Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1973

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Warren Spahn	Player	BBWAA	83.16%
Monte Irvin	Player	Negro League
Roberto Clemente	Player	Special Election
Billy Evans	Umpire	Veterans
High Pockets Kelly	Player	Veterans
Mickey Welch	Player	Veterans

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1973

In 1973, there were 380 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 285 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 19 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.

Nominee	Votes	Yes %
Whitey Ford	255	67.11%
Ralph Kiner	235	61.84%
Gil Hodges	218	57.37%
Robin Roberts	213	56.05%
Bob Lemon	177	46.58%
Johnny Mize	157	41.32%
Enos Slaughter	145	38.16%
Marty Marion	127	33.42%
Pee Wee Reese	126	33.16%
George Kell	114	30%
Phil Rizzuto	111	29.21%
Duke Snider	101	26.58%
Red Schoendienst	96	25.26%
Allie Reynolds	93	24.47%
Hal Newhouser	79	20.79%
Phil Cavarretta	73	19.21%
Nellie Fox	73	19.21%
Al Dark	53	13.95%
Johnny Sain	47	12.37%
Dom DiMaggio	43	11.32%
Bobo Newsom	33	8.68%
Richie Ashburn	25	6.58%
Mickey Vernon	23	6.05%
Ted Kluszewski	14	3.68%
Lew Burdette	12	3.16%
Don Newcombe	11	2.89%
Vern Law	9	2.37%
Walker Cooper	8	2.11%
Dick Groat	7	1.84%
Vic Raschi	7	1.84%
Dutch Leonard	6	1.58%
Roy McMillan	5	1.32%
Bobby Shantz	5	1.32%
Curt Simmons	5	1.32%
Carl Erskine	4	1.05%
Billy Pierce	4	1.05%
Harry Brecheen	3	0.79%
Bobby Thomson	3	0.79%
Gil McDougald	2	0.53%
Bobby Richardson	2	0.53%
Vic Wertz	2	0.53%
Smoky Burgess	1	0.26%
Harvey Haddix	1	0.26%

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