1948 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1948 followed the same procedures as 1947. The Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) voted by mail to select from players retired less than 25 years, with provision for a runoff in case of no winner. It elected two people on the first ballot, Herb Pennock and Pie Traynor. Meanwhile, the Old Timers Committee, with jurisdiction over earlier players, met on no schedule and not this year. Criticism continued that earlier players, as well as managers and other non-playing candidates, were being overlooked.

While an induction ceremony had initially been planned for 1948, it was postponed, although the annual Hall of Fame Game was still played on July 12, 1948. Pennock and Traynor were subsequently inducted with the 1949 Hall of Fame selections in Cooperstown, New York, on June 13, 1949. Traynor attended the ceremony; Pennock had died in January 1948, several weeks before the baseball writers elected him.