Updated January 10, 2012
Below is the Baseball Writers Association of America voting for the Baseball Hall of Fame 2012 class. Players needed 430 votes (75 percent) for election and 5 percent to remain on the ballot in 2013 (players eliminated are in italics). The number in parentheses is the number of times a player has been on the ballot. There were no players in their 15th and final year of eligibility.
Voting Breakdown
| Player | Votes | Percent | Change from 2011 |
| Barry Larkin (3rd) | 495 | 86.4% | +24.3 |
| Jack Morris (13th) | 382 | 66.6% | +13.1 |
| Jeff Bagwell (2nd) | 321 | 56.0% | +14.3 |
| Lee Smith (10th) | 290 | 50.6% | +5.3 |
| Tim Raines (5th) | 279 | 48.7% | +11.2 |
| Edgar Martinez (3rd) | 209 | 36.5% | +4.4 |
| Alan Trammell (11th) | 211 | 36.8% | +12.5 |
| Larry Walker (2nd) | 131 | 22.9% | +2.6 |
| Mark McGwire (6th) | 112 | 19.5% | +0.3 |
| Fred McGriff (3rd) | 137 | 23.9% | +6.0 |
| Don Mattingly (12th) | 102 | 17.8% | +4.2 |
| Dale Murphy (14th) | 83 | 14.5% | +1.9 |
| Rafael Palmeiro (1st) | 72 | 12.6% | +1.6 |
| Bernie Williams (1st) | 55 | 9.6% | -- |
| Juan Gonzalez (2nd) | 23 | 4.0% | -1.2 |
| Vinny Castilla (1st) | 6 | 1.0% | -- |
| Tim Salmon (1st) | 5 | 0.9% | -- |
| Bill Mueller (1st) | 4 | 0.7% | -- |
| Brad Radke (1st) | 2 | 0.3% | -- |
| Javy Lopez (1st) | 1 | 0.2% | -- |
| Eric Young (1st) | 1 | 0.2% | -- |
| Jeromy Burnitz (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
| Brian Jordan (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
| Terry Mulholland (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
| Phil Nevin (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
| Ruben Sierra (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
| Tony Womack (1st) | 0 | 0% | -- |
