1950 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting


Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1950 were subject to one rules change, the elimination of a runoff election by the baseball writers in case of no winner, which had been used the year prior. The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted once by mail to select from major league players retired less than 25 years, and elected no one. Meanwhile, the Old-Timers Committee, with jurisdiction over earlier players and other figures, did not meet. For the first time, except years without any election activity, there were no new Hall of Fame members.

BBWAA election

The 10-year members of the BBWAA had the authority to select any players active in 1925 or later, provided they had not been active in 1949. The year before, a 25-year moving boundary regarding player activity had been established which would remain in the years to come. Voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall.
A new rule had been added for the 1950 ballot. Writers could not vote for anyone currently wearing a baseball uniform, which included some qualified players who were now coaches on teams. This rule would be dropped after a few years.
A total of 168 ballots were cast, with 1,481 individual votes for 100 specific candidates, an average of 8.82 per ballot; 126 votes were required for election. Once again, no candidate received 75% of the vote and the Hall of Fame would not elect any new players in 1950. Candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics:
PlayerVotesPercentChange
Mel Ott11568.5 7.1%
Bill Terry10562.5 9.6%
Jimmie Foxx10361.3 5.7%
Paul Waner9556.5 8.8%
Al Simmons9053.6 4.6%
Harry Heilmann8751.8 13.2%
Dizzy Dean8550.6 6.9%
Bill Dickey7846.4 3.9%
Rabbit Maranville6639.3 1.4%
Hank Greenberg6438.1 5.7%
Gabby Hartnett5432.1 9.2%
Dazzy Vance5231.0 9.4%
Ted Lyons4225.0 6.0%
Joe Cronin3319.6 2.0%
Tony Lazzeri2112.5 0.6%
Lefty Gomez1810.7 0.4%
Zack Wheat1710.1 0.3%
Ross Youngs1710.1 3.0%
Edd Roush169.5 0.3%
Ray Schalk169.5 6.2%
Hack Wilson169.5 6.2%
Max Carey148.3 0.5%
Chuck Klein148.3 2.4%
Charlie Grimm137.7 1.2%
Red Ruffing127.1 7.3%
Kiki Cuyler116.5 3.9%
Jesse Haines116.5 5.2%
Waite Hoyt116.5 1.9%
Dave Bancroft95.4 2.1%
Red Faber95.4 1.5%
Lefty O'Doul95.4 2.8%
Cy Williams95.4 4.1%
Jim Bottomley84.8 0.4%
Stan Hack84.8 2.2%
Pepper Martin74.2 6.3%
Red Rolfe74.2-
Babe Adams63.6 0.3%
Chief Bender63.6 2.3%
Hank Gowdy63.6 2.9%
Burleigh Grimes63.6 1.6%
Travis Jackson63.6 0.3%
Eppa Rixey63.6 1.0%
Frank Baker42.4-
Chick Hafey42.4 1.1%
Bucky Harris42.4 4.8%
Bob O'Farrell42.4-
Muddy Ruel42.4-
Bucky Walters42.4-
Jimmie Wilson42.4 1.5%
Earle Combs31.8 2.1%
Ernie Lombardi31.8-
Everett Scott31.8 0.2%
Casey Stengel31.8 0.2%
George Burns21.2 0.5%
Spud Chandler21.2-
Jimmy Dykes21.2 3.4%
George Earnshaw21.2 0.1%
Lew Fonseca21.2-
Goose Goslin21.2 1.4%
Heinie Groh21.2-
Mel Harder21.2 1.4%
Babe Herman21.2 2.1%
Pinky Higgins21.2-
Harry Hooper21.2-
Miller Huggins21.2-
Bob Meusel21.2 0.8%
Art Nehf21.2 0.5%
Tommy Thevenow21.2-
Glenn Wright21.2 0.5%
Stan Coveleski21.2 0.8%
Frankie Crosetti10.6-
Paul Derringer10.6-
Jewel Ens10.6-
Freddie Fitzsimmons10.6 0.7%
Art Fletcher10.6 0.1%
Charlie Gelbert10.6 0.7%
Mike González10.6-
Fielder Jones10.6-
Red Lucas10.6 0.7%
Dolf Luque10.6-
Sherry Magee10.6-
Firpo Marberry10.6-
Stuffy McInnis10.6 4.6%
Bill McKechnie10.6-
Clyde Milan10.6-
Jo-Jo Moore10.6-
Terry Moore10.6-
Steve O'Neill10.6 3.3%
Hub Pruett10.6 0.1%
Sam Rice10.6 1.4%
Eddie Rommel10.6 0.7%
Charlie Root10.6 0.1%
Wally Schang10.6-
George Selkirk10.6 0.1%
Bill Sherdel10.6 0.1%
Billy Southworth10.6 4.0%
Bill Wambsganss10.6-
Lloyd Waner10.6 1.4%
Billy Werber10.6 0.1%
Smoky Joe Wood10.6-

Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in plain italics.