1942 Hall of Fame Election

175 of 233 votes needed for election

Player	Votes	Result
Rogers Hornsby	182	Elected
Frank Chance	136
Rube Waddell	136
Ed Walsh	113
Miller Huggins	111
Ed Delahanty	104
Johnny Evers	91
Wilbert Robinson	89
Mickey Cochrane	88
Frankie Frisch	84
Hugh Duffy	77
Herb Pennock	72
Clark Griffith	71
Jimmy Collins	68
Rabbit Maranville	66
Hughie Jennings	64
Mordecai Brown	63
Eddie Plank	63
Joe McGinnity	59
Fred Clarke	58
Roger Bresnahan	57
Chief Bender	55
Ray Schalk	53
Pie Traynor	45
Ross Youngs	44
Frank Baker	39
Dazzy Vance	37
Bill Terry	36
Joe Tinker	36
Addie Joss	33
Nap Rucker	15
Johnny Kling	15
Babe Adams	11
Hank Gowdy	8
Kid Nichols	5
Harry Heilmann	4
Jesse Burkett	4
Branch Rickey	3
Eddie Grant	3
Zack Wheat	3
Donie Bush	2
Sam Crawford	2
Pepper Martin	2
Roger Peckinpaugh	2
Bobby Wallace	2
Ginger Beaumont	1
Bill Dineen	1
Jake Beckley	1
Lave Cross	1
Bill Bradley	1
Joe Boley	1
Sherry Magee	1
Joe Wood	1
Hack Wilson	1
Bill Wambsganss	1
Fred Tenney	1
Harry Steinfeldt	1
Everett Scott	1
Germany Schaefer	1
Amos Rusie	1
Joe Kelley	1
Deacon Phillippe	1
Jack Dunn	1
Bobby Lowe	1
Arlie Latham	1
Dickie Kerr	1
Waite Hoyt	1
Babe Herman	1
Billy Hamilton	1
Red Faber	1
Kid Elberfeld	1
Edd Roush	1

There was no induction ceremony for Rogers Hornsby, the only successful candidate from that year, as had been the case for Lou Gehrig, elected in a special election in 1939, and as would be the case again for the ten candidates elected in 1942. This was a result of restrictions on travel imposed by World War II, and the issue would not be remedied until 2013. That year, after the [[BBWAA] failed to elect anyone, Hall of Fame President Jeff Idelson decided to take the opportunity of having a small induction class with no living members to right this historical wrong by holding a formal induction for all twelve candidates who had been bypassed due to these exceptional circumstances.

Further Reading

• Steve Gardner: "Lou Gehrig may be the biggest name at this summer's Hall ceremony", USA Today, January 9, 2013. [1]