Billy Williams was the lone inductee this time, joining the 28 others shown below.
Williams was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1961, and a 6-time All-Star. He also finished 2nd in the MVP balloting in 1970 and 1972.
Billy led the NL in hits and runs in 1970, and played in 1117 consecutive games from 9/22/1963 to 9/2/1970. He joined the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
Complete results:
12 voters participated this time. The polls were open for about 5 weeks, but 11 of the votes were cast in the first week, with the final vote coming in the closing hours of the poll, just barely pushing Williams to the required 75%. One player received less that the minimum 15% to be retained for the next ballot.
I think I will have shorter voting periods in the future, since most everyone who was interested had voted in the first few days of the poll.
(Click the "hall of fame ballot" label below to see all past results.)
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