1960 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting


Elections to Baseball Hall of Fame for 1960 followed a system established after the 1956 election. The Veterans Committee was meeting only in odd-numbered years. The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted by mail to select from recent major league players, and as had been the case in, elected no one. For the third time, the induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were canceled because there was no one to induct. It was also the last time until that there were no living inductees.

BBWAA election

The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1930 or later, but not after 1954. 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. A total of 134 players received votes; 269 ballots were cast, with 202 votes required for election. A total of 2,288 individual votes were cast, an average of 8.51 per ballot.
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger. Candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics.
PlayerVotesPercentChange
Edd Roush14654.3 12.2%
Sam Rice14353.2 19.4%
Eppa Rixey14252.8 40.8%
Burleigh Grimes9234.2 7.5%
Jim Bottomley8933.1 11.7%
Red Ruffing8632.0 5.2%
Red Faber8330.9 5.3%
Luke Appling7226.8 2.1%
Kiki Cuyler7226.8 7.0%
Hack Wilson7226.8 8.5%
Tony Lazzeri5921.9 8.2%
Lefty Gomez5119.0 9.6%
Johnny Mize4516.7-
Lefty O'Doul4516.7 6.5%
Earle Combs4316.0 3.2%
Hank Gowdy3814.1 2.5%
Joe Medwick3814.1 4.4%
Chuck Klein3713.8 0.3%
†Marty Marion3713.8-
Lou Boudreau3513.0 11.1%
Bucky Harris3111.5 5.4%
Johnny Vander Meer3111.5 1.7%
Dave Bancroft3011.2 5.0%
Goose Goslin3011.2 1.4%
Chick Hafey2910.8 6.3%
Waite Hoyt2910.8 3.1%
Pepper Martin2910.8 6.5%
Jimmy Dykes2710.0 0.2%
†Allie Reynolds248.9-
Joe Sewell238.6 8.2%
Lloyd Waner228.2 6.5%
Jesse Haines207.4 0.9%
Heinie Manush207.4 0.9%
Bucky Walters197.1 5.3%
Nick Altrock186.7 0.8%
Glenn Wright186.7 3.7%
Bobby Doerr155.6 3.8%
Joe Judge155.6 2.2%
Freddie Fitzsimmons134.8 1.2%
Charlie Grimm134.8 5.0%
Howard Ehmke124.5 1.9%
Mel Harder124.5 2.2%
Eddie Rommel124.5 1.9%
Earl Averill114.1 1.2%
Joe Gordon114.1
Travis Jackson114.1
Wally Schang114.1 1.1%
Hal Schumacher114.1 3.7%
Cy Williams114.1 1.8%
Leo Durocher103.7 6.8%
Tommy Henrich103.7 0.4%
Bob Meusel103.7 1.8%
Red Rolfe103.7 1.2%
Arky Vaughan103.7 1.4%
Muddy Ruel93.3 0.5%
Frankie Crosetti83.0 1.1%
Paul Derringer83.0 2.6%
Joe Dugan83.0 1.1%
Wes Ferrell83.0 0.4%
Pete Reiser83.0 0.7%
†Harry Brecheen72.6-
Orval Grove72.6 0.7%
Babe Herman72.6 2.3%
Charlie Keller72.6 0.8%
Terry Moore72.6 1.9%
Lefty Grove62.2-
Stan Hack62.2 0.1%
Freddie Lindstrom62.2 0.3%
Ernie Lombardi62.2 0.7%
Bing Miller62.2 1.8%
†Bobo Newsom62.2-
Jimmie Wilson62.2 1.1%
Moe Berg51.9 0.4%
Max Bishop51.9 0.4%
George Kelly51.9 1.1%
Tommy Bridges41.5 2.6%
†Dom DiMaggio41.5-
Dolf Luque41.5 4.1%
Riggs Stephenson41.5 1.1%
George Uhle41.5
Lon Warneke41.5 0.7%
Hal White41.5-
Ossie Bluege31.1 0.3%
Dolph Camilli31.1 0.4%
Lew Fonseca31.1
Pinky Higgins31.1 1.2%
Ralph Kiner31.1 12.4%
Red Kress31.1 0.7%
Bob O'Farrell31.1
Schoolboy Rowe31.1 3.4%
Luke Sewell31.1
†Eddie Stanky31.1-
Earl Whitehill31.1 0.3%
†Hank Edwards20.7-
†Bob Elliott20.7-
Mike González20.7 0.4%
Bill Hallahan20.7 0.3%
Tommy Holmes20.7 0.1%
Cookie Lavagetto20.7 0.8%
†Dutch Leonard20.7-
Firpo Marberry20.7 1.2%
Marty McManus20.7 0.1%
Van Mungo20.7 0.1%
Jack Quinn20.7 2.7%
Charlie Root20.7 1.6%
Bill Sherdel20.7 0.1%
Sparky Adams10.4
Dick Bartell10.4
Ray Blades10.4
George Case10.4
Mort Cooper10.4 0.7%
Doc Cramer10.4 0.4%
Alvin Crowder10.4 %
Harry Danning10.4 %
Rick Ferrell10.4 %
Heinie Groh10.4-
Mule Haas10.4
Bubbles Hargrave10.4
Addie Joss10.4-
Willie Kamm10.4 0.7%
Ken Keltner10.4
Freddy Leach10.4 0.4%
Hans Lobert10.4-
Wally Moses10.4
†Bill Nicholson10.4-
Charley O'Leary10.4
†Johnny Pesky10.4-
†Preacher Roe10.4-
†Sibby Sisti10.4-
Gus Suhr10.4
Birdie Tebbetts10.4 2.6%
Rube Walberg10.4
Tom Zachary10.4

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

Copies of the 1958 and 1960 ballots are not available, reportedly listing "about 400" and 237 players, respectively. Eight candidates may have received votes for the first time who were previously eligible: Miller, White, Kress, Crowder, Danning, Keltner, Walberg, and Zachary. The votes for Ralph Kiner may have been write-ins; he played until 1955 and should have been ineligible. Lefty Grove received six votes despite the fact that he had already been elected to the Hall of Fame, in 1947.
The next ballot for 1962 did not include a list of names. Twenty-six candidates who received at least one vote in 1960 may have been eligible for the final time: Edd Roush, Hank Gowdy, Bucky Harris, Dave Bancroft, Joe Sewell, Nick Altrock, Joe Judge, Howard Ehmke, Eddie Rommel, Wally Schang, Cy Williams, Bob Meusel, Joe Dugan, Babe Herman, Lew Fonseca, Mike González, Marty McManus, Jack Quinn, Bill Sherdel, Sparky Adams, Ray Blades, Heinie Groh, Bubbles Hargrave, Addie Joss, Freddy Leach and Hans Lobert.