MLB All-Star Ballot collection
Scope and Contents
A collection of Major League Baseball All-Star voting results and ballots. Some have handwritten tabulations from each team by position. The 1959 ballots have typewritten and handwritten results. Most ballots are punched but no voter information. The All-Star voting has had different corporate sponsors such as USA Today, Gillette, Texaco, CompUSA, Ameriquest, and Firestone. There are fan ballots for 1988 and 1989, 2000 and 2001 have English and French ballots, and 2002 to 2005 have English and Japanese ballots. There are two boxes of IBM punched cards dated 1964. The ballots which are signed have a 65-year release restriction based on date of creation.
Dates
- 1958-2014
Conditions Governing Access
Access to ballots that are signed have a 65-year restriction from date of creation, box 4. Remaining materials are open without restrictions but viewing materials does require an appointment. Please contact the Giamatti Research Center, research@baseballhall.org, 607-547-0330.
Conditions Governing Use
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum provides use copies of materials to facilitate private study, scholarship, and research. The Museum welcomes you to use materials in our collections that are in the public domain and to make fair use of copyrighted materials as defined by copyright law and with proper citation. Permission to publish materials must be obtained from: Giamatti Research Center, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, 25 Main St., Cooperstown, NY 13326 Phone: 607.547.0330 E-mail: research@baseballhall.org
Biographical / Historical
The All-Star Game managers selected the entire lineups from 1933 to 1946. In 1947, the fans were given the ability to select the starting lineups. This continued until 1957, when Cincinnati Reds fans stuffed the ballot box and selected seven Reds and Stan Musial. This forced Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick to step in and replace Wally Post and Gus Bell with Willie Mays and Hank Aaron that season and to turn over the starting lineup selection to players, coaches and managers for several subsequent seasons. Since 1970, the fans have elected the starting lineup of one player for each baseball position (except the pitcher) for both the National League and American League teams.
Extent
2.62 Linear Feet (in 1 document box, 1 record storage box, and 2 oversize boxes)
2 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
A collection of All-Star ballots and voting results dating between 1958 and 2014.
Arrangement
The ballots are arranged in chronological order.
Physical Location
Manuscript Archives, Aisle 5, Range a, Shelf 1; Aisle 3, Range c, Shelf 2
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift (BL-143-1966, BL-604-2014, BL-430-2015, BL-276-2018, BL-295-2019)
Appraisal
No materials were removed during accessioning or processing.
Accruals
Items will be added as they are received.
Processing Information
Items were placed in acid-free folders and boxes.
- Title
- Guide to the MLB All-Star Ballot collection
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Claudette Scrafford, Manuscript Archivist
- Date
- August 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Archives Repository