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1998 Hall of Fame Voting

Year
 
Ballots
Needed
Votes
  
1
52.7
 
473
355
386
81.6 %
5
 
61.6
324.2
154.9
2
55.6
 
473
355
321
67.9 %
34
7
 
50.4
347.2
149.8
3
57.9
 
473
355
204
43.1 %
151
15
 
66.7
319.5
128.5
4
44.8
 
473
355
203
42.9 %
152
4
 
44.4
278.5
128.1
5
43.7
 
473
355
200
42.3 %
155
1
 
66.4
344.0
136.3
6
49.0
 
473
355
195
41.2 %
160
6
 
34.5
283.3
114.8
7
45.0
 
473
355
147
31.1 %
208
5
 
23.1
160.6
104.3
8
54.6
 
473
355
129
27.3 %
226
4
 
56.4
291.9
141.2
9
59.2
 
473
355
129
27.3 %
226
10
 
46.1
269.0
117.7
10
46.6
 
473
355
116
24.5 %
239
2
 
36.5
324.5
145.8
11
46.7
 
473
355
83
17.5 %
272
1
 
89.4
341.7
187.7
12
49.5
 
473
355
80
16.9 %
275
5
 
36.5
270.8
51.5
13
72.1
 
473
355
76
16.1 %
279
14
 
47.6
279.4
138.5
14
57.1
 
473
355
62
13.1 %
293
11
 
61.9
252.4
140.5
15
44.2
 
473
355
51
10.8 %
304
3
 
57.1
310.0
159.5
16
46.2
 
473
355
49
10.4 %
306
2
 
63.0
338.5
157.5
17
57.3
 
473
355
39
8.2 %
316
14
 
43.9
226.1
107.3
18
47.3
 
473
355
37
7.8 %
318
5
 
45.3
174.7
99.2
19
50.1
 
473
355
26
5.5 %
329
3
 
24.3
214.6
22.0
20
42.1
 
473
355
7
1.5 %
348
1
 
49.9
306.0
162.1
21
41.5
 
473
355
6
1.3 %
349
1
 
31.8
234.4
119.6
22
43.5
 
473
355
5
1.1 %
350
1
 
63.0
305.3
108.1
23
40.9
 
473
355
3
0.6 %
352
1
 
37.3
243.4
94.0
24
47.2
 
473
355
2
0.4 %
353
1
 
47.8
297.5
133.7
25
46.0
 
473
355
2
0.4 %
353
1
 
22.7
156.7
67.3
26
48.3
 
473
355
1
0.2 %
354
1
 
23.1
154.8
28.4

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Defensive Regression Analysis data used here was obtained with permission from Michael Humphreys, author of Wizardry.

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Uniform images used with permission from Marc Okkonen, author of Baseball Uniforms of the 20th Century.
Images can also be viewed at the Hall of Fame online exhibit Dressed to the Nines

Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James