Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1953

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Dizzy Dean	Player	BBWAA	79.17%
Al Simmons	Player	BBWAA	75.38%
Ed Barrow	Pioneer/Executive	Veterans
Chief Bender	Player	Veterans
Tommy Connolly	Umpire	Veterans
Bill Klem	Umpire	Veterans
Bobby Wallace	Player	Veterans
Harry Wright	Pioneer/Executive	Veterans

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1953

In 1953, there were 264 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 198 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 14 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.

Nominee	Votes	Yes %
Bill Terry	191	72.35%
Bill Dickey	179	67.8%
Rabbit Maranville	164	62.12%
Dazzy Vance	150	56.82%
Ted Lyons	139	52.65%
Joe DiMaggio	117	44.32%
Chief Bender	104	39.39%
Gabby Hartnett	104	39.39%
Hank Greenberg	80	30.3%
Joe Cronin	69	26.14%
Casey Stengel	61	23.11%
Hank Gowdy	58	21.97%
Max Carey	55	20.83%
Ray Schalk	52	19.7%
Pepper Martin	43	16.29%
Hack Wilson	43	16.29%
Lefty Gomez	35	13.26%
Edd Roush	32	12.12%
Zack Wheat	32	12.12%
Ross Youngs	31	11.74%
Tony Lazzeri	28	10.61%
Red Ruffing	24	9.09%
Bucky Harris	21	7.95%
Duffy Lewis	20	7.58%
Rube Marquard	19	7.2%
Kiki Cuyler	18	6.82%
Babe Adams	17	6.44%
Waite Hoyt	14	5.3%
Dickey Kerr	13	4.92%
Steve O'Neill	13	4.92%
Lefty O'Doul	11	4.17%
Dave Bancroft	10	3.79%
Jim Bottomley	10	3.79%
Tommy Henrich	10	3.79%
Bucky Walters	10	3.79%
Jimmie Wilson	10	3.79%
Wilbur Cooper	9	3.41%
Red Faber	9	3.41%
Burleigh Grimes	9	3.41%
Charlie Grimm	9	3.41%
Mel Harder	8	3.03%
Muddy Ruel	8	3.03%
Jimmy Dykes	5	1.89%
Red Rolfe	5	1.89%
Everett Scott	5	1.89%
Jesse Haines	4	1.52%
Art Nehf	4	1.52%
Cy Williams	4	1.52%
Earle Combs	3	1.14%
Howard Ehmke	3	1.14%
Sam Rice	3	1.14%
Eppa Rixey	3	1.14%
Glenn Wright	3	1.14%
Luke Appling	2	0.76%
Bobby Doerr	2	0.76%
Chick Hafey	2	0.76%
Babe Herman	2	0.76%
Travis Jackson	2	0.76%
Al Lopez	2	0.76%
Roger Peckinpaugh	2	0.76%
Billy Southworth	2	0.76%
Nick Altrock	1	0.38%
Donie Bush	1	0.38%
Mike Gonzalez	1	0.38%
Charlie Keller	1	0.38%
Johnny Kling	1	0.38%
Bill Lange	1	0.38%
Dolf Luque	1	0.38%
Joe McCarthy	1	0.38%
Clyde Milan	1	0.38%
Terry Moore	1	0.38%
Charley O'Leary	1	0.38%
Hub Pruett	1	0.38%
Dave Robertson	1	0.38%
Eddie Rommel	1	0.38%
Germany Schaefer	1	0.38%
George Selkirk	1	0.38%
Bill Sherdel	1	0.38%
Gabby Street	1	0.38%
Arky Vaughan	1	0.38%
Bill Wambsganss	1	0.38%

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