1941 Ballot Results: The Babe and the Rajah Belt Their Way Into the Hall of Merit!

In his first year of eligibility, Babe Ruth (who many think is the greatest player of all-time)  became the fourth unanimous selection in HoM history (Cy Young, Honus Wagner and Walter Johnson being the other three).

In also his first year of eligibility, second base legend Rogers Hornsby earned the most points (1,196) and highest percentage of votes (95.83%) of any second-place finisher up to this point to win the second slot for induction this “year.”

The combined point total of both inductees (2.491) is a new HoM record for a two-inductee “year,” too.

Newbie Dazzy Vance seems certain of induction next “year” with his strong third-place showing.

Rounding out the top-ten returnees are: Eppa Rixey, Joe Sewell, Clark Griffith, Tommy Leach, George Sisler, Hughie Jennings and Jake Beckley.

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  Babe Ruth               1272   53  53                                          
 2  n/e  Rogers Hornsby          1219   53     53                                       
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 3  n/e  Dazzy Vance              566   38         8  8  5  2  3  4  2  2  3           1
 4    4  Eppa Rixey               419   33         2  3  3  3  7  4     1  1  1  5  1  2
 5    3  Joe Sewell               390   32         4  3  2  2  4  1  2     3  3  2  3  3
 6    6  Clark Griffith           371   31         4  3  1  1  2  3  2  3  2  2  3  1  4
 7    5  Hughie Jennings          362   26         5  5  1  4  2  1  1     1  2  2  2   
 8    9  Tommy Leach              358   30            3  2  2  2  4  5  3  1  3  2  1  2
 9    7  George Sisler            355   28         4  3  2  2  1  2  5     1  2  2  2  2
10    8  Jake Beckley             343   26         4  3  1  1  2  3  1  5  3  1  2      
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11   10  George Van Haltren       319   23         5  1  3  2  3  3  1  2           1  2
12   11  Rube Waddell             300   26         1     3  2  1  2  2  4  4  4  1     2
13   14  John Beckwith            281   22         4  2  2  1  2  1  2  1  1  1  1  1  3
14   12  Hugh Duffy               270   21            3  3  3  1  3  1  1  1  1  3  1   
15   18  Cannonball Dick Redding  264   24            2  1     2  3  1  3  4  3  1  3  1
16   16  Cupid Childs             246   21            1  5  2  1        2  4  1  1  2  2
17   13  Mickey Welch             240   16         6  2  2  1  1     1     1  1        1
18   15  Pete Browning            239   19         2  2  3  1  1  2     2  1        4  1
19   17  Edd Roush                229   21         1        2     3  2  6     1  2  3  1
20   19  Burleigh Grimes          184   15            2     4  1  2  1        2  1     2
21   22  Roger Bresnahan          169   16            1  2     1     2     3  1  2  3  1
22   21  Larry Doyle              161   13         1     2  2     1  1  3  1        1  1
23   26  Jimmy Ryan               156   14            1     2  1  2     3  1        2  2
24   25  Charley Jones            156   12         1  1  3  1  1           2  1  1  1   
25   20  Wally Schang             155   14         1  1     1  1        4  1  1  2     2
26   23  José Méndez              145   13               1  3  1        1  1  2  3  1   
27   24  Sam Rice                 125   11               1  1  2  1  1  1     1     3   
28   28  Bill Monroe              121   12                  2  1        1  2  2  1  2  1
29  n/e  Pie Traynor              113   10            1        1  1  1  2  2  1        1
30   30  George J. Burns          111   11                        1  3  1  1  2  2  1   
31   32  Dobie Moore               91   10                           1  1  1  5     1  1
32T  27  Harry Hooper              88    8            1        1  1  1     1     2     1
32T  29  Bobby Veach               88    8               1     1  1  1     2        1  1
34   31  Vic Willis                61    6                  1  1     1           1     2
35   34  John McGraw               61    5                  1  1     2           1      
36   33  Fielder Jones             59    6               1  1              1           3
37   36  Ben Taylor                56    5               1        1  1           1  1   
38   41  Wilbur Cooper             52    5            1              1        1  1     1
39   39T Frank Chance              50    6                  1                 1     2  2
40   35  Carl Mays                 48    5                           2  1           1  1
41   38  Gavy Cravath              47    4                     2           1  1         
42   39T Urban Shocker             45    6                           1              3  2
43   37  Hack Wilson               43    4                     1     1        1  1      
44   43  Spotswood Poles           35    3               1        1                    1
45   44  Rabbit Maranville         33    4                                    2  1  1   
46   47  Ed Williamson             31    3                        1           2         
47   45  Ed Konetchy               30    3                  1                    1  1   
48   42  Ed Cicotte                23    2                  1                    1      
49   46  Addie Joss                22    3                                       1  2   
50   50  Dave Bancroft             16    2                                       2      
51   51  Lave Cross                16    1               1                              
52   58  Tom York                  14    1                     1                        
53   52  Dolf Luque                13    1                        1                     
54T  55  Donie Bush                12    1                           1                  
54T  56T Fred Dunlap               12    1                           1                  
54T  59  Sam Leever                12    1                           1                  
54T  48  Del Pratt                 12    1                           1                  
58T  62  Duke Farrell              10    1                                 1            
58T  60  Jack Fournier             10    1                                 1            
60   49  Jim McCormick              9    1                                    1         
61   53  Ray Schalk                 8    1                                       1      
62   61  Ross Youngs                7    1                                          1   
63   54  Jack Quinn                 6    1                                             1
Dropped Out: Tommy Bond(56T).