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Can you name the years when no baseball players were elected to the Hall of Fame by the BBWAA?

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*Intermittently from 1947 to 1967, if the BBWAA did not elect anyone on its initial ballot, the top 20-30 vote getters would appear on a runoff ballot, the top vote getter being elected. This happened in 1949, 1964, and 1965.

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Top Vote Getter (%)	Year	Notes
Max Carey (51.1%)		elected by VC, 3 years later
Phil Niekro (68.3%)		elected by BBWAA, 1 year later
Frank Chance (57.0%)		elected by OTC in same year
Mel Ott (68.5%)		elected by BBWAA, 1 year later
Frank Chance (72.5%)		elected by OTC, 1 year later
Edd Roush (54.3%)		elected by VC, 2 years later
Craig Biggio (68.2%)		none
Yogi Berra (67.2%)		elected by BBWAA, 1 year later
Red Ruffing (72.6%, 86.9%*)
Luke Appling (70.6%, 94%*)
Charlie Gehringer (66.7%, 85%*)

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