Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, 1952

The 1952 election to select inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame proceeded with the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) again authorized to elect players retired less than 25 years.

The 10-year members of the BBWAA had the authority to select any players active in 1927 or later, provided they had not been active in 1951. Voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75% of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall.

A total of 234 ballots were cast, with 2186 individual votes for 75 specific candidates; 176 votes were required for election. The two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and were elected are indicated in "bold italics".

*"Harry Heilmann" - 203
*"Paul Waner" - 195
*Bill Terry - 155
*Dizzy Dean - 152
*Al Simmons - 141
*Bill Dickey - 139
*Rabbit Maranville - 133
*Dazzy Vance - 105
*Ted Lyons - 101
*Gabby Hartnett - 77
*Hank Greenberg - 75
*Chief Bender - 70
*Joe Cronin - 48
*Ray Schalk - 44
*Max Carey - 36
*Hank Gowdy - 34
*Ross Youngs - 34
*Pepper Martin - 31
*Zack Wheat - 30
*Lefty Gomez - 29
*Tony Lazzeri - 29
*Casey Stengel - 27
*Edd Roush - 24
*Hack Wilson - 21
*Chuck Klein - 19
*Lefty O'Doul - 19
*Bucky Harris - 12
*Waite Hoyt - 12
*Dave Bancroft - 11
*Duffy Lewis - 11
*Kiki Cuyler - 10
*Mel Harder - 10
*Steve O'Neill - 10
*Red Ruffing - 10
*Babe Adams - 9
*Red Faber - 9
*Burleigh Grimes - 9
*Dickie Kerr - 9
*Rube Marquard - 9
*Jim Bottomley - 7
*Jimmie Wilson - 7
*Charlie Grimm - 6
*Jimmy Dykes - 5
*Tommy Henrich - 4
*Red Rolfe - 4
*Everett Scott - 4
*Cy Williams - 4
*Babe Herman - 3
*Art Nehf - 3
*Eppa Rixey - 3
*Bucky Walters - 3
*Earl Averill - 2
*Wilbur Cooper - 2
*Al Lopez - 2
*Dolf Luque - 2
*Roger Peckinpaugh - 2
*Eddie Rommel - 2
*Lloyd Waner - 2
*Ben Chapman - 1
*Earle Combs - 1
*Frankie Crosetti - 1
*Leo Durocher - 1
*Howard Ehmke - 1
*Mike Gonzalez - 1
*Chick Hafey - 1
*Travis Jackson - 1
*Bob Meusel - 1
*Clyde Milan - 1
*Hub Pruett - 1
*Sam Rice - 1
*Muddy Ruel - 1
*George Selkirk - 1
*Billy Southworth - 1
*Billy Werber - 1
*Glenn Wright - 1
*Joe McCarthy - 1
*Clyde Milan - 1
*Satchel Paige - 1
*Hub Pruett - 1
*Sam Rice - 1
*Eddie Rommel - 1
*Dick Rudolph - 1
*Muddy Ruel - 1
*Bill Sherdel - 1
*Lloyd Waner - 1
*Glenn Wright - 1

ources

*"The Politics of Glory" by Bill James.
*Baseball Hall of Fame website at http://www.baseballhalloffame.org/hofers/voting_year.jsp?year=1952