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The galaxy of stars in Cooperstown increased by two on Sunday with the additions of Fred McGriff and Scott Rolen to the Hall of Fame as the Class of 2023. With their bronze plaques waiting, the pair gave their induction speeches under ideal conditions – partly sunny, a slight wind and the temperature 78 degrees at the start – on the grounds ...
12 Hall of Fame Legends Coming to Cooperstown for East-West Classic Memorial Day Weekend. Former MLB Stars Matt Kemp and Tyson Ross join lineup; a dozen Hall of Famers to serve as managers and coaches for celebration of Black baseball to be held May 25 at Cooperstown’s Doubleday Field. Read more.
He was a two-time NL MVP (1954 and 1965), a 24-time All-Star (he won the All-Star Game MVP in 1963 and 1968) and won 12 Gold Glove Awards in center field. He led the league in home runs four times, stolen bases four times, slugging percentage five times, total bases three times and triples three times. Mays was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1979.
Jul 25, 2011 · Dates for future Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies include: 2024: Sunday, July 21. 2025: Sunday, July 27. 2026: Sunday, July 26. 2027: Sunday, July 25. 2028: Sunday, August 6. Players who are eligible have played 10 seasons of Major League Baseball and have been retired for five full seasons. For example, those players eligible for ...
Born Aug. 27, 1970, Thome came from a family steeped in softball tradition and excelled as a high school athlete in basketball and baseball. Undrafted out of high school, Thome enrolled at Illinois Central College in Peoria and was taken by the Cleveland Indians in the 13th round of the 1989 MLB Draft. After struggling in his pro debut in 1989 ...
Apr 16, 2024 · Baseball Hall of Fame, museum and honorary society, Cooperstown, New York, U.S.The origins of the hall can be traced to 1935, when plans were first put forward for the 1939 celebration of the supposed centennial of baseball (it was then believed that the American army officer Abner Doubleday had developed the game at Cooperstown in 1839, a story that was later discredited).
