4 1
25 25 Alejandro Oms 141 11 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1
26 22 Joe Gordon 138 14 1 1 1 1 5 2 3
27 26 Charley Jones 129 10 1 2 1 2 2 1 1
28 24 Bucky Walters 128 10 2 2 1 4 1
29 29 Tommy Leach 102 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
30 28 Edd Roush 99 10 1 1 2 2 1 3
31 30 Burleigh Grimes 99 8 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
32 27 Rube Waddell 98 9 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
33 34 Larry Doyle 91 7 2 1 1 1 1 1
34 31 Gavy Cravath 88 7 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
35 35 Quincy Trouppe 85 8 2 1 2 2 1
36 33 Wally Schang 80 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
37 32 Roger Bresnahan 78 7 2 1 1 1 2
38 36 Bob Elliott 68 7 1 1 1 1 1 2
39 39 John McGraw 52 4 1 1 1 1
40T 40 Tommy Bridges 42 4 1 2 1
40T 38 Bob Johnson 42 4 1 1 1 1
42 42 Jimmy Ryan 41 5 1 1 1 2
43 37 Bill Monroe 41 4 1 1 1 1
44 45 Charlie Keller 39 3 1 1 1
45 43 Vern Stephens 37 3 2 1
46 n/e Phil Rizzuto 36 5 1 3 1
47T 51 Luke Easter 36 3 1 1 1
47T 46 Dizzy Trout 36 3 2 1
49 55T Vic Willis 31 3 1 1 1
50 48 Sam Rice 30 3 1 1 1
51 47 Ed Williamson 28 3 1 2
52 50 Carl Mays 25 3 1 2
53 44 Ernie Lombardi 25 2 1 1
54T 55T Chuck Klein 24 2 1 1
54T 53 Dutch Leonard 24 2 2
56T 52 Addie Joss 23 2 1 1
56T 49 Ben Taylor 23 2 1 1
58 41 Dizzy Dean 22 2 1 1
59T 58T Leroy Matlock 17 1 1
59T 58T Pie Traynor 17 1 1
61 54 Bobo Newsom 16 2 2
62T 64T Ed Cicotte 16 1 1
62T 58T Fielder Jones 16 1 1
62T 64T Johnny Pesky 16 1 1
65T 64T Tommy Bond 15 1 1
65T 68T Frank Chance 15 1 1
65T 64T Bobby Veach 15 1 1
68 61T George J. Burns 13 2 1 1
69 70 Dolf Luque 13 1 1
70T 61T Lefty Gomez 9 1 1
70T 72T Joe Tinker 9 1 1
72T n/e Bus Clarkson 8 1 1
72T 71 Fred Dunlap 8 1 1
72T 68T Hack Wilson 8 1 1
75 72T Sam Leever 7 1 1
Dropped Out: Tommy Henrich(75), Dick Lundy(57),
Rabbit Maranville(74), Tony Mullane(76), Dom DiMaggio(61T).
Ballots Cast: 49
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I believe this is a first, the five year wait is becoming fairly standard now . . .
The five-year wait was formally adopted in 1954. Some changes were adopted in summer 1956, I think, including termination of the quasi-nomination: enclosure of the results of the preceding election (Rocky 19, Bullwinkle 15, Ted Simmons 4, Darrell Evans 1). I think this is covered in later editions of Ken Smith's book on the Hall of Fame. The results, 1946-1956 or something like that, show that the preceding outcome was too influential, in my opinion.
Theoretically, Buck Ewing was also inducted in his first year of eligibility (which was the year the HOF opened).
inducted, yes. He was eligible for election by a BBWAA subset in 1936 and tied Cap Anson with more votes than anyone else but too few for election.
BTW, John, what exactly is the status of the Frick award winners? I keep reading here that they're not in the HOF, but their names are displayed there, aren't they? This always has been a confusing contradiction to me, and I wonder if someone could clear it up once and for all.
"Hall of Fame" and "HOF" are sometimes used for the National Baseball Library (now officially named for Giamatti) or the NBHOF & Museum. The awards to writers and broadcast announcers are conferred in one ceremony with the Hall of Fame inductions. Writers and announcers are honored liberally so it is especially in their interest to use "Hall of Fame" loosely in this case.
James (I know he's technically not a "writer"
Why not?
Runyon
According to Lieb(?), he never learned how to make a box score.
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