Jackson Stands Alone : Baseball: No one else comes close to getting enough votes to be elected to the Hall of Fame.

Reggie Jackson, who often monopolized the spotlight on and off the field, will have it to himself again in August.

The flamboyant slugger was the only player to qualify for induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame, in voting by members of the Baseball Writers Assn. of America.

In results announced Tuesday, Jackson became the 29th player elected in his first year of eligibility, receiving 396 of the 423 votes or 93.6%, the 10th highest total ever.

No one else came close to the required 75%, or 318 votes.

Knuckleball pitcher Phil Niekro, who was 318-274 in a 24-year career, finished second, with 278 votes in his first year of eligibility.

First baseman Steve Garvey, a former Dodger also in his first year of eligibility, received only 176 votes to trail two other first basemen--Orlando Cepeda, who was third with 252 votes, and Tony Perez, fourth with 233.

A player must be retired for five years before becoming eligible to be on the ballot. He may remain on the ballot for 15 years, providing he receives 5% of the vote in the preceding year.

Ron Cey and Davey Lopes, two former Dodgers also on the ballot for the first time, failed to receive the requisite 5%, or 21 votes, and will be dropped.

Cey, whose statistics compare favorably with several third baseman already in the Hall, received only eight votes. Second baseman Lopes got two. Third baseman Doug DeCinces, who spent six of his 15 seasons with the Angels, also received only two in his first and last year on the ballot.

“It’s obviously a disappointment,” said Cey of his failure to get 5%. “I think my career was a lot better than that, but I don’t know what’s in the mind of the voter. It’s hard to know what the criterion is when it takes a Duke Snider 10 years to get in and guys like Ron Santo and Orlando Cepeda still haven’t made it. This fits that pattern.”

Garvey, who holds the National League record for consecutive games played and fielding percentage by a first baseman, also expressed disappointment with his total, saying he expected it to be in the 200s.

He added, however, that he felt his first-year chances were 50-50.

“From my perspective, I know what I accomplished and I wouldn’t trade my career with anyone,” he said. “But when it comes to awards, it’s purely subjective on the part of the voters.”

Garvey said his forte was longevity, durability and consistency, attributes that players, fans and family can appreciate but that “aren’t glamour categories and may take more time to sink in (with the voters).”

“Hopefully, it will happen in the next couple of years,” he said. “A lot of it is political, the right combination of timing.”

Only Jackson had it this year, which also surprised Garvey.

“I thought anyone with over 300 wins would be automatic,” he said of Niekro. “There should be some milestones at each position, and I thought that was it for a pitcher.”

Niekro, who pitched until he was 48, is 13th on the all-time victory list, fourth in starts and innings pitched and eighth in strikeouts.

He has more victories than 43 of the 52 pitchers in the Hall, but only three of those 52--Walter Johnson, Cy Young and Pud Galvin--lost more games than Niekro. Some voters might have felt his career was built strictly on longevity and lacked dominance.

Niekro won 20 games three times but lost 18 or more five times while establishing a .537 percentage for teams that played .482 baseball. He is the only eligible 300-game winner not in the Hall.

Jackson, who will attend a news conference in New York today, played 21 seasons with the Kansas City/Oakland Athletics, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Angels. He hit 563 homers to rank sixth on the all-time list and drove in 1,702 runs to rank 14th.

He is the first non-pitcher elected to the Hall with more strikeouts than hits, but there has seldom been a more productive or exciting player with the game on the line.

Jackson helped lead three different teams to 11 division titles. He played in six World Series with the A’s and Yankees, winning five and batting .357. He hit 18 home runs in the postseason, including five during the 1977 World Series against the Dodgers--three against three different pitchers during Game 6.

George Steinbrenner, the Yankee owner who had a love-hate relationship with Jackson, as many fans, teammates and managers did, said of his election: “He deserves it. There isn’t enough mustard in the United States to cover him, but when the time came to deliver, he did.”

Jackson joined the Angels in the twilight of his career but helped lead the team to two division titles under Manager Gene Mauch, who said he had several talks with Jackson about the significance of his eventual first-year election to the Hall.

“More than the home runs and any of his other numbers, Reggie was happy about the possibility because it would signify that he would be remembered as a winner, and that’s what meant the most to him,” Mauch said. “I think he was a Hall of Famer before he came to us, but he solidified that with what he did for the Angels. He gave us whatever he had left. He was a pleasure to be around.”

In the voting by 10-year members of the baseball writers’ group, Pete Rose received 14 write-in votes after receiving 41 last year, when he would have been eligible for the first time. Rose is on baseball’s ineligible list and cannot appear on the ballot.

Summing up Tuesday’s results, Garvey looked to August and said: “It will certainly be a short ceremony.”

Hall of Fame Numbers

Career statistics for Reggie Jackson, who was elected to the baseball Hall of Fame Tuesday.

REGULAR SEASON

Year Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1967 Kansas City 118 13 21 1 6 .178 1968 Oakland 553 82 138 29 74 .250 1969 Oakland 549 123 151 47 118 .275 1970 Oakland 426 57 101 23 66 .237 1971 Oakland 567 87 157 32 80 .277 1972 Oakland 499 72 132 25 75 .265 1973 Oakland 539 99 158 32 117 .293 1974 Oakland 506 90 146 29 93 .289 1975 Oakland 593 91 150 36 104 .253 1976 Baltimore 498 84 138 27 91 .277 1977 NY Yankees 525 93 150 32 110 .286 1978 NY Yankees 511 82 140 27 97 .274 1979 NY Yankees 465 78 138 29 89 .297 1980 NY Yankees 514 94 154 41 111 .300 1981 NY Yankees 334 33 79 15 54 .237 1982 Angels 530 92 146 39 101 .275 1983 Angels 397 43 77 14 49 .194 1984 Angels 525 67 117 25 81 .223 1985 Angels 460 64 116 27 85 .252 1986 Angels 419 65 101 18 58 .241 1987 Oakland 336 42 74 15 43 .241 Totals 9864 1551 2584 563 1702 .262

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Year Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1981 NY Yankees 20 4 6 2 4 .300

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Year Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1971 Oakland 12 2 4 2 2 .333 1972 Oakland 18 1 5 0 2 .278 1973 Oakland 21 0 3 0 0 .143 1974 Oakland 12 0 2 0 1 .167 1975 Oakland 12 1 5 1 3 .417 1977 NY Yankees 16 1 2 0 1 .125 1978 NY Yankees 13 5 6 2 6 .462 1980 NY Yankees 11 1 3 0 0 .273 1981 NY Yankees 4 1 0 0 1 .000 1982 Angels 18 2 2 1 2 .111 1986 Angels 26 2 5 0 2 .192 Totals 163 16 37 6 20 .227

WORLD SERIES

Year Team AB R H HR RBI AVG 1972 Oakland * 1973 Oakland 29 3 9 1 6 .310 1974 Oakland 14 3 4 1 1 .286 1977 NY Yankees 20 10 9 5 8 .450 1978 NY Yankees 23 2 9 2 8 .391 1981 NY Yankees 12 3 4 1 1 .333 Totals 98 21 35 10 24 .357

* Injured, Did Not Play

Hall of Fame Voting

1993

Results announced Tuesday in the 1993 baseball Hall of Fame voting (423 votes cast; 318 needed for election). Reggie Jackson: 396 Phil Niekro: 278 Orlando Cepeda: 252 Tony Perez: 233 Steve Garvey: 176 Tony Oliva: 157 Ron Santo: 155 Jim Kaat: 125 Dick Allen: 70 Ken Boyer: 69 Minnie Minoso: 67 Joe Torre: 63 Luis Tiant: 62 Bobby Bonds: 45 Mickey Lolich: 43 Thurman Munson: 40 Vada Pinson: 38 Vida Blue: 37 Curt Flood: 36 Rusty Staub: 32 George Foster: 29 Bill Madlock: 19 Ron Cey: 8 Doug DeCinces: 2 Davey Lopes: 2 Andre Thornton: 2 Bill Campbell: 1

NOTE--Rick Burleson, Cecil Cooper, Hal McRae, Gary Matthews and Darrell Porter did not receive any votes.

FIRST YEAR

Players voted into the Hall of Fame in their first year of eligibility with position and year elected (not including inaugural class). Hank Aaron (OF): 1982 Ernie Banks (SS-1B): 1977 Johnny Bench (C): 1989 Lou Brock (OF): 1985 Rod Carew (2B-1B): 1991 Bob Feller (P): 1962 Bob Gibson (P): 1981 Reggie Jackson (OF): 1993 Al Kaline (OF): 1980 Sandy Koufax (P): 1971 Mickey Mantle (OF-1B): 1974 Willie Mays (OF): 1979 Willie McCovey (1B): 1986 Joe Morgan (2B): 1990 Stan Musial (OF-1B): 1969 Jim Palmer (P): 1990 Brooks Robinson (3B): 1983 Frank Robinson (OF-DH): 1982 Jackie Robinson (IF): 1962 Tom Seaver (P): 1992 Warren Spahn (P): 1973 Willie Stargell (OF-1B): 1988 Ted Williams (OF): 1966 Carl Yastrzemski (OF-1B): 1989

LEADERS

Players who have received the highest percentage of votes cast in being elected to the Hall of Fame, including percentage of votes received and number of ballots on which each was omitted.

Player Year Pct. Omit Tom Seaver 1992 98 5 Ty Cobb 1936 98 4 Hank Aaron 1982 98 9 Johnny Bench 1989 96 16 Honus Wagner 1936 95 11 Babe Ruth 1936 95 11 Willie Mays 1979 95 23 Carl Yastrzemski 1989 95 24 Bob Feller 1962 94 10 Reggie Jackson 1993 94 27 Ted Williams 1966 93 20 Stan Musial 1969 93 23 Brooks Robinson 1983 92 30 Christy Mathewson 1936 91 21 Frank Robinson 1982 89 45 Joe DiMaggio 1955 89 28 Mickey Mantle 1974 88 43 Al Kaline 1980 88 45 Carl Hubbell 1947 87 21 Mel Ott 1951 87 29 Red Ruffing 1967 87 40 Sandy Koufax 1972 87 52 Robin Roberts 1976 87 51 Harry Heilmann 1952 87 31

BY POSITION

Number of Hall of Fame members who played each position: Pitcher: 47 Catcher: 13 First Base: 15 Second Base: 8 Shortstop: 13 Third Base: 8 Left Field: 16 Center Field: 17 Right Field: 20