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	Players	Age		Ballots	Needed	Votes	Pct	Short	Chance		WAR	WS	WSAB
1	Mickey Mantle *	42.2		365	274	322	88.2 %		1		105.7	560.8	364.0
2	Whitey Ford *	45.2		365	274	284	77.8 %		2		54.1	252.6	147.7
3	Robin Roberts *	47.3		365	274	224	61.4 %	50	2		80.2	334.3	173.5
4	Ralph Kiner *	51.2		365	274	215	58.9 %	59	14		46.3	239.2	123.2
5	Gil Hodges			365	274	198	54.2 %	76	6		40.7	262.9	119.1
6	Bob Lemon *	53.3		365	274	190	52.1 %	84	12		46.0	227.4	128.4
7	Enos Slaughter	57.7		365	274	145	39.7 %	129	10		51.2	325.2	160.3
8	Pee Wee Reese	55.4		365	274	141	38.6 %	133	12		63.1	318.8	106.9
9	Eddie Mathews *	42.2		365	274	118	32.3 %	156	1		91.9	442.6	240.3
10	Phil Rizzuto	57.3		365	274	111	30.4 %	163	14		37.9	231.0	78.3
11	Duke Snider *	47.3		365	274	111	30.4 %	163	5		62.8	350.6	184.9
12	Red Schoendienst	50.9		365	274	110	30.1 %	164	6		39.0	263.3	67.3
13	Allie Reynolds	56.9		365	274	101	27.7 %	173	15		22.8	169.4	81.7
14	George Kell	51.4		365	274	94	25.8 %	180	12		34.4	230.8	80.7
15	Nellie Fox	46.0		365	274	79	21.6 %	195	4		46.4	306.6	83.8
16	Roger Maris	39.3		365	274	78	21.4 %	196	1		36.1	223.2	112.4
17	Hal Newhouser	52.6		365	274	73	20.0 %	201	13		58.3	260.9	154.6
18	Phil Cavarretta	57.5		365	274	61	16.7 %	213	13		31.8	235.0	97.5
19	Richie Ashburn	46.8		365	274	56	15.3 %	218	7		60.3	329.6	133.5
20	Alvin Dark	52.0		365	274	54	14.8 %	220	10		39.4	230.0	57.4
21	Johnny Sain	56.3		365	274	51	14.0 %	223	9		27.6	143.7	67.7
22	Don Larsen	44.4		365	274	29	7.9 %	245	1		16.9	90.7	33.7
23	Ted Kluszewski	49.3		365	274	28	7.7 %	246	8		29.2	201.1	88.8
24	Mickey Vernon	55.7		365	274	27	7.4 %	247	10		30.3	292.6	122.6
25	Elston Howard	44.9		365	274	19	5.2 %	255	1		24.7	205.6	75.2
26	Carl Erskine	47.1		365	274	11	3.0 %	263	8		12.0	105.1	44.1
27	Walker Cooper	59.0		365	274	9	2.5 %	265	7		27.2	168.8	52.9
28	Harvey Haddix	48.3		365	274	8	2.2 %	266	4		30.7	149.1	68.7
29	Lew Burdette	47.1		365	274	7	1.9 %	267	2		24.9	179.8	70.3
30	Don Newcombe	47.5		365	274	7	1.9 %	267	10		35.8	167.9	92.2
31	Bobby Thomson	50.2		365	274	6	1.6 %	268	10		29.8	202.7	63.7
32	Vern Law	43.8		365	274	5	1.4 %	269	2		29.2	155.3	63.7
33	Bobby Richardson	38.4		365	274	5	1.4 %	269	3		6.7	120.9	-6.0
34	Dick Groat	43.2		365	274	4	1.1 %	270	2		33.2	222.0	36.5
35	Roy McMillan	44.5		365	274	4	1.1 %	270	3		21.8	169.3	-10.2
36	Billy Pierce	46.7		365	274	4	1.1 %	270	5		50.2	244.8	132.4
37	Gil McDougald	45.6		365	274	3	0.8 %	271	9		38.6	195.5	80.3
38	Vic Raschi	54.8		365	274	3	0.8 %	271	8		14.9	112.3	50.3
39	Bobby Shantz	48.3		365	274	3	0.8 %	271	5		32.6	154.1	84.1
40	Curt Simmons	44.6		365	274	3	0.8 %	271	2		39.1	211.6	96.1
41	Bill Virdon	42.6		365	274	3	0.8 %	271	1		16.7	155.7	21.0
42	Smoky Burgess	46.9		365	274	2	0.5 %	272	2		31.0	171.5	58.9
43	Rocky Colavito	40.4		365	274	2	0.5 %	272	1		42.1	269.4	129.5
44	Vic Wertz	48.9		365	274	2	0.5 %	272	5		24.9	218.1	94.5

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