1958 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
BBWAA election

1958 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Section Title: BBWAA election
Table Section Text: None

Player	Votes	Percent	Change

Max Carey	136	51.1	17.4%

Edd Roush	112	42.1	5.1%

Red Ruffing	99	37.2	13.1%

Hack Wilson	94	35.3	3.0%

Kiki Cuyler	90	33.8	5.3%

Sam Rice	90	33.8	10.5%

Tony Lazzeri	80	30.1	3.1%

Luke Appling	77	28.9	21.6%

Lefty Gomez	76	28.6	17.5%

Burleigh Grimes	71	26.7	13.7%

Red Faber	68	25.6	8.0%

†Lou Boudreau	64	24.1

Jim Bottomley	57	21.4	0.4%

Joe Medwick	50	18.8	2.7%

Pepper Martin	46	17.3	13.7%

Hank Gowdy	45	16.9	8.5%

Bucky Harris	45	16.9

Dave Bancroft	43	16.2	8.4%

Lloyd Waner	39	14.7	5.4%

Waite Hoyt	37	13.9	5.3%

Chuck Klein	36	13.5	9.3%

†Johnny Vander Meer	35	13.2	11.6%

Earle Combs	34	12.8	5.5%

Stan Coveleski	34	12.8

Al López	34	12.8	12.3%

Bucky Walters	33	12.4	9.8%

Eppa Rixey	32	12.0	2.0%

Leo Durocher	28	10.5	10.0%

Lefty O'Doul	27	10.2	7.6%

Jimmy Dykes	26	9.8	9.3%

Goose Goslin	26	9.8	3.7%

Charlie Grimm	26	9.8

†Bobby Doerr	25	9.4

Jesse Haines	22	8.3	1.0%

Heinie Manush	22	8.3	1.6%

Nick Altrock	20	7.5	7.0%

Billy Southworth	18	6.8

Freddie Fitzsimmons	16	6.0	4.4%

Paul Derringer	15	5.6	0.6%

Dolf Luque	15	5.6	5.1%

Earl Averill	14	5.3	3.7%

Babe Herman	13	4.9	0.8%

Art Nehf	13	4.9

Red Rolfe	13	4.9	3.3%

Chick Hafey	12	4.5	3.8%

Terry Moore	12	4.5

Schoolboy Rowe	12	4.5

Tommy Bridges	11	4.1	2.5%

Joe Gordon	11	4.1	2.0%

Tommy Henrich	11	4.1	3.1%

Travis Jackson	11	4.1	3.2%

Steve O'Neill	10	3.8

Muddy Ruel	10	3.8	4.5%

Rick Ferrell	9	3.4	2.9%

Joe Judge	9	3.4	2.4%

†Charlie Keller	9	3.4

Jack Quinn	9	3.4	2.9%

Wally Schang	8	3.0	2.5%

†Birdie Tebbetts	8	3.0

Glenn Wright	8	3.0	1.4%

Howard Ehmke	7	2.6	1.5%

Billy Herman	7	2.6	1.6%

Eddie Rommel	7	2.6

Stan Hack	6	2.3	1.8%

Mel Harder	6	2.3

Pinky Higgins	6	2.3

Carl Mays	6	2.3

†Pete Reiser	6	2.3

Charlie Root	6	2.3

Arky Vaughan	6	2.3	2.4%

Cy Williams	6	2.3	3.4%

†Bullet Joe Bush	5	1.9

Frankie Crosetti	5	1.9	1.4%

Joe Dugan	5	1.9	1.4%

Orval Grove	5	1.9

Fielder Jones	5	1.9

Freddie Lindstrom	5	1.9	0.3%

Firpo Marberry	5	1.9

Bob Meusel	5	1.9	1.4%

Moe Berg	4	1.5

Max Bishop	4	1.5	1.0%

Dolph Camilli	4	1.5	1.0%

Cookie Lavagetto	4	1.5

Ernie Lombardi	4	1.5	2.6%

Urban Shocker	4	1.5

George Uhle	4	1.5	1.0%

Charlie Berry	3	1.1

Mort Cooper	3	1.1	0.1%

Tony Cuccinello	3	1.1	0.6%

Bill Doak	3	1.1

Lew Fonseca	3	1.1	0.1%

Mike González	3	1.1

Frankie Gustine	3	1.1

Willie Kamm	3	1.1

Bob O'Farrell	3	1.1

Luke Sewell	3	1.1

Billy Werber	3	1.1

Jimmie Wilson	3	1.1	7.7%

Wally Berger	2	0.8	0.3%

Ossie Bluege	2	0.8	0.2%

Doc Cramer	2	0.8	1.3%

†Tommy Holmes	2	0.8

George Kelly	2	0.8	0.2%

Ray Kremer	2	0.8

Freddy Leach	2	0.8

Joe McCarthy	2	0.8

Marty McManus	2	0.8

Lee Meadows	2	0.8

Van Mungo	2	0.8

Cy Perkins	2	0.8

Bill Sherdel	2	0.8	0.3%

Lon Warneke	2	0.8

Earl Whitehill	2	0.8	0.3%

Sparky Adams	1	0.4

Jimmy Austin	1	0.4

Dick Bartell	1	0.4

Larry Benton	1	0.4

Ray Blades	1	0.4

George Case	1	0.4

†Sam Chapman	1	0.4

Alvin Crowder	1	0.4

Harry Danning	1	0.4

Curt Davis	1	0.4

Jumbo Elliott	1	0.4

Rick Ferrell	1	0.4	0.1%

George Grantham	1	0.4

Mule Haas	1	0.4	0.1%

Bill Hallahan	1	0.4	0.1%

Bubbles Hargrave	1	0.4

Billy Jurges	1	0.4

Ken Keltner	1	0.4

Red Kress	1	0.4

Red Lucas	1	0.4

Gus Mancuso	1	0.4

Bing Miller	1	0.4

†Wally Moses	1	0.4

Johnny Mostil	1	0.4	0.1%

Charley O'Leary	1	0.4

Monte Pearson	1	0.4

Wally Pipp	1	0.4

Hal Schumacher	1	0.4	0.6%

Jack Scott	1	0.4

Joe Sewell	1	0.4	1.2%

Rip Sewell	1	0.4

Warren Spahn	1	0.4

Riggs Stephenson	1	0.4	0.6%

Gus Suhr	1	0.4	0.1%

Clyde Sukeforth	1	0.4

Rube Walberg	1	0.4

†Harry Walker	1	0.4

Ken Williams	1	0.4	0.1%

Whit Wyatt	1	0.4

Pep Young	1	0.4

Tom Zachary	1	0.4

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Max Carey's 51.1% remains the lowest percentage for a top vote earner, in a BBWAA election.

final_sentence: Max Carey's 51.1% remains the lowest percentage for a top vote earner, in a BBWAA election.