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1997 Hall of Fame Voting

Year
 
Ballots
Needed
Votes
 
1
57.8
 
473
353
380
80.3 %
5
 
90.6
376.4
199.9
2
51.7
 
473
353
346
73.2 %
7
4
 
61.6
324.2
154.9
3
54.6
 
473
353
312
66.0 %
41
6
 
50.4
347.2
149.8
4
56.9
 
473
353
186
39.3 %
167
14
 
66.7
319.5
128.5
5
43.8
 
473
353
178
37.6 %
175
3
 
44.4
278.5
128.1
6
48.0
 
473
353
167
35.3 %
186
5
 
34.5
283.3
114.8
7
44.0
 
473
353
130
27.5 %
223
4
 
23.1
160.6
104.3
8
58.2
 
473
353
107
22.6 %
246
9
 
46.1
269.0
117.7
9
56.5
 
473
353
105
22.2 %
248
15
 
54.2
317.7
136.0
10
53.6
 
473
353
97
20.5 %
256
3
 
56.4
291.9
141.2
11
71.1
 
473
353
84
17.8 %
269
13
 
47.6
279.4
138.5
12
45.6
 
473
353
83
17.5 %
270
1
 
36.5
324.5
145.8
13
54.8
 
473
353
79
16.7 %
274
14
 
55.8
339.0
202.9
14
48.5
 
473
353
60
12.7 %
293
4
 
36.5
270.8
51.5
15
56.1
 
473
353
53
11.2 %
300
10
 
61.9
252.4
140.5
16
43.2
 
473
353
45
9.5 %
308
2
 
57.1
310.0
159.5
17
56.3
 
473
353
34
7.2 %
319
13
 
43.9
226.1
107.3
18
46.3
 
473
353
31
6.6 %
322
4
 
45.3
174.7
99.2
19
49.1
 
473
353
28
5.9 %
325
2
 
24.3
214.6
22.0
20
45.2
 
473
353
28
5.9 %
325
1
 
63.0
338.5
157.5
21
46.7
 
473
353
22
4.7 %
331
1
 
31.6
259.3
113.7
22
44.9
 
473
353
22
4.7 %
331
2
 
46.6
284.1
130.8
23
52.4
 
473
353
22
4.7 %
331
4
 
63.2
317.5
115.7
24
50.8
 
473
353
20
4.2 %
333
11
 
55.7
300.6
153.3
25
52.8
 
473
353
18
3.8 %
335
7
 
41.9
355.0
158.2
26
47.6
 
473
353
2
0.4 %
351
1
 
66.4
238.7
126.3
27
41.7
 
473
353
2
0.4 %
351
1
 
20.6
108.6
44.8
28
40.8
 
473
353
2
0.4 %
351
1
 
24.8
208.5
21.4
29
40.6
 
473
353
1
0.2 %
352
1
 
19.3
151.8
25.8
30
40.5
 
473
353
1
0.2 %
352
1
 
26.3
178.7
75.0

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Win Shares are calculated using the formula in the book Win Shares by Bill James