In addition, BBWAA members also elect players to the National Baseball Hall of Fame, which is the organization's most public function.

Voters were given free rein to decide for themselves in which group a candidate belonged, with neither group knowing the outcome of the other election ; some candidates had their vote split between the elections as a result-Cy Young, the pitcher with most wins in Major League history, finished 8th in the BBWAA vote and 4th in the Veterans vote.

In response, the Committee selected at its April 1946 meeting 11 inductees, including most of the popular candidates from the era between 1900 and 1918 ; there was even some support on the committee for removing the BBWAA from the selection process entirely.

The organization's primary function is to work with Major League Baseball and individual teams to assure clubhouse and press-box access for BBWAA members.

A total of 121 ballots were cast-the lowest total for any BBWAA election-with 1, 036 individual votes for 106 specific candidates, an average of 8. 56 per ballot ; 91 votes were required for election.

In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates, the same number of desired selections ; in the Veterans ' election, voters were also instructed to vote for 10, although the desire for only 5 initial selections led to revisions in the way the votes were counted.

In the BBWAA election, voters were again instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates, but were now discouraged from casting votes for active players ( though some player-managers whose playing days were largely over, such as Rogers Hornsby, received votes ).

In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates.

In the BBWAA election, voters were instructed to cast votes for 10 candidates ; any candidate receiving votes on at least 75 % of the ballots would be honored with induction to the Hall upon its opening in Cooperstown, New York on June 12 of that year.

In 1983, Powell received 5 votes for the Hall of Fame ( 1. 3 % of all BBWAA voters ) in his only appearance on the ballot.

The BBWAA began by polling three writers in each league city in 1938, reducing that number to two per league city in 1961.

The award was established in 1940 by the Chicago chapter of the BBWAA, which selected an annual winner from 1940 through 1946.

From 1947 through 1956, each BBWAA voter used discretion as to who qualified as a rookie.

The award, created by the New York chapter of the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) in honor of Babe Ruth, was first awarded in 1949, one year after Ruth's death.

With seven votes, he was eliminated from future BBWAA ballot consideration.

Rice was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on July 26, 2009, as the 103rd member voted in by the BBWAA.

* January 23 – Willie Mays receives 409 of 432 votes in the BBWAA election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame.

* 19 January – The BBWAA elects Sandy Koufax ( 344 votes ), Yogi Berra ( 339 ), and Early Wynn ( 301 ) to the Hall of Fame.

* 20 January – Lou Boudreau is elected to the Hall of Fame, receiving 232 of a possible 300 votes from the BBWAA.

* January 20 – The BBWAA elects Ted Williams to the Hall of Fame.

By the time his initial eligibility expired in 1983, the BBWAA had elected only two more players with averages below. 274 – third basemen Eddie Mathews (. 271 ), who hit over 500 HRs, leading the NL twice, and Brooks Robinson (. 267 ), who won an MVP award and set numerous defensive records.

He did, however, collect 3010 votes cast by the BBWAA during his initial eligibility period from 1969 to 1983 – a record for an unselected player.

After failing to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ), the Veterans Committee elected Bancroft in 1971.

According to the BBWAA, the Veterans Committee was not selective enough in choosing members.

After the 1994 – 95 Major League Baseball strike cut the season short and cancelled the post-season, the BBWAA writers named the managers of the Yankees ( Buck Showalter ) and Montréal Expos ( Felipe Alou ), who led the leagues in winning percentage, Managers of the Year.

This award should not be confused with the identically named J. G. Taylor Spink Award that is the highest award given by the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) to its members.

In 1962, the Baseball Writers Association of America ( BBWAA ) instituted the J. G. Taylor Spink Award as the highest award given to its members.

* Ballots were screened by two groups – a 60-member panel drawn from the membership of the BBWAA, and a panel of six living Hall of Famers selected by the Hall of Fame Board.

The Hall of Famer panel selected five players for the players ' ballot, and the BBWAA panel selected 25 players for the players ' ballot, as well as all candidates for the composite ballot.

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