Coordinates: 43°15′05″N 81°08′38″W / 43.251435°N 81.143845°W
| Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1983 |
| Location | St. Marys, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | sports museum |
| Website | www.baseballhalloffame.ca/ |
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is a museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The museums commemorates great players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada.
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History
The museum was founded in October 1983 in Toronto at Exhibition Place and later moved to Ontario Place. In 1994, it moved to St. Marys. It is dedicated to preserving Canada's baseball heritage, which dates back to June 4, 1838, when a game closely resembling today's baseball was played in Beachville, Ontario, according to an article in Sporting Life magazine in 1886 written by Dr. Adam Ford, formerly of St. Marys. The Hall gained some major attention when Pete Rose became eligible for earning his 4,000th hit with the Montreal Expos. However Rose has yet to be elected to the Hall.
Awards
Since opening, 78 members (49 players, 23 builders, 2 honorary, 4 honorary teams) have been inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. It includes professional ballplayers, amateurs, builders and honorary members who have helped popularize the sport in Canada.
In addition, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame also gives out the Tip O'Neill Award annually to the baseball player "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball."[1]
The Hall of Fame also awards the Jack Graney Award for Lifetime Media achievement. It was last awarded to Len Bramson of TBS sports in 2005.[2]
Facilities
The facility in St. Marys also includes a baseball field designed by landscape architect Art Lierman of London, Ontario.
Pearson Cup on display
- See: Pearson Cup
Rules for nominations
- A player must be retired for three years.
- Must receive 75 per cent of the vote to be inducted.
- If the person is not Canadian he must have done something significant in baseball in Canada.
- The person nominated will stay on the ballot for nine years as long as he receives a minimum of one vote every two years.
- All information must be in by December 31 of the year to be eligible for the following year.[3]
Inductees
Individuals
- Sparky Anderson (2007)
- Jimmy Archer (1990)
- Paul Beeston (2002)
- Richard Bélec (2003)
- Reno Bertoia (1988)
- Andrew Bilesky (1984)
- Ted Bowsfield (1988)
- Charles Bronfman (1984)
- Robert Brown (1989)
- Tom Burgess (1992)
- Carmen Bush (1985)
- Gary Carter (2001)
- Joe Carter (2003)
- Nig Clarke (1996)
- Reggie Cleveland (1986)
- Frank Colman (1999)
- Jack Kent Cooke (1985)
- Ronald Cullen (1996)
- Andre Dawson (2004)
- John Ducey (1983)
- Bob Emslie (1986)
- Jim Fanning (2000)
- Russ Ford (1987)
- Dick Fowler (1985)
- Cito Gaston (2002)
- George Gibson (1987)
- Pat Gillick (1997)
- Jack Graney (1984)
- John Haar (2007)
- Peter Hardy (2004)
- Ron Hayter (2006)
- Jeff Heath (1988)
- John Hiller (1985)
- Arthur Irwin (1989)
- Ferguson Jenkins (1987)
- Oscar Judd (1986)
- Joseph Lannin (2004)
- Tommy Lasorda (2006)
- Knotty Lee (1998)
- Phil Marchildon (1983)
- Bobby Mattick (1999)
- Kirk McCaskill (2003)
- Don McDougall (2002)
- John McHale (1997)
- Dave McKay (2001)
- Jim McKean (2004)
- Larry McLean (2006)
- Rocky Nelson (1987)
- Tip O'Neill (1983)
- Frank O'Rourke (1996)
- Lester B. Pearson (1983)
- Bill Phillips (1988)
- Ron Piché (1988)
- Bob Prentice (1986)
- Terry Puhl (1995)
- Claude Raymond (1984)
- Sherry Robertson (2007)
- Jackie Robinson (1991)
- Steve Rogers (2005)
- Ron Roncetti (1998)
- Goodwin (Goody) Rosen (1984)
- George Selkirk (1983)
- Allan Melo (1999)
- Frank Shaughnessy (1983)
- Dave Shury (2002)
- Harry Simmons (2002)
- Bill Slack (2002)
- George Sleeman (1999)
- Pop Smith (2005)
- Ron Stead (2006)
- Dave Stieb (2005)
- Ron Taylor (1985)
- Pete Ward (1991)
- Jimmy Williams (1991)
- Harold Younker (2005)
Teams / groups
- Beachville & Zorra teams of 1883 (1988)
- National Youth Team, 1991 (1992)
- Asahi Tigers Japanese-Canadian team (2003)
- Canadian-born players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1998)[4]
See also
- History of baseball outside the United States#Canada
- London Tecumsehs#Early baseball in Canada
- Category:Baseball in Canada
- Baseball awards#Canada
External links
References
- ^ Tip O'Neill Award at baseballhalloffame.ca; URL accessed July 2, 2009
- ^ Jack Graney Award at baseballhalloffame.ca; URL accessed July 2, 2009
- ^ Rules for Nominations at baseballhalloffame.ca; URL accessed July 2, 2009
- ^ Inductees at baseballhalloffame.ca
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