1999 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Results by Baseball Almanac

1999 Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Results

On January 5, 1999, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) conducted their yearly ballot for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Seventy-five percent, equaling three-hundred seventy-four votes, were needed for induction into the hall of fame. Five percent, equaling twenty-four votes, was needed for an individual to remain on the ballot until next years election. Below are the results for the 1999 inductees.

"The people booing me are twenty-one, twenty-three, twenty-five, twenty-six year olds. I'm twenty-eight and I make two million a year and I don't have to get up at six in the morning to go to work." - George Bell

1999 Hall of Fame Ballot Voting Results
Winners	Number of Votes	%
Nolan Ryan	491	98.8
George Brett	488	98.2
Robin Yount	385	77.5
Non-Winners	Number of Votes	%
Carlton Fisk	330	66.3
Tony Perez	302	60.8
Gary Carter	168	33.8
Steve Garvey	150	30.2
Jim Rice	146	29.4
Bruce Sutter	121	24.3
Jim Kaat	100	20.1
Dale Murphy	96	19.3
Tommy John	93	18.7
Dave Parker	80	16.1
Bert Blyleven	70	14.1
Dave Concepcion	59	11.9
Luis Tiant	53	10.7
Keith Hernandez	34	6.8
Ron Guidry	31	6.2
Bob Boone	27	6.2
Mickey Lolich	26	5.2
Removed	15 Year Rule	%
Minnie Minoso	73	14.7
Mickey Lolich	26	5.2
Removed	Low Percentage	%
Dwight Evans	18	3.6
George Bell	6	1.2
John Candelaria	1	0.2
Mike Boddicker	0	0.0
Charlie Leibrandt	0	0.0
Frank Tanana	0	0.0
Mike Witt	0	0.0

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Did you know that the three "first appearance" inductees on this ballot were the most enshrined since 1936?

Players removed from the list are not eligible for selection by the Veterans Committee until twenty-three years after their retirement date!

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