1955 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
BBWAA election
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1925 or later, but not after 1949. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.

1955 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Section Title: BBWAA election
Table Section Text: The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1925 or later, but not after 1949. All 10-year members of the BBWAA were eligible to vote.

Player	Votes	Percent	Change

Joe DiMaggio	223	88.8	19.4%

Ted Lyons	217	86.5	19.0%

Dazzy Vance	205	81.7	19.0%

Gabby Hartnett	195	77.7	17.8%

Hank Greenberg	157	62.5	24.0%

Joe Cronin	135	53.8	20.1%

Max Carey	119	47.4	25.6%

Ray Schalk	113	45.0	23.6%

Edd Roush	97	38.6	18.0%

Hank Gowdy	90	35.9	15.7%

Hack Wilson	81	32.3	13.3%

Lefty Gomez	71	28.3	13.2%

Tony Lazzeri	66	26.3	14.4%

Red Ruffing	60	23.9	12.4%

Zack Wheat	51	20.3	7.2%

Ross Youngs	48	19.1	5.6%

Kiki Cuyler	35	13.9	6.0%

Rube Marquard	35	13.9	7.9%

Duffy Lewis	34	13.5	5.6%

Waite Hoyt	33	13.1	7.5%

Sam Rice	28	11.2	7.6%

Red Faber	27	10.8	6.0%

Jim Bottomley	26	10.4	4.1%

Dickey Kerr	25	10.0	4.8%

Chuck Klein	25	10.0	5.6%

Babe Adams	24	9.6	4.4%

Dave Bancroft	19	7.6	3.6%

Jimmie Wilson	13	5.2	2.0%

Wilbur Cooper	11	4.4	1.6%

Muddy Ruel	11	4.4	2.4%

Jesse Haines	10	4.0	1.6%

Howard Ehmke	8	3.2	1.6%

Eppa Rixey	8	3.2	1.2%

Everett Scott	8	3.2	1.6%

Goose Goslin	7	2.8	2.4%

Art Nehf	7	2.8

Clyde Milan	6	2.4	1.2%

Heinie Groh	5	2.0	1.6%

Babe Herman	5	2.0	1.6%

Travis Jackson	5	2.0	1.6%

Bill Wambsganss	5	2.0	0.4%

Chick Hafey	4	1.6	0.8%

Arky Vaughan	4	1.6	0.8%

Glenn Wright	4	1.6	1.2%

Luke Appling	3	1.2

Burleigh Grimes	3	1.2

Cy Williams	3	1.2	0.4%

Earl Averill	2	0.8

George Earnshaw	2	0.8

Joe Judge	2	0.8

Bob Meusel	2	0.8

Johnny Allen	1	0.4

Charlie Berry	1	0.4

Max Bishop	1	0.4

Earle Combs	1	0.4

Jake Daubert	1	0.4

Paul Derringer	1	0.4

Jimmy Dykes	1	0.4

Joe Gordon	1	0.4

Mule Haas	1	0.4

Sam Jones	1	0.4

Roger Peckinpaugh	1	0.4

Hal Schumacher	1	0.4

Joe Sewell	1	0.4

Bill Sherdel	1	0.4

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In the 1955 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Hank Gowdy received 35.9% of the vote.

final_sentence: In the 1955 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, Hank Gowdy received 35.9% of the vote.