Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
New inductees
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via
BBWAA
| 3
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via Veterans Committee
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Total inductees
| 211
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Induction date
| July 21, 1991
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Elections to the
Baseball Hall of Fame
for 1991
followed the system in place since 1978. The
Baseball Writers' Association of America
(BBWAA) voted by mail to select from recent major league players and elected three,
Rod Carew
,
Ferguson Jenkins
, and
Gaylord Perry
. The
Veterans Committee
met in closed sessions to consider older major league players as well as managers, umpires, executives, and figures from the
Negro leagues
. It selected two,
Tony Lazzeri
and
Bill Veeck
. A formal induction ceremony was held in
Cooperstown, New York
, on July 21, 1991.
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BBWAA election
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Rod Carew
Ferguson Jenkins
Bill Veeck
Gaylord Perry
Tony Lazzeri
The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1971 or later, but not after 1985; the ballot included candidates from the 1990 ballot who received at least 5% of the vote but were not elected, along with selected players, chosen by a screening committee, whose last appearance was in 1985. 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. The ballot consisted of 45 players; a total of 443 ballots were cast, with 333 votes required for election. A total of 2,948 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.65 per ballot. Those candidates receiving less than 5% of the vote will not appear on future BBWAA ballots, but may eventually be considered by the
Veterans Committee
.
Candidates who were eligible for the first time are indicated here with a dagger (†). The three candidates who received at least 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. The 22 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).
Jim Bunning
and
Harvey Kuenn
were on the ballot for the 15th and final time.
Key to colors
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Elected to the Hall. These individuals are also indicated in
bold italics
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Players who were elected in future elections. These individuals are also indicated in
plain italics
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Players not yet elected who returned on the 1992 ballot.
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Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remain eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration.
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The field of newly-eligible players included 14 All-Stars, all of whom were on the ballot, representing a total of 58 All-Star selections. Among the new candidates were 18-time All-Star Rod Carew, 7-time All-Stars Rollie Fingers and Al Oliver, 6-time All-Star Rusty Staub, and 5-time All-Stars Larry Bowa and Steve Rogers. The field included four Rookies of the Year (Carew, Al Bumbry, Mike Hargrove and Pat Zachry), three MVPs (Carew, Fingers and Jeff Boroughs) and two Cy Young Award winners (Sparkey Lyle and Rollie Fingers. Fingers also received the MVP Award the same year).
Players eligible for the first time who were
not
included on the ballot were:
Benny Ayala
,
Alan Bannister
,
Kurt Bevacqua
,
Steve Braun
,
Miguel Dilone
,
Doug Flynn
,
Tim Foli
,
Dan Ford
,
Kiko Garcia
,
Ed Glynn
,
Andy Hassler
,
Jay Johnstone
,
Duane Kuiper
,
Sixto Lezcano
,
Dan Meyer
,
Rick Miller
,
Dale Murray
,
Joe Nolan
,
Dan Spillner
,
Mike Squires
,
Bill Stein
,
Derrel Thomas
,
Rick Waits
, and
John Wockenfuss
.
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
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Phil Collier
(1925?2001) received the
J. G. Taylor Spink Award
honoring a baseball writer.
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The award was voted at the December 1990 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1991 ceremonies.
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