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Voters were instructed to cast votes for up to 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. The ballot consisted of 54 players; a total of 432 ballots were cast, with 324 votes required for election.
- 1978 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
1978 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting. Elections to the...
- 1978 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
1979 Hall of Fame Voting Results. Inducted: Warren Giles,Willie Mays,Hack Wilson Find Full Vote Totals and Statistics for all Players Who Were on the Ballot.
RkNameYobVotes11st4092Duke Snider HOF10th308314th297411th242January 23 – Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the Baseball Writers' Association of America election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. February 3 – The Minnesota Twins trade Rod Carew to the California Angels for Ken Landreaux , Dave Engle , Paul Hartzell and Brad Havens .
Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1979 followed the system in place since 1978. The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected Willie Mays. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major...
1979 Caribbean Series: Navegantes del Magallanes. Dominican Republic League: Águilas Cibaeñas. Mexican Pacific League: Mayos de Navojoa. Puerto Rican League: Criollos de Caguas. Venezuelan League: Navegantes del Magallanes. Awards and honors. Baseball Hall of Fame. Warren Giles. Willie Mays. Hack Wilson. Most Valuable Player.
Ralph Kiner was elected in his 13th-and-final try on the BBWAA ballot in 1975, and the legendary Willie Mays was elected in 1979. Roberto Clemente was elected by special election in 1973 following his death in a plane crash on Dec. 31, 1972.
