Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1974

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Whitey Ford	Player	BBWAA	77.81%
Mickey Mantle	Player	BBWAA	88.22%
Cool Papa Bell	Player	Negro League
Jim Bottomley	Player	Veterans
Jocko Conlan	Umpire	Veterans
Sam Thompson	Player	Veterans

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1974

In 1974, there were 365 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 274 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 %
Robin Roberts	224	61.37%
Ralph Kiner	215	58.9%
Gil Hodges	198	54.25%
Bob Lemon	190	52.05%
Enos Slaughter	145	39.73%
Pee Wee Reese	141	38.63%
Eddie Mathews	118	32.33%
Phil Rizzuto	111	30.41%
Duke Snider	111	30.41%
Red Schoendienst	110	30.14%
Allie Reynolds	101	27.67%
George Kell	94	25.75%
Nellie Fox	79	21.64%
Roger Maris	78	21.37%
Hal Newhouser	73	20%
Phil Cavarretta	61	16.71%
Richie Ashburn	56	15.34%
Al Dark	54	14.79%
Johnny Sain	51	13.97%
Don Larsen	29	7.95%
Ted Kluszewski	28	7.67%
Mickey Vernon	27	7.4%
Elston Howard	19	5.21%
Carl Erskine	11	3.01%
Walker Cooper	9	2.47%
Harvey Haddix	8	2.19%
Lew Burdette	7	1.92%
Don Newcombe	7	1.92%
Bobby Thomson	6	1.64%
Vern Law	5	1.37%
Bobby Richardson	5	1.37%
Dick Groat	4	1.1%
Roy McMillan	4	1.1%
Billy Pierce	4	1.1%
Gil McDougald	3	0.82%
Vic Raschi	3	0.82%
Bobby Shantz	3	0.82%
Curt Simmons	3	0.82%
Bill Virdon	3	0.82%
Smoky Burgess	2	0.55%
Rocky Colavito	2	0.55%
Vic Wertz	2	0.55%

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