Claim: After tallying 2,921 individual votes (573 ballots) at the 2012 Baseball Hall of Fame elections, two new inductees were honored.
Evidence: A total of 573 ballots were cast (including nine ballots which supported no candidates), with 430 votes required for election. A total of 2,921 individual votes were cast, an average of 5.10 per ballot - the lowest rate ever, breaking the record of 5.32 set in 1997. 2