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1990 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

{{Short description|Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame}}

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{{Infobox Baseball Hall of Fame ballot

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|inductees=206

|date=August 6, 1990

|before=1989

|after=1991

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Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1990 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 two, Joe Morgan and Jim Palmer. 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 no one. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on August 6, 1990; after being delayed a day due to rain, it was held indoors due to continued bad weather.{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36935107/their_moment_in_the_sun/ |title=Their moment in the sun |first=Frank |last=Dolson |agency=Knight-Ridder |newspaper=Chicago Tribune |pages=4–12 |date=August 7, 1990 |accessdate=October 9, 2019 |via=newspapers.com}}

BBWAA election

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| image2 = Jim Palmer - Baltimore Orioles - 1983.jpg

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The BBWAA was authorized to elect players active in 1970 or later, but not after 1984; the ballot included candidates from the 1989 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 1984. 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. Results of the 1990 election by the BBWAA were announced on January 9. The ballot consisted of 44 players; a total of 444 ballots were cast, with 333 votes required for election. A total of 3,050 individual votes were cast, an average of 6.87 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 two candidates who received at least 75% of the vote and was elected is indicated in bold italics; candidates who have since been elected in subsequent elections are indicated in italics. The 20 candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, thus becoming ineligible for future BBWAA consideration, are indicated with an asterisk (*).

Roy Face was on the ballot for the 15th and final time.

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Player

! Votes

! Percent

! Change

! Year

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| †Jim Palmer

| 411

| 92.6

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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| †Joe Morgan

| 363

| 81.8

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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| Gaylord Perry

| 320

| 72.1

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 4.1%

|align="center"|2nd

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| Fergie Jenkins

| 296

| 66.7

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 3.4%

|align="center"|2nd

bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Jim Bunning

| 257

| 57.9

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 5.4%

|align="center"|14th

bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Orlando Cepeda

| 211

| 47.5

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 8.1%

|align="center"|11th

-bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Tony Oliva

| 142

| 32.0

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 1.8%

|align="center"|9th

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| Bill Mazeroski

| 131

| 29.5

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 0.5%

|align="center"|13th

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| Harvey Kuenn

| 107

| 24.1

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 1.6%

|align="center"|14th

bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Ron Santo

| 96

| 21.6

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 4.8%

|align="center"|7th

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| Maury Wills

| 95

| 21.4

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 0.1%

|align="center"|13th

-bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Jim Kaat

| 79

| 17.8

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 1.7%

|align="center"|2nd

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| Ken Boyer

| 78

| 17.6

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 3.7%

|align="center"|11th

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| Dick Allen

| 58

| 13.1

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 5.3%

|align="center"|8th

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| Joe Torre

| 55

| 12.4

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 3.5%

|align="center"|8th

-bgcolor="#ccccff"

| Minnie Miñoso

| 51

| 11.5

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 1.7%

|align="center"|6th

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| Roy Face

| 50

| 11.3

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 0.8%

|align="center"|15th

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| Luis Tiant

| 42

| 9.5

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 1.0%

|align="center"|3rd

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| Vada Pinson

| 36

| 8.1

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 0.3%

|align="center"|9th

bgcolor="#ffffcc"

| Curt Flood

| 35

| 7.9

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 1.9%

|align="center"|9th

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| Thurman Munson

| 33

| 7.4

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 0.5%

|align="center"|10th

bgcolor="#ffffcc"

| Bobby Bonds

| 30

| 6.8

|align="left"|{{increase}}{{0}} 0.3%

|align="center"|4th

bgcolor="#ffffcc"

| Mickey Lolich

| 27

| 6.1

|align="left"|{{decrease}}{{0}} 4.4%

|align="center"|6th

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| Sparky Lyle

| 25

| 5.6

|align=center| -

|align="center"|3rd

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| †Tug McGraw*

| 6

| 1.4

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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| †Bucky Dent*

| 3

| 0.7

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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| †Bob Watson*

| 3

| 0.7

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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| †Rick Monday*

| 2

| 0.5

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Lou Piniella*

| 2

| 0.5

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Mickey Rivers*

| 2

| 0.5

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Jim Bibby*

| 1

| 0.2

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Greg Luzinski*

| 1

| 0.2

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Jerry Remy*

| 1

| 0.2

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Mike Torrez*

| 1

| 0.2

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Mike Caldwell*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Roy Howell*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Jose Morales*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Amos Otis*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Tony Scott*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Ken Singleton*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Paul Splittorff*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †John Stearns*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Champ Summers*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

bgcolor="#ffcccc"

| †Dick Tidrow*

| 0

| 0.0

|align=center| -

|align="center"|1st

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|+ 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 1991 ballot.

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|Eliminated from future BBWAA voting. These individuals remain eligible for future Veterans Committee consideration.

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The newly eligible candidates included 19 All-Stars, four of whom were not on the ballot, who were selected a total of 50 times. The field included 10-time All-Star Joe Morgan, 6-time All-Star Jim Palmer, and 5-time All-Star Amos Otis. The group of new candidates include one MVP (Morgan, who won twice), one Cy Young Award winner (Palmer, who won thrice), and one Rookie of the Year (Lou Piniella).

Players eligible for the first time who were not on the ballot were: Glenn Abbott, Jerry Augustine, Tom Burgmeier, John Curtis, Jim Essian, Pete Falcone, Ron Hodges, Ron Jackson, Frank LaCorte, Jerry Martin, Milt May, Larry Milbourne, Sid Monge, Biff Pocoroba, Ron Reed, Leon Roberts, Craig Swan, Tom Underwood, Mike Vail, and Tom Veryzer.

J. G. Taylor Spink Award

Jerome Holtzman (1926–2008) received the J. G. Taylor Spink Award honoring a baseball writer.{{Cite web|url=https://baseballhall.org/discover-more/awards/spink/jerome-holtzman|title = 1989 BBWAA Career Excellence Award Winner Jerome Holtzman}} The award was voted at the December 1989 meeting of the BBWAA, and included in the summer 1990 ceremonies.

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110810211514/http://baseballhall.org/hall-famers/bbwaa-voting/year?year=1990 1990 Election] at www.baseballhalloffame.org

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