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A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 5, 1979, with Commissioner of Baseball Bowie Kuhn presiding. The annual Hall of Fame Game, an exhibition contest, was played the following day; this was the first time that the induction ceremony and game were held on different days.
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1978 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting. Elections to the...
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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.
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The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1959 or later, but not after 1973; the ballot included candidates from the 1978 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1973. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote. 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. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee. Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. The one candidate who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 31 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *. Enos Slaughter and Bobby Thomson were on the ballot for the final time, although Thomson received less than 5% of the vote, and would have been ineligible in 1980 anyway.
The newly-eligible players included 11 All-Stars, none of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 51 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 20-time All-Star Willie Mays and 10-time All-Star Luis Aparicio. The field included one MVP (Mays, who won twice), and four Rookies of the Year (Tommy Agee, Luis Aparicio, Frank Howard and Willie Mays). In addition, Willie Mays had 12 Gold Gloves at Outfield, tied for most all-time with Roberto Clemente, and Luis Aparicio had 9 Gold Gloves at Shortstop, the record at the time. No player eligible for the first time was not included on the ballot.
•1979 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org
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Hall of Fame Ballot History. The top 10 vote getters are shown for each BBWAA election. Click the year for the full results. Those inducted on that ballot are in italics.
Willie Mays, elected by the BBWAA, and Hack Wilson and former National League President Warren Giles, posthumously selected by the Veterans Committee, were inducted into the Hall of Fame on August 5, 1979.
