A total of 78 ballots were cast by players, writers, managers and officials who had first-hand familiarity with 19th-century baseball, resulting in 371 individual votes for 57 specific candidates; 59 votes were required for election. No candidates were elected, possibly because of a great deal of confusion regarding the voting procedure. The ballots which were issued in this vote also featured a list of suggested candidates, which was amended after complaints that
Ed Delahanty,
Willie Keeler and
Cy Young should be on this ballot as well as that for the 20th century; but when some voters expressed doubts regarding the possibility of write-in votes, a letter including clearer instructions specifically allowing for write-ins had to be mailed. Many voters were also under the impression that they were to select an "All-Star team" of 10 players, with one at each position; 58 ballots cast in this manner were sent back to the voters to be re-cast, although 10 voters returned the ballots unaltered, stating that was the way they wished to vote regardless of the instructions. The results were delayed for several days until early February while these reminders and revisions took place. It was further decided, during the tabulations and after the voting, that voters would each be restricted to 5 total votes in order to limit the initial 19th century selections to 5 players; but since most voters had cast votes for 10, it was ruled that each vote would only count as 1/2 in the total for that candidate – making a 75% tally nearly mathematically impossible. When the votes were tabulated with this method, only two candidates had totals reaching even 50% of the required number. Plans for a runoff election featuring only the top 12 finishers, to be held prior to the 1939 opening of the Hall, never materialized; even with all the problems, the 1936 vote would remain the Hall's most successful attempt to seek a wide vote from experts on the era regarding candidates from that period. Candidates who were listed as suggestions on the ballot are indicated here with a †. Candidates who have since been selected in subsequent elections are indicated in
italics, as is
Honus Wagner, who was elected in the BBWAA vote: • – 391/2 • – 391/2 • – 33 • – 321/2 • – 211/2 • – 17 • – 16 •
Herman Long – 151/2 • – 15 • – 111/2 • – 11 • – 9 • – 8 • – 6 •
Jerry Denny – 6 •
Bill Lange – 6 • – 6 •
Harry Stovey – 6 • – 6 • – 5 • – 5 • – 4 • – 31/2 •
Ross Barnes – 3 •
Charlie Bennett – 3 • – 3 • – 3 •
Fred Dunlap – 21/2 • – 2 •
Jack Glasscock – 2 • – 2 • – 2 •
Ned Williamson – 2 •
Bobby Lowe – 11/2 •
Doug Allison – 1 •
Joe Battin – 1 • – 1 •
Tommy Bond – 1 • – 1 •
Lou Criger – 1 •
Bill Dahlen – 1 •
Jake Daubert – 1 •
Jack Doyle – 1 • – 1 •
Matt Kilroy – 1 •
Arlie Latham – 1 •
Jimmy McAleer – 1 • – 1 •
Cal McVey – 1 •
Charlie Pabor – 1 •
Lip Pike – 1 •
Jack Remsen – 1 •
Hardy Richardson – 1 •
Fred Tenney – 1 •
George Van Haltren – 1 • – 1 • – 1 • – 0 •
Silver Flint – 0 •
Lee Richmond – 0 ==See also==