Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1989

1989 Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
Johnny Bench Carl Yastrzemski Red Schoendienst Al Barlick
Top row: Johnny Bench (left) and Carl Yastrzemski. Bottom row: Red Schoendienst (left) and Al Barlick

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1989 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, Johnny Bench and Carl Yastrzemski. 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 also selected two people, Al Barlick and Red Schoendienst.

BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1969 or later, but not after 1983; the ballot included candidates from the 1988 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 1983. 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 41 players; a total of 447 ballots were cast, with 336 votes required for election. A total of 3,016 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.75 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote would not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but could eventually be considered by the Veterans Committee.

Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a †. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 20 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with a *.

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 1990 ballot.
	Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remain eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration.

Player	Votes	Percent
†Johnny Bench	431	96.4
†Carl Yastrzemski	423	94.6
†Gaylord Perry	304	68.0
Jim Bunning	283	63.3
†Fergie Jenkins	234	52.3
Orlando Cepeda	176	39.4
Tony Oliva	135	30.2
Bill Mazeroski	134	30.0
Harvey Kuenn	115	25.7
Maury Wills	95	21.3
†Jim Kaat	87	19.5
Ron Santo	75	16.8
Ken Boyer	62	13.9
Minnie Miñoso	59	13.2
Roy Face	47	10.5
Mickey Lolich	47	10.5
Luis Tiant	47	10.5
Joe Torre	40	8.9
Dick Allen	35	7.8
Vada Pinson	33	7.4
Thurman Munson	31	6.9
Bobby Bonds	29	6.5
Curt Flood	27	6.0
Sparky Lyle	25	5.6
†Bert Campaneris*	14	3.1
Wilbur Wood*	14	3.1
Manny Mota*	9	2.0
†Bobby Murcer*	3	0.7
†Don Money*	1	0.2
†Gene Tenace*	1	0.2
†Jim Barr*	0	0.0
†Terry Crowley*	0	0.0
†Joe Ferguson*	0	0.0
†Woodie Fryman*	0	0.0
†César Gerónimo*	0	0.0
†Dave Goltz*	0	0.0
†Jon Matlack*	0	0.0
†Rudy May*	0	0.0
†Bake McBride*	0	0.0
†Bill Robinson*	0	0.0
†Richie Zisk*	0	0.0

The newly-eligible players included 16 All-Stars, three of whom were not included on the ballot, representing a total of 71 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 18-time All-Star Carl Yastrzemski, 14-time All-Star Johnny Bench, 6-time All-Star Bert Campaneris and 5-time All-Stars Bobby Murcer and Gaylord Perry. The field included two MVPs (Bench, who won teice, and Yastrzemski), two Cy Young Award-winners (Fergie Jenkins and Gaylord Perry, who won twice) and three Rookies of the Year (Bench, John Matlack and Bake McBride). The field also included some prominent Gold Glove winners: Jim Kaat, whose 16 at Pitcher was the record until broken by Greg Maddux; Johnny Bench, whose 10 at Catcher was record until broken by Iván Rodríguez; and Carl Yastrzemski, who won 7 as an Outfielder.

Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Larry Biittner, Doug Bird, Tim Blackwell, Bill Castro, Larry Christenson, Bill Fahey, Ed Farmer, Don Hood, Mike Ivie, Dave LaRoche, Randy Moffitt, Jerry Morales, Rowland Office, Mike Phillips, Steve Renko, Aurelio Rodríguez, Elías Sosa, Jerry Turner and Otto Vélez.

External links

1989 Election at www.baseballhalloffame.org

Balloting for the National Baseball Hall of Fame

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