Voting results for the candidates who were eligible for the 2002 election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame via the Baseball Writers' Association of America election. In order to be elected, eligible candidates were required to garner at least 75% of the votes on ballots cast. With 472 ballots cast, candidates receiving 354 or more votes were elected to the Hall of Fame.
Player
Votes
Pct.
Ozzie Smith
433
91.73
Gary Carter
343
72.67
Jim Rice
260
55.08
Bruce Sutter
238
50.42
Andre Dawson
214
45.34
Goose Gossage
203
43.01
Steve Garvey
134
28.39
Tommy John
127
26.91
Bert Blyleven
124
26.27
Jim Kaat
109
23.09
Jack Morris
97
20.55
Don Mattingly
96
20.34
Luis Tiant +
85
18.01
Alan Trammell
74
15.68
Dale Murphy
70
14.83
Dave Parker
66
13.98
Dave Concepcion
56
11.86
Keith Hernandez
29
6.14
Ron Guidry *
23
4.87
Dave Stewart*
23
4.87
Mike Greenwell *
2
0.42
Frank Viola *
2
0.42
Lenny Dykstra *
1
0.21
Tim Wallach *
1
0.21
Mike Henneman *
0
0
Jeff Russell *
0
0
Scott Sanderson *
0
0
Robby Thompson *
0
0
+ Dropped from consideration after 15 years on the ballot.
* Dropped from future consideration for failing to receive at least 5 percent of votes.
