Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1972

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Yogi Berra	Player	BBWAA	85.61%
Sandy Koufax	Player	BBWAA	86.87%
Early Wynn	Player	BBWAA	76.01%
Josh Gibson	Player	Negro League
Buck Leonard	Player	Negro League
Lefty Gomez	Player	Veterans
Will Harridge	Pioneer/Executive	Veterans
Ross Youngs	Player	Veterans

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1972

In 1972, there were 396 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 297 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 20 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.

Nominee	Votes	Yes %
Ralph Kiner	235	59.34%
Gil Hodges	161	40.66%
Johnny Mize	157	39.65%
Enos Slaughter	149	37.63%
Pee Wee Reese	129	32.58%
Marty Marion	120	30.3%
Bob Lemon	117	29.55%
George Kell	115	29.04%
Allie Reynolds	105	26.52%
Red Schoendienst	104	26.26%
Phil Rizzuto	103	26.01%
Hal Newhouser	92	23.23%
Duke Snider	84	21.21%
Nellie Fox	64	16.16%
Phil Cavarretta	61	15.4%
Al Dark	55	13.89%
Dom DiMaggio	36	9.09%
Bobo Newsom	31	7.83%
Charlie Keller	24	6.06%
Johnny Sain	21	5.3%
Mickey Vernon	12	3.03%
Richie Ashburn	11	2.78%
Ted Kluszewski	10	2.53%
Bobby Thomson	10	2.53%
Harvey Haddix	9	2.27%
Roy McMillan	9	2.27%
Bobby Shantz	9	2.27%
Walker Cooper	8	2.02%
Bobby Richardson	8	2.02%
Don Newcombe	7	1.77%
Harry Brecheen	5	1.26%
Dutch Leonard	5	1.26%
Carl Erskine	4	1.01%
Gil McDougald	4	1.01%
Billy Pierce	4	1.01%
Vic Raschi	4	1.01%
Vic Wertz	4	1.01%
Vic Power	3	0.76%
Roy Sievers	3	0.76%
Carl Furillo	2	0.51%
Eddie Lopat	2	0.51%
Preacher Roe	2	0.51%
Jackie Jensen	1	0.25%

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