1951 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

1951 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting
National Baseball
Hall of Fame and Museum
New inductees2
via BBWAA2
Total inductees60
Induction dateJuly 23, 1951
1951 inductees Jimmie Foxx (left) and Mel Ott

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1951 followed the same rules as 1950. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted once by mail to select from major league players retired less than 25 years. It elected two, Jimmie Foxx and Mel Ott. Meanwhile, the Old-Timers Committee, with jurisdiction over earlier players and other figures, did not meet. A formal induction ceremony was held in Cooperstown, New York, on July 23, 1951, with National League president Ford Frick in attendance.

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