1952 Results: Gibson and Ott Pummel Down the Doors of the Hall of Merit!

With almost 100% of the possible votes for election (barely breaking the NeL record of 99.2% set by Oscar Charleston in 1943), Negro League legend Josh Gibson was elected to the Hall of Merit in his first year of eligibility. He is now the HoM’s fifteen Negro League induction.

In also his first year appearing on a ballot, New York Giants slugger Mel Ott earned a healthy 95% of the possible votes for election to become the second player to be inducted this “year.”

All-time great catcher Bill Dickey, in his first year of eligibility, appears to be headed for immortality himself within a few years with a strong showing as he placed third.

Rounding out the top-ten were: Mule Suttles, John Beckwith, Earl Averill, Eppa Rixey, Wes Ferrell, Biz Mackey and Hughie Jennings.

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  Josh Gibson             1193   50  49        1                                 
 2  n/e  Mel Ott                 1144   50   1 48        1                              
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 3  n/e  Bill Dickey              879   50      1 39  7  1              1        1      
 4    3  Mule Suttles             654   46         6  9  9  1  4  4  3  3  1  2  1  3   
 5    4  John Beckwith            569   42         2  7  6  8  1  3  5  1  2  3  1  1  2
 6    7  Earl Averill             319   29            1  1  2  2  3  3  4  4  1  4  4   
 7    5  Eppa Rixey               317   29            1  3  2  2  3  2     4  3  3  4  2
 8    6  Wes Ferrell              309   26            3  2  1  3  4  2     4  2  1  3  1
 9    8  Biz Mackey               307   30            1  1  4  2     4  1  1  2  6  3  5
10    9  Hughie Jennings          287   22         1  2  5  3  1  3  1  1        1  2  2
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11   12  Cool Papa Bell           275   26            1  1  4  2     3  3  1  1  1  4  5
12   10  Clark Griffith           236   20            2  1  2  2  1  1  3  3  2  1  2   
13   11  George Sisler            227   20         1     4  1  1  2        2  2  4  2  1
14   14  George Van Haltren       227   18               2  1  6  3  1  1  2     1     1
15T  13  Jake Beckley             198   16         1  1  1  1  2  1  4  1     2  1     1
15T  15  Joe Sewell               198   16               2  3  1  3  1  2  1  2        1
17   16  Hugh Duffy               183   16                  4  1  1  3  3        1  1  2
18   18  Cannonball Dick Redding  164   15            1  1  1     2  1  2  2     3     2
19   20  Mickey Welch             156   12            5        1  1     1  1  1  1     1
20   22  Pete Browning            154   12            1  2     4  1        1  2  1      
21   17  Edd Roush                144   14               1     1        3  4  2  2  1   
22   26  Rube Waddell             141   16                        2  1  1  2  1  3  3  3
23   24  Burleigh Grimes          140   13                  2  2  1     1  2  1  1  3   
24   19  Cupid Childs             136   13                  1  2  2  1  1     1  2  1  2
25   23  Gavy Cravath             131   11      1     1        2  1     1  1  1     2  1
26   21  Tommy Leach              120   11               1  1        1  3  2  2        1
27   27  Wally Schang             118   10            1     1     1  2  1  2  2         
28   25  Charley Jones            107    8            1  1  1  1  1  1  1     1         
29   32  José Méndez               90    8                  1     1  1  2  1  2         
30T  28  Roger Bresnahan           76    7               1     1        2  1        2   
30T  29  Larry Doyle               76    7               1     1  1        1  1  1     1
32   30  Bill Monroe               75    8                  1  1              2  1  2  1
33   31  Bob Johnson               75    7            1        1        2        2     1
34   34  Dizzy Dean                69    6               1  1        1  1     1        1
35T  37  Dick Lundy                68    7               1        1  1           1  1  2
35T  33  Dobie Moore               68    7            1           1     1        1  1  2
37   35  Tommy Bridges             56    5                  1     1  1        1     1   
38   36  Sam Rice                  53    5                        1  1     1  2         
39   38  Chuck Klein               52    4            1        1        1  1            
40   39  Ben Taylor                45    5                  1                 1  1  1  1
41   41  John McGraw               35    4                              1  1     1     1
42   42  Pie Traynor               26    2                  1           1               
43   43  Buzz Arlett               24    2            1                             1   
44T  44T George J. Burns           21    2                           1        1         
44T  40  Jimmy Ryan                21    2                           1        1         
46   47T Ed Cicotte                20    2                     1                       1
47T  54  Spotswood Poles           17    2                                 1        1   
47T  44T Vic Willis                17    2                                    1  1      
49   47T Carl Mays                 14    1                     1                        
50   50T Tommy Bond                13    1                        1                     
51   49  Hack Wilson               12    2                                             2
52T  50T Wally Berger              12    1                           1                  
52T  50T Lefty Gomez               12    1                           1                  
52T  50T Dolf Luque                12    1                           1                  
55   64T Donie Bush                10    1                                 1            
56   55T Sam Leever                 9    1                                    1         
57   58T Rabbit Maranville          8    1                                       1      
58  n/e  Fielder Jones              7    1                                          1   
59T  60T Frank Chance               6    1                                             1
59T  60T Tony Mullane               6    1                                             1
59T  57  Buddy Myer                 6    1                                             1
59T  55T Lon Warneke                6    1                                             1
Dropped Out: Wilbur Cooper(58T), Paul Derringer(64T),
 Duke Farrell(60T), Harry Hooper(64T), Addie Joss(60T),
 Heinie Manush(64T), Ed Williamson(46).