2001 Baseball Hall of Fame Ballot Results by Baseball Almanac

2001 Baseball Hall of Fame Voting Results

On January 16, 2001, the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) conducted their yearly ballot for induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Three-hundred eighty-seven of five-hundred fifteen possible votes (or 75%) were needed for induction into the hall of fame in 2001. Twenty-six votes (or 5%) were needed for an individual to remain on the ballot until next year's election. Below are the results for 2001 inductees.

"The best thing I can say about him (Kirby Puckett) - and I played with a lot of guys - was that he's the most positive person I played with on a daily basis. He did something for every teammate." - Dave Winfield

2001 Hall of Fame Ballot Voting Results
Winners	Number of Votes	%
Dave Winfield	435	84.47
Kirby Puckett	423	82.14
Non-Winners	Number of Votes	%
Gary Carter	334	64.85
Jim Rice	298	57.86
Bruce Sutter	245	46.57
Rich Gossage	228	44.27
Steve Garvey	176	34.17
Tommy John	146	28.35
Don Mattingly	145	28.16
Jim Kaat	135	26.21
Bert Blyleven	121	23.50
Jack Morris	101	19.61
Dale Murphy	93	18.06
Dave Parker	84	16.31
Dave Concepcion	74	14.37
Luis Tiant	63	12.23
Keith Hernandez	41	7.96
Dave Stewart	38	7.38
Ron Guidry	27	5.24
Removed	Low Percentage	%
Lou Whitaker	15	2.91
Kirk Gibson	13	2.52
Lance Parrish	9	1.75
Tom Henke	6	1.17
Dave Righetti	2	0.39
Steve Bedrosian	1	0.19
Tom Browning	1	0.19
Ron Darling	1	0.19
Jim DeShaies	1	0.19
John Kruk	1	0.19
Jose Rijo	1	0.19
Howard Johnson	0	0.00
Andy Van Slyke	0	0.00

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

Did you know that Kirby Puckett (age forty) is now the third-youngest player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame (amongst living players)? Those that made it before him were Lou Gehrig(Born June 19, 1903. Put in Hall on December 7, 1939. Age 36 Years, 5 Months, 19 Days) and Sandy Koufax (Born December 30, 1935. Put in Hall on January 19, 1972. Age 36 Years, 0 Months, 21 Days)!

Did you know that the Veterans Committee announced the results of their general election on March 6, 2001?

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