Baseball Writers elect three players to the Hall of Fame: Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax and Early Wynn

New Inductees for 1972: Yogi Berra, Sandy Koufax, Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, Lefty Gomez Buck Leonard and Early Wynn

On January 19, 1972, the Baseball Writers elect three players to the Hall of Fame: Yogi Berra, (339 votes)  Sandy Koufax (344 votes) and Early Wynn (301 votes) One year earlier, the writers had failed to elect anyone to the Hall. Koufax, at the age of 36, becomes the youngest man to gain election to the shrine.

 

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