1955 Contributors election

1 Abbott & Costello
1 Nick Altrock
2 Ed Barrow
1 William Bendix
3 Tom Connolly
3 Barney Dreyfuss
3 Jack Dunn
3 Al Munro Elias
3 Billy Evans
1 Gus Greenlee
1 Cal Hubbard
3 Ring Lardner
1 Larry MacPhail
1 Effa Manley
1 Bill McGowan
1 Alex Pompez
2 Cum Posey
3 Francis Richter
1 Branch Rickey
1 Damon Runyon
3 Jabob Ruppert
1 Al Schacht
4 Sol White
2 J.L. Wilkinson
1 Sam Wood

Results:

6 ballots; the results.

A unanimous winner and a tie for second.

The first tiebreaker, re-doing the tabulations as if the winner didn’t exist, didn’t break it. In fact, the fourth place finisher won the tie-breaker.

The second tie-breaker, head to head competition, produced the winner, winning 4-2.

84 Branch Rickey
30 Jacob Ruppert
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30 Barney Dreyfuss
29 Ed Barrow
25 Sol White
24 Larry MacPhail
22 Francis Richter
21 Abbott & Costello
19 Al Munro Elias
17 J.L. Wilinson
16 Cum Posey
13 Ring Laudner
7 Gus Greenlee
6 Billy Evans
6 Effa Manley
5 Nick Altrock
4 Cal Hubbard
3 Sam Wood
2 Jack Dunn
2 Alex Pompez
1 Al Schacht