Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is a museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada.

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."

Facilities

The facility in St. Marys also includes a baseball field designed by landscape architect Art Lierman of London, Ontario.

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.

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)
*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)
*Vancouver Asahi (entire team of Japanese-Canadian players) (2003)
*Canadian-born players in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1998)

External links

* [http://www.baseballhalloffame.ca/ Official website]