Baseball Hall of Fame History The Hall of Fame was dedicated on June 12, 1939. Stephen Carlton Clark was owner of a local hotel and sought to bring tourists to Cooperstown, which had been suffering economically when the Great Depression significantly reduced the local tourist trade and Prohibition...
Long before that massive heart attack landed him on the transplant list, the hall-of-famer played for the Minnesota Twins and California Angels. Along the way he earned a reputation for being great with kids, including one wide-eyed boy named Konrad Reuland. “He gets in the car, big ey...
We're not saying that San Diego Padres star Juan Soto is going to be a Baseball Hall of Famer, but we are telling you that he's in an incredible group in baseball history -- with all Hall of Famers. With a sterling game on Wednesday against the Seattle...
That remains true after the 2025 Hall of Fame election cycle, when Japanese legend Ichiro Suzuki -- whom many thought might be the second unanimous selection -- fell just one vote short. Ichiro joined Rivera's former Yankees teammate Derek Jeter as Hall of Famers who were left off just one...
Still, if the choice is between men like Parker and Baines being inducted versus no living players going in at all through the veterans’ process for Cooperstown, count me as happy they’re Hall of Famers. The 73-year-old Parker’s had some health issues in recent years and it’s great...
any clear Hall of Famers will debut on the 2030 ballot, as we wait to see which free agents find homes for 2025 and which don’t. Kershaw, Scherzer, Craig Kimbrel and Kenley Jansen are among the most intriguing names who remain unsigned as of the Hall’s Class of 2025 being announced....
A Houston baseball legend and numerous sports Hall of Famers made the 36th annual TriStar Collectors Show in Houston a big success.
(behind Hall of Famers Hank Aaron, Harmon Killebrew, Willie Stargell and Willie McCovey) and joined Aaron as the only players in that span with 300 homers and 100 stolen bases. He was one of the Phillies’ first Black stars and dealt with racism from the time the club sent him to ...
The Phillies began another extended playoff drought after 1950, during part of which (1963–69) the unpredictable behavior of temperamental slugger Dick Allen kept things interesting. The team began a turnaround in 1972, when future Hall of FamersMike SchmidtandSteve Carltonmade their Phillies debut...
New Research inBaseball Lists(List of Last Ten Site Updates) AddedGil Hodges& Buck O'Neil toHall of Fame Members who are Veterans. AddedDick Allen&Dave ParkertoHall of Famers(50+ pages updated). MLB Players with Celebrity Connectionsupdated — addedDarryl Hamilton. ...