Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 1979

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Hall of Famer	Category	Inducted By	Yes %
Willie Mays	Player	BBWAA	94.68%
Warren Giles	Pioneer/Executive	Veterans
Hack Wilson	Player	Veterans

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Nominees who didn't make the cut in 1979

In 1979, there were 432 ballots cast by the voters, and a nominee needed 324 yes votes to reach the 75% threshold for induction. A minimum of 22 votes were required to remain on the ballot for the following year.

Nominee	Votes	Yes %
Duke Snider	308	71.3%
Enos Slaughter	297	68.75%
Gil Hodges	242	56.02%
Don Drysdale	233	53.94%
Nellie Fox	174	40.28%
Hoyt Wilhelm	168	38.89%
Maury Wills	166	38.43%
Red Schoendienst	159	36.81%
Jim Bunning	147	34.03%
Richie Ashburn	130	30.09%
Roger Maris	127	29.4%
Luis Aparicio	120	27.78%
Mickey Vernon	88	20.37%
Al Dark	80	18.52%
Harvey Kuenn	63	14.58%
Ted Kluszewski	58	13.43%
Lew Burdette	53	12.27%
Don Larsen	53	12.27%
Don Newcombe	52	12.04%
Bill Mazeroski	36	8.33%
Roy Face	35	8.1%
Elston Howard	30	6.94%
Ken Boyer	20	4.63%
Curt Flood	14	3.24%
Bobby Thomson	11	2.55%
Del Crandall	9	2.08%
Vern Law	9	2.08%
Harvey Haddix	8	1.85%
Frank Howard	6	1.39%
Ron Perranoski	6	1.39%
Milt Pappas	5	1.16%
Clete Boyer	3	0.69%
Denny McLain	3	0.69%
Jim Maloney	2	0.46%
Johnny Callison	1	0.23%
Hal Lanier	1	0.23%
Chris Short	1	0.23%
Tommie Agee	0	0%
Bernie Allen	0	0%
Gene Alley	0	0%
Jim Beauchamp	0	0%
Bobby Bolin	0	0%
Ray Culp	0	0%
Eddie Fisher	0	0%
Fred Gladding	0	0%
Jerry May	0	0%
Jose Pagan	0	0%
Joe Pepitone	0	0%
Rich Reese	0	0%
Larry Stahl	0	0%
John Stephens	0	0%
Jimmy Stewart	0	0%
Jeff Torborg	0	0%

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