# 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 (until 1962). The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players, and as had been the case in 1958, elected no one. For the third time, the induction ceremonies in Cooperstown, New York, were canceled because there was no one to induct. This would be the last time until 2021 that no one was selected for induction to the Hall.

## 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.
| Player | Votes | Percent | Change |
| Edd Roush | 146 | 54.3 | 0 12.2% |
| Sam Rice | 143 | 53.2 | 0 19.4% |
| Eppa Rixey | 142 | 52.8 | 0 40.8% |
| Burleigh Grimes | 92 | 34.2 | 0 7.5% |
| Jim Bottomley | 89 | 33.1 | 0 11.7% |
| Red Ruffing | 86 | 32.0 | 0 5.2% |
| Red Faber | 83 | 30.9 | 0 5.3% |
| Luke Appling | 72 | 26.8 | 0 2.1% |
| Kiki Cuyler | 72 | 26.8 | 0 7.0% |
| Hack Wilson | 72 | 26.8 | 0 8.5% |
| Tony Lazzeri | 59 | 21.9 | 0 8.2% |
| Lefty Gomez | 51 | 19.0 | 0 9.6% |
| †Johnny Mize | 45 | 16.7 | - |
| Lefty O'Doul | 45 | 16.7 | 0 6.5% |
| Earle Combs | 43 | 16.0 | 0 3.2% |
| Hank Gowdy | 38 | 14.1 | 0 2.5% |
| Joe Medwick | 38 | 14.1 | 0 4.4% |
| Chuck Klein | 37 | 13.8 | 0 0.3% |
| †Marty Marion | 37 | 13.8 | - |
| Lou Boudreau | 35 | 13.0 | 0 11.1% |
| Bucky Harris | 31 | 11.5 | 0 5.4% |
| Johnny Vander Meer | 31 | 11.5 | 0 1.7% |
| Dave Bancroft | 30 | 11.2 | 0 5.0% |
| Goose Goslin | 30 | 11.2 | 0 1.4% |
| Chick Hafey | 29 | 10.8 | 0 6.3% |
| Waite Hoyt | 29 | 10.8 | 0 3.1% |
| Pepper Martin | 29 | 10.8 | 0 6.5% |
| Jimmy Dykes | 27 | 10.0 | 0 0.2% |
| †Allie Reynolds | 24 | 8.9 | - |
| Joe Sewell | 23 | 8.6 | 0 8.2% |
| Lloyd Waner | 22 | 8.2 | 0 6.5% |
| Jesse Haines | 20 | 7.4 | 0 0.9% |
| Heinie Manush | 20 | 7.4 | 0 0.9% |
| Bucky Walters | 19 | 7.1 | 0 5.3% |
| Nick Altrock | 18 | 6.7 | 0 0.8% |
| Glenn Wright | 18 | 6.7 | 0 3.7% |
| Bobby Doerr | 15 | 5.6 | 0 3.8% |
| Joe Judge | 15 | 5.6 | 0 2.2% |
| Freddie Fitzsimmons | 13 | 4.8 | 0 1.2% |
| Charlie Grimm | 13 | 4.8 | 0 5.0% |
| Howard Ehmke | 12 | 4.5 | 0 1.9% |
| Mel Harder | 12 | 4.5 | 0 2.2% |
| Eddie Rommel | 12 | 4.5 | 0 1.9% |
| Earl Averill | 11 | 4.1 | 0 1.2% |
| Joe Gordon | 11 | 4.1 | |
| Travis Jackson | 11 | 4.1 | |
| Wally Schang | 11 | 4.1 | 0 1.1% |
| Hal Schumacher | 11 | 4.1 | 0 3.7% |
| Cy Williams | 11 | 4.1 | 0 1.8% |
| Leo Durocher | 10 | 3.7 | 0 6.8% |
| Tommy Henrich | 10 | 3.7 | 0 0.4% |
| Bob Meusel | 10 | 3.7 | 0 1.8% |
| Red Rolfe | 10 | 3.7 | 0 1.2% |
| Arky Vaughan | 10 | 3.7 | 0 1.4% |
| Muddy Ruel | 9 | 3.3 | 0 0.5% |
| Frankie Crosetti | 8 | 3.0 | 0 1.1% |
| Paul Derringer | 8 | 3.0 | 0 2.6% |
| Joe Dugan | 8 | 3.0 | 0 1.1% |
| Wes Ferrell | 8 | 3.0 | 0 0.4% |
| Pete Reiser | 8 | 3.0 | 0 0.7% |
| †Harry Brecheen | 7 | 2.6 | - |
| Orval Grove | 7 | 2.6 | 0 0.7% |
| Babe Herman | 7 | 2.6 | 0 2.3% |
| Charlie Keller | 7 | 2.6 | 0 0.8% |
| Terry Moore | 7 | 2.6 | 0 1.9% |
| Lefty Grove | 6 | 2.2 | - |
| Stan Hack | 6 | 2.2 | 0 0.1% |
| Freddie Lindstrom | 6 | 2.2 | 0 0.3% |
| Ernie Lombardi | 6 | 2.2 | 0 0.7% |
| Bing Miller | 6 | 2.2 | 0 1.8% |
| †Bobo Newsom | 6 | 2.2 | - |
| Jimmie Wilson | 6 | 2.2 | 0 1.1% |
| Moe Berg | 5 | 1.9 | 0 0.4% |
| Max Bishop | 5 | 1.9 | 0 0.4% |
| George Kelly | 5 | 1.9 | 0 1.1% |
| Tommy Bridges | 4 | 1.5 | 0 2.6% |
| †Dom DiMaggio | 4 | 1.5 | - |
| Dolf Luque | 4 | 1.5 | 0 4.1% |
| Riggs Stephenson | 4 | 1.5 | 0 1.1% |
| George Uhle | 4 | 1.5 | |
| Lon Warneke | 4 | 1.5 | 0 0.7% |
| Hal White | 4 | 1.5 | - |
| Ossie Bluege | 3 | 1.1 | 0 0.3% |
| Dolph Camilli | 3 | 1.1 | 0 0.4% |
| Lew Fonseca | 3 | 1.1 | |
| Pinky Higgins | 3 | 1.1 | 0 1.2% |
| Ralph Kiner | 3 | 1.1 | 0 12.4% |
| Red Kress | 3 | 1.1 | 0 0.7% |
| Bob O'Farrell | 3 | 1.1 | |
| Schoolboy Rowe | 3 | 1.1 | 0 3.4% |
| Luke Sewell | 3 | 1.1 | |
| †Eddie Stanky | 3 | 1.1 | - |
| Earl Whitehill | 3 | 1.1 | 0 0.3% |
| †Hank Edwards | 2 | 0.7 | - |
| †Bob Elliott | 2 | 0.7 | - |
| Mike González | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.4% |
| Bill Hallahan | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.3% |
| Tommy Holmes | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.1% |
| Cookie Lavagetto | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.8% |
| †Dutch Leonard | 2 | 0.7 | - |
| Firpo Marberry | 2 | 0.7 | 0 1.2% |
| Marty McManus | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.1% |
| Van Mungo | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.1% |
| Jack Quinn | 2 | 0.7 | 0 2.7% |
| Charlie Root | 2 | 0.7 | 0 1.6% |
| Bill Sherdel | 2 | 0.7 | 0 0.1% |
| Sparky Adams | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Dick Bartell | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Ray Blades | 1 | 0.4 | |
| George Case | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Mort Cooper | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.7% |
| Doc Cramer | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.4% |
| Alvin Crowder | 1 | 0.4 | 0 % |
| Harry Danning | 1 | 0.4 | 0 % |
| Rick Ferrell | 1 | 0.4 | 0 % |
| Heinie Groh | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Mule Haas | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Bubbles Hargrave | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Addie Joss | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Willie Kamm | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.7% |
| Ken Keltner | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Freddy Leach | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.4% |
| Hans Lobert | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Wally Moses | 1 | 0.4 | |
| †Bill Nicholson | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Charley O'Leary | 1 | 0.4 | |
| †Johnny Pesky | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| †Preacher Roe | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| †Sibby Sisti | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Gus Suhr | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Birdie Tebbetts | 1 | 0.4 | 0 2.6% |
| Rube Walberg | 1 | 0.4 | |
| Tom Zachary | 1 | 0.4 | |
Key to colors :
* 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 (in table order). 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.