the American Association (1974–76), and Rochester Red Wings of the International League (1977–78); he won a league title with Tulsa in 1974. Among the players he developed in the minors were Keith Hernandez, Garry Templeton, Mike Easler, Tito Landrum, and Larry Herndon. Boyer was named manager of the Cardinals in early 1978, after Vern Rapp was fired with the team at 6–11 (Jack Krol served as interim manager for two games), and posted a 62–81 record. The following year St. Louis finished in third place at 86–76, but Boyer was dismissed 51 games into the 1980 season with a record of 18–33; Krol again served a game as interim manager before Whitey Herzog took over the reins. Boyer finished with a 166–190 record in three seasons. He was scheduled to return to Rochester for the 1981 season, but lung cancer forced him to give up the job. Hall of Fame candidacy Boyer became eligible for election to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1975, at a time when the Baseball Writers' Association of America (BBWAA) had only elected one third baseman in thirty elections (Traynor in 1948). Boyer received less than 5% of the vote every year before being dropped from consideration after the 1979 vote. After several years of complaints about overlooked candidates, Boyer was one of three players restored to the ballot in 1985, along with Cardinals outfielder Curt Flood and fellow third baseman Ron Santo, who had himself received less than 4% of the vote in his only year on the ballot in 1980. Boyer peaked at 25.5% of the vote in 1988. Boyer has since been a candidate on the Veterans Committee ballot in 2003, 2005, and 2007. He appeared again on the Golden Era Committee (replaced the Veterans Committee in 2010 and votes every 3 years) ballot of 10 candidates from the 1947–1972 era, in 2011 and 2014. In each of the two elections, Boyer fell short by 9 of the 12 required votes for Hall of Fame election. None of the 10 candidates (three of the nine player candidates including Boyer were MVP winners) were elected by the Hall of Fame's Golden Era Committee in 2014. Golden Days Committee The Golden Era Committee was replaced in July 2016 by a 16-member Golden Days Committee, to vote from a 10-candidate ballot for the 1950–1969 era. The Golden Days Committee voted for the first time in