Getting your player ready...
| Players who have been needed more than one ballot to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame by the Baseball Writers Association of America (number of ballots includes run-off elections): |
| Player Year Ballots |
| Grover Cleveland Alexander 1938 3 |
| Luis Aparicio 1984 6 |
| Luke Appling 1964 8 |
| Yogi Berra 1972 2 |
| Lou Boudreau 1970 12 |
| Roy Campanella 1969 7 |
| Gary Carter 2003 6 |
| Mickey Cochrane 1947 7 |
| Eddie Collins 1939 4 |
| Joe Cronin 1956 11 |
| Dizzy Dean 1953 12 |
| Bill Dickey 1954 11 |
| Joe DiMaggio 1955 3 |
| Don Drysdale 1984 10 |
| Rollie Fingers 1992 2 |
| Carlton Fisk 2000 2 |
| Whitey Ford 1974 2 |
| Jimmie Foxx 1951 8 |
| Frankie Frisch 1947 7 |
| Charlie Gehringer 1949 8 |
| Goose Gossage 2008 9 |
| Hank Greenberg 1956 10 |
| Lefty Grove 1947 5 |
| Gabby Hartnett 1955 13 |
| Harry Heilmann 1952 13 |
| Rogers Hornsby 1942 5 |
| Carl Hubbell 1947 4 |
| Catfish Hunter 1987 3 |
| Ferguson Jenkins 1991 3 |
| Willie Keeler 1939 4 |
| Harmon Killebrew 1984 4 |
| Ralph Kiner 1975 15 |
| Nap Lajoie 1937 2 |
| Bob Lemon 1976 14 |
| Ted Lyons 1955 11 |
| Rabbit Maranville 1954 16 |
| Juan Marichal 1983 3 |
| Eddie Mathews 1978 5 |
| Joe Medwick 1968 11 |
| Phil Niekro 1997 5 |
| Mel Ott 1951 4 |
| Herb Pennock 1948 9 |
| Tony Perez 2000 9 |
| Gaylord Perry 1991 3 |
| Robin Roberts 1976 4 |
| Red Ruffing 1967 18 |
| Ryne Sandberg 2005 3 |
| Al Simmons 1953 10 |
| George Sisler 1939 4 |
| Duke Snider 1980 11 |
| Tris Speaker 1937 2 |
| Bruce Sutter 2006 13 |
| Don Sutton 1998 5 |
| Bill Terry 1954 15 |
| Pie Traynor 1948 9 |
| Dazzy Vance 1955 17 |
| Paul Waner 1952 7 |
| Hoyt Wilhelm 1985 8 |
| Billy Williams 1987 6 |
| Early Wynn 1972 4 |
| Cy Young 1937 2 |
