1979

I’m not sure if it’s an end of an era or the beginning of one for me. With Bob Lemon dropping off, everybody on this year’s ballot I had one of their baseball cards. It’s kind of like voting for my childhood friends (tho I was 23 years old in 1979). I know what these guys stats are without looking them up; I know what they looked like; with TV I know how most of them played. ‘Course, I assume that they all smelled like really hard, cheap chewing gum.

This election will end Tuesday.

1 Tommie Agee
1 Bernie Allen
1 Gene Alley
1 Luis Aparicio
1 Bobby Bolin
2 Don Buford
1 Johnny Callison
6 Rocky Colavito
8 Del Crandall
1 Ray Culp
5 Jim Davenport
2 Moe Drabowsky
1 Eddie Fisher
3 Curt Flood 8th
9 Nellie Fox 4th
8 Jim Gilliam
1 Fred Gladding
7 Dick Groat
11 Gil Hodges 9th
2 Hoe Horlen
6 Elston Howard 7th
1 Frank Howard
6 Larry Jackson
8 Harvey Kuenn
1 Hal Lanier
6 Roger Maris 5th
1 Willie Mays
2 Bill Mazeroski 10th
2 Denny McLain
14 Gil McDougald
14 Don Newcombe
1 Milt Pappas
3 Camilio Pascual
1 Joe Pepitone
1 Ron Perranoski
2 Gary Peters
10 Billy Pierce 6th
11 Red Schoendienst
14 Mickey Vernon
2 Maury Wills
12 Eddie Yost

Bob’s ballot:

1. Mays
2. Maris
3. Fox
4. Hodges
5. Aparicio
6. Flood
7. E. Howard
8. Mazeroski
9. Wills
10. Groat

Terry’s ballot:

1: Willie Mays
2: Roger Maris
3: Luis Aparicio
4: Nellie Fox
5: Gil Hodges
6: Elston Howard
7: Frank Howard
8: Bill Mazeroski
9: Rocky Colavito
10: Mickey Vernon

HM
Ron Perranoski
Joe Pepitone (For his hairpiece, not his career)

Results:

13 ballots; the results:

182 Willie Mays
85 Nellie Fox
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83 Roger Maris
78 Luis Aparicio
60 Billy Pierce
45 Curt Flood
43 Elston Howard
26 Frank Howard
24 Rocky Colavito
24 Bill Mazeroski
23 Gil Hodges
22 Red Schoendiesnt
17 Maury Wills
15 Larry Jackson
10 Don Newcombe
9 Gil McDougald
9 Camilio Pascual
8 Dick Groat
8 Ed Yost
5 Jim Gilliam
5 Harvey Kuenn
4 Del Crandall
3 Johnny Callison
2 Don Buford
2 Mickey Vernon
1 Jim Davenport