1959

This election will end Tuesday. Three really good players drop from the rolls, 2 who are in the Hall and one who should be, Earl Averill, Kiki Cuyler and John Beckwith.

7 Newt Allen
2 Lou Boudreau 5th
1 Harry Brecheen
8 Tommy Bridges
6 Ray Brown 7th
4 Bill Byrd
7 Roy Cullenbine
1 Ray Dandridge
4 Leon Day
13 Dizzy Dean 6th
1 Dom DiMaggio
3 Bobby Doerr
1 Bob Elliott
13 Wes Ferrell 9th
11 Lefty Gomez
4 Joe Gordon 4th
7 Stan Hack 3rd
7 Billy Herman 8th
1 Billy Johnson
9 Bob Johnson
2 Charlie Keller
10 Chuck Klein
1 Max Lanier
1 Dutch Leonard
7 Ernie Lombardi
15 Dick Lundy
8 Ted Lyons
15 Heinie Manush
1 Marty Marion
1 Barney McCosky
6 Joe Medwick 10th
1 Johnny Mize
1 Bobo Newsom
1 Bill Nicholson
1 Satchel Paige
1 Jerry Priddy
2 Pete Reiser
7 Red Ruffing
6 Hilton Smith
1 Eddie Stanky
4 Bucky Walters
1 Ted Wilks
1 Al Zarilla

Bob’s ballot:

1. Paige
2. Mize
3. Herman
4. Hack
5. Dean
6. Medwick
7. Gordon
8. Doerr
9. Gomez
10. Dandridge

Terry’s ballot:

1: Satchel Paige
2: Johnny Mize
3: Dizzy Dean
4: Joe Gordon
5: Billy Herman
6: Stan Hack
7: Joe Medwick
8: Ray Brown
9: Lou Boudreau
10: Leon Day

Results:

Ten ballots; the results:

140 Satchel Paige
101 Johnny Mize
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46 Stan Hack
40 Billy Herman
38 Joe Gordon
34 Dizzy Dean
32 Lou Boudreau
28 Joe Medwick
22 Ray Brown
17 Wes Ferrell
16 Ray Dandridge
12 Dicky Lundy
11 Chuck Klein
11 Ted Lyons
11 Hilton Smith
8 Bill Byrd
8 Leon Day
8 Red Ruffing
6 Newt Allen
5 Heinie Manush
4 Bob Johnson
4 Ernie Lombardi
3 Bobby Doerr
2 Lefty Gomez
2 Charlie Keller
1 Bob Elliott