Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1983

L-R: 1983 inductees Juan Marichal, Brooks Robinson, Walter Alston and George Kell.

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1983 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 two, Juan Marichal and Brooks Robinson. The Veterans Committee met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the Negro Leagues. It selected Walter Alston and George Kell.

BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1963 or later, but not after 1977; the ballot included candidates from the 1982 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 1977. 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 46 players; a total of 374 ballots were cast, with 281 votes required for election. A total of 3,125 individual votes were cast, an average of 8.36 per ballot. 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 23 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

Gil Hodges and Red Schoendienst were on the ballot for the 15th and final time. As of 2011, Hodges has received the highest voting percentage of anyone who has not been elected.

Key to colors
	Elected to the Hall. These individuals are also indicated in bold italics.
	Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in plain italics.
	Players not yet elected who returned on the 1984 ballot.
	Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remain eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Brooks Robinson	344	92.0
Juan Marichal	313	83.7
Harmon Killebrew	269	71.9
Luis Aparicio	252	67.4
Hoyt Wilhelm	243	65.0
Don Drysdale	242	64.7
Gil Hodges	237	63.4
Nellie Fox	173	46.3
Billy Williams	153	40.9
Red Schoendienst	146	39.0
Jim Bunning	138	36.9
Harvey Kuenn	77	20.6
Maury Wills	77	20.6
Tony Oliva	75	20.1
Roger Maris	69	18.4
Orlando Cepeda	59	15.8
Bill Mazeroski	48	12.8
Lew Burdette	43	11.5
Roy Face	32	8.6
Elston Howard	32	8.6
Don Larsen	22	5.9
†Joe Torre	20	5.3
Thurman Munson*	18	4.8
†Dick Allen*	14	3.7
Vada Pinson*	12	3.2
Jim Perry*	7	1.9
†Boog Powell*	5	1.3
†Ray Sadecki*	2	0.5
†Dave Giusti*	1	0.3
†Tommy Helms*	1	0.3
†Félix Millán*	1	0.3
†Mike Cuellar*	0	0.0
†Larry Dierker*	0	0.0
†Pat Dobson*	0	0.0
†Al Downing*	0	0.0
†Joe Hoerner*	0	0.0
†Randy Hundley*	0	0.0
†Carlos May*	0	0.0
†Ken McMullen*	0	0.0
†Bill Melton*	0	0.0
†Gary Nolan*	0	0.0
†Doug Rader*	0	0.0
†Cookie Rojas*	0	0.0
†Diego Seguí*	0	0.0
†Bill Singer*	0	0.0
†Jimmy Wynn*	0	0.0

The newly-eligible players included 22 All-Stars, three of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 68 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 15-time All-Star Brooks Robinson, 9-time All-Star Joe Torre, 7-time All-Star Dick Allen and 5-time All-Star Cookie Rojas. The field included four MVPs (Allen, Robinson, Torre and Boog Powell), one Cy Young Award-winner (Mike Cuellar), and two Rookies of the Year (Allen and Tommy Helms). Brooks Robinson also had 16 Gold Gloves, the all-time record at third base.

Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Ken Boswell, Ollie Brown, Willie Crawford, Bruce Dal Canton, Tom Hall, Steve Hargan, Terry Harmon. Mike Hegan, Bob Heise, Jerry Johnson, Ed Kirkpatrick, George Mitterwald, Dave Nelson, Phil Roof, and Gary Ross.

External links

1983 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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