Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1956

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Joe Cronin	Player	BBWAA	78.76%
Hank Greenberg	Player	BBWAA	84.97%

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1956

In 1956, there were 193 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 145 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 10 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.

Nominee	Votes	Yes %
Red Rolfe	3	1.55%
Joe Sewell	3	1.55%
Johnny Vander Meer	3	1.55%
Glenn Wright	3	1.55%
Ossie Bluege	2	1.04%
Lou Boudreau	2	1.04%
Guy Bush	2	1.04%
Mort Cooper	2	1.04%
Hughie Critz	2	1.04%
Lew Fonseca	2	1.04%
Tommy Henrich	2	1.04%
Billy Herman	2	1.04%
Joe Judge	2	1.04%
Charlie Keller	2	1.04%
High Pockets Kelly	2	1.04%
Hal Schumacher	2	1.04%
Riggs Stephenson	2	1.04%
Jim Tobin	2	1.04%
Nick Altrock	1	0.52%
Wally Berger	1	0.52%
Max Bishop	1	0.52%
Dolph Camilli	1	0.52%
Spud Chandler	1	0.52%
Frankie Crosetti	1	0.52%
Tony Cuccinello	1	0.52%
Bill Dinneen	1	0.52%
Joe Dugan	1	0.52%
Leo Durocher	1	0.52%
Jimmy Dykes	1	0.52%
Rick Ferrell	1	0.52%
Mule Haas	1	0.52%
Stan Hack	1	0.52%
Bill Hallahan	1	0.52%
Bob Johnson	1	0.52%
Sad Sam Jones	1	0.52%
Joe Kuhel	1	0.52%
Al Lopez	1	0.52%
Dolf Luque	1	0.52%
Marty Marion	1	0.52%
Bob Meusel	1	0.52%
Johnny Mostil	1	0.52%
Jack Quinn	1	0.52%
Allie Reynolds	1	0.52%
Phil Rizzuto	1	0.52%
Al Schacht	1	0.52%
Wally Schang	1	0.52%
Everett Scott	1	0.52%
Bill Sherdel	1	0.52%
Earl Smith	1	0.52%
Gus Suhr	1	0.52%
Jim Turner	1	0.52%
George Uhle	1	0.52%
Bill Wambsganss	1	0.52%
Burgess Whitehead	1	0.52%
Earl Whitehill	1	0.52%
Ken Williams	1	0.52%
Red Ruffing	97	50.26%
Edd Roush	91	47.15%
Lefty Gomez	89	46.11%
Hack Wilson	74	38.34%
Max Carey	65	33.68%
Tony Lazzeri	64	33.16%
Kiki Cuyler	55	28.5%
Hank Gowdy	49	25.39%
Sam Rice	45	23.32%
Chuck Klein	44	22.8%
Jim Bottomley	42	21.76%
Waite Hoyt	37	19.17%
Red Faber	34	17.62%
Joe Medwick	31	16.06%
Eppa Rixey	27	13.99%
Goose Goslin	26	13.47%
Zack Wheat	26	13.47%
Burleigh Grimes	25	12.95%
Ross Youngs	19	9.84%
Lloyd Waner	18	9.33%
Jimmie Wilson	17	8.81%
Chick Hafey	16	8.29%
Muddy Ruel	16	8.29%
Dave Bancroft	15	7.77%
Luke Appling	14	7.25%
Earle Combs	14	7.25%
Jesse Haines	14	7.25%
Travis Jackson	14	7.25%
Heinie Manush	13	6.74%
Paul Derringer	12	6.22%
Babe Herman	11	5.7%
Cy Williams	11	5.7%
Arky Vaughan	9	4.66%
Howard Ehmke	8	4.15%
Ernie Lombardi	8	4.15%
Wes Ferrell	7	3.63%
Pepper Martin	7	3.63%
Bobby Doerr	5	2.59%
Lefty O'Doul	5	2.59%
Bucky Walters	5	2.59%
Doc Cramer	4	2.07%
Joe Gordon	4	2.07%
Earl Averill	3	1.55%
Tommy Bridges	3	1.55%
George Earnshaw	3	1.55%
Freddie Fitzsimmons	3	1.55%
Freddie Lindstrom	3	1.55%
Frank McCormick	3	1.55%

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