Players with the Highest BBWAA HOF Vote % Not in the Hall of Fame

by Kevin Harlow
December 23, 2003

Below is a list of the highest percentage HOF vote (from BBWAA, not in run-off) recipients that are not in the Baseball Hall of Fame through the 2003 vote. Players currently still on the ballot are in bold.

Given the paucity of non-BBWAA eligible voters who have received greater than 40% of the vote without being in the Hall of Fame, and the reasonably strong showing of Hodges, Oliva, and Santo in the 2003 Veterans Committee vote leading one to believe that they will eventually be elected, it seems that Rice, Sutter, Dawson, Sandberg, Gossage, Garvey, and Smith still have an excellent chance of becoming Hall of Famers.

Max Player
63.4 Gil Hodges
57.9 Jim Rice
53.6 Bruce Sutter
50.0 Andre Dawson
49.2 Ryne Sandberg
47.3 Tony Oliva
44.3 Rich Gossage
43.1 Ron Santo
43.1 Roger Maris
42.6 Steve Garvey
42.3 Lee Smith
40.7 Maury Wills
40.0 Marty Marion
39.3 Harvey Kuenn
35.9 Hank Gowdy
35.6 Phil Cavarretta
34.0 Johnny Sain
33.9 Allie Reynolds
30.9 Luis Tiant
29.8 Johnny Vander Meer
29.6 Jim Kaat
29.2 Bert Blyleven
28.5 Joe Gordon
28.4 Tommy John
28.2 Don Mattingly
25.5 Ken Boyer
25.5 Mickey Lolich
25.4 Mel Harder
24.9 Mickey Vernon
24.5 Dave Parker
24.1 Lew Burdette
23.7 Bucky Walters
23.4 Dale Murphy
22.8 Jack Morris
22.2 Joe Torre
21.1 Minnie Minoso
20.7 Elston Howard
20.7 Tommy Henrich
18.9 Dick Allen
18.9 Roy Face
18.5 Alvin Dark
18.0 Joe Wood
17.3 Pepper Martin
16.9 Dave Concepcion
16.7 Lefty O'Doul
15.7 Vada Pinson
15.5 Thurmon Munson
15.3 Don Newcomb
15.1 Curt Flood
14.4 Walker Cooper
14.4 Ted Kluszewski
14.1 Alan Trammell
13.7 Babe Adams
13.6 Duffy Lewis
13.1 Sparky Lyle
12.3 Don Larsen
11.2 Terry Moore
10.8 Keith Hernandez
10.6 Bobby Bonds
10.4 Dwight Evans
10.3 Joe Gordon
10.2 Vic Raschi
10.0 Jimmy Dykes
10.0 Dickie Kerr
10.0 Johnny Kling
9.8 Charlie Grimm
9.5 Pete Rose

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