# 1954 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1954 followed a system practically the same as in 1952 because the new Veterans Committee was meeting only in odd-number years (until 1962). The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent players and elected three: Bill Dickey, Rabbit Maranville, and Bill Terry. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 9, 1954, with Commissioner of Baseball Ford Frick presiding.

## BBWAA election

Any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall. Votes were cast for 53 players; a total of 252 ballots were cast, with 189 votes required for election. A total of 2,091 individual votes were cast, an average of 8.30 per ballot.
The three candidates who received 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics.
Players were eligible if they had finished their career between 1928 and 1952. Starting with this election, players had to have been retired from baseball (including no longer working as a manager) for a minimum of five seasons to be eligible, unless they had received at least 100 votes in the prior year's election—those who qualified under this clause were Joe DiMaggio and Ted Lyons.
| Player | Votes | Percent | Change |
| Rabbit Maranville | 209 | 82.9 | 0 20.8% |
| Bill Dickey | 202 | 80.2 | 0 12.4% |
| Bill Terry | 195 | 77.4 | 0 5.1% |
| Joe DiMaggio | 175 | 69.4 | 0 25.1% |
| Ted Lyons | 170 | 67.5 | 0 14.8% |
| Dazzy Vance | 158 | 62.7 | 0 5.9% |
| Gabby Hartnett | 151 | 59.9 | 0 20.5% |
| Hank Greenberg | 97 | 38.5 | 0 8.2% |
| Joe Cronin | 85 | 33.7 | 0 7.6% |
| Max Carey | 55 | 21.8 | 0 1.0% |
| Ray Schalk | 54 | 21.4 | 0 1.7% |
| Edd Roush | 52 | 20.6 | 0 8.5% |
| Hank Gowdy | 51 | 20.2 | 0 1.8% |
| Hack Wilson | 48 | 19.0 | 0 2.7% |
| Lefty Gomez | 38 | 15.1 | 0 1.8% |
| Ross Youngs | 34 | 13.5 | 0 1.8% |
| Zack Wheat | 33 | 13.1 | 0 1.0% |
| Tony Lazzeri | 30 | 11.9 | 0 1.3% |
| Red Ruffing | 29 | 11.5 | 0 2.4% |
| Kiki Cuyler | 20 | 7.9 | 0 1.1% |
| Duffy Lewis | 20 | 7.9 | 0 0.3% |
| Jim Bottomley | 16 | 6.3 | 0 2.5% |
| Rube Marquard | 15 | 6.0 | 0 1.2% |
| Waite Hoyt | 14 | 5.6 | 0 0.3% |
| Babe Adams | 13 | 5.2 | 0 1.2% |
| Dickie Kerr | 13 | 5.2 | 0 0.3% |
| Red Faber | 12 | 4.8 | 0 1.4% |
| Chuck Klein | 11 | 4.4 | - |
| Dave Bancroft | 10 | 4.0 | 0 0.2% |
| Sam Rice | 9 | 3.6 | 0 2.5% |
| Jimmie Wilson | 8 | 3.2 | 0 0.6% |
| Wilbur Cooper | 7 | 2.8 | 0 0.6% |
| Art Nehf | 7 | 2.8 | 0 1.3% |
| Jesse Haines | 6 | 2.4 | 0 0.9% |
| Eppa Rixey | 5 | 2.0 | 0 0.9% |
| Muddy Ruel | 5 | 2.0 | 0 1.0% |
| Howard Ehmke | 4 | 1.6 | 0 0.5% |
| Everett Scott | 4 | 1.6 | 0 0.3% |
| Bill Wambsganss | 4 | 1.6 | 0 1.2% |
| Cy Williams | 4 | 1.6 | 0 0.1% |
| Clyde Milan | 3 | 1.2 | 0 0.8% |
| Nick Altrock | 2 | 0.8 | 0 0.4% |
| Chick Hafey | 2 | 0.8 | |
| Arky Vaughan | 2 | 0.8 | 0 0.4% |
| Lu Blue | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Ossie Bluege | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Goose Goslin | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Heinie Groh | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Babe Herman | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.4% |
| Travis Jackson | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.4% |
| Roger Peckinpaugh | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.4% |
| Joe Sewell | 1 | 0.4 | - |
| Glenn Wright | 1 | 0.4 | 0 0.7% |
Key to colors :
* Elected to the Hall. These individuals are also indicated in bold italics.
* Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in plain italics.