Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

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Sports museum in Ontario, Canada

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

Temple de la renommée du baseball canadien

Main entrance to Museum

Established| 1982
Location| 386 Church Street South
St. Marys, Ontario, Canada
Coordinates| 43°15′05″N 81°08′38″W﻿ / ﻿43.251435°N 81.143845°W﻿ / 43.251435; -81.143845
Type| Sports museum
Director| Scott Crawford
Chairperson| Jeremy Diamond
Curator| Lindsay Earle
Website| www.baseballhalloffame.ca

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (French: Temple de la renommée du baseball canadien) is a museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The museum commemorates the great players, teams, and events from Canadian baseball history.

## History

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The museum was founded in November 1982 in Toronto at Exhibition Place and later moved to Ontario Place theme park. In August 1994, it was awarded to St. Marys, Ontario, and in June 1998 the doors officially opened in St. Marys. On November 23, 2017, construction began on a 2,500-square-foot (230 m2) expansion to the museum, including a secure archive facility, library, new entrance, and auditorium/exhibition space. The re-designed museum opened to the public on April 27, 2019.[1]

The Hall of Fame and Museum is dedicated to preserving Canada's baseball heritage which dates back to June 4, 1838, when a game which very closely resembled today's game of baseball was played in Beachville, Ontario.[1] University of Western Ontario professor Bob Barney wrote the historical study which advocated for relocating the hall of fame from Toronto to St. Marys, Ontario,[2] and extensively researched and validated the Beachville game in 1838.[3][4]

In 2021, Helen Callaghan, who had played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL), became the first woman individually inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame; the Hall had previously inducted, as a group in 1998, all Canadian women who played in the AAGPBL.[5]

In early 2022, the Hall of Fame was criticized for not inducting the Chatham Coloured All-Stars, the first team of Black Canadians to win an Ontario Baseball Association title.[6][7][8]

## Awards

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Since opening, over 160 individual members have been inducted into the hall.[9] This includes professional and amateur players, builders, administrators, umpires, broadcasters, writers, and honorary members who have helped popularize the sport in Canada. Several teams or groups have also been inducted.[9] Multiple members of the hall have also been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York, as players, managers, or executives. Several other inductees have been recipients of the Ford C. Frick Award or BBWAA Career Excellence Award.

In addition, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame awards the Tip O'Neill Award annually to the Canadian baseball player "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball" and the Jack Graney Award for Lifetime Media Achievement.[10][11]

## Facilities

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Original building in St. Marys before 2018 addition

The 32-acre (13 ha) facility in St. Marys also includes four baseball fields designed by landscape architect Art Lierman of London, Ontario.[citation needed]

## Rules for nominations

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1. A player must be retired for at least three years.
2. Must receive 75 percent of the vote to be inducted.
3. If the person is not Canadian he must have done something significant with respect to baseball in Canada.
4. The person nominated will stay on the ballot for nine years as long as he receives a minimum of one vote every two years.
5. All information must be in by December 1 of the year to be eligible for the following year.[12]

## Inductees

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Tip O'Neill was one of the first players inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Umpire Ernie Quigley was inducted in 2021. †  | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York
(includes Ford C. Frick Award and BBWAA Career Excellence Award recipients)

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### Individuals

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Name  | Role(s)  | Born  | Year inducted

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City  | Province or state  | Country
Bob Addy | Player  | Port Hope | Ontario | Canada  | 2021
Roberto Alomar † | Player  | Ponce | — | Puerto Rico  | 2010
Felipe Alou | Manager  | Haina | — | Dominican Republic  | 2015
Sparky Anderson † | Manager  | Bridgewater | South Dakota | United States  | 2007
Jimmy Archer | Player  | Dublin | — | Ireland  | 1990
Gord Ash | Executive  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2019
Nat Bailey | Builder  | Saint Paul | Minnesota | United States  | 2013
Jesse Barfield | Player  | Joliet | Illinois | United States  | 2023
Jason Bay | Player  | Trail | British Columbia | Canada  | 2019
Paul Beeston | Builder  | Welland | Ontario | Canada  | 2002
Richard Bélec | Builder  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2003
George Bell | Player  | San Pedro de Macorís | — | Dominican Republic  | 2013
Reno Bertoia | Player  | San Vito al Tagliamento | — | Italy  | 1988
Andy Bilesky | Builder  | Trail | British Columbia | Canada  | 1984
Howard Birnie | Executive  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2024
Denis Boucher | Player  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2023
Ted Bowsfield | Player  | Vernon | British Columbia | Canada  | 1988
Charles Bronfman | Builder  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 1984
Bob Brown | Builder  | Scranton | Pennsylvania | United States  | 1989
Tom Burgess | Player  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 1992
Carmen Bush | Builder  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1985
James F. Cairns | Executive  | Lawrenceville | Quebec | Canada  | 2021
Helen Callaghan | Player  | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada  | 2021
Gary Carter † | Player  | Culver City | California | United States  | 2001
Joe Carter | Player  | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma | United States  | 2003
Ray Carter | Executive  | Nanaimo | British Columbia | Canada  | 2017
Tom Cheek † | Broadcaster  | Pensacola | Florida | United States  | 2013
Nig Clarke | Player  | Amherstburg | Ontario | Canada  | 1996
Jimmy Claxton | Player  | Wellington | British Columbia | Canada  | 2021
Reggie Cleveland | Player  | Swift Current | Saskatchewan | Canada  | 1986
Frank Colman | Player  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 1999
Murray Cook | Player, GM, Scout  | Sackville | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2014
Jack Kent Cooke | Builder  | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada  | 1985
Rhéal Cormier | Player  | Moncton | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2012
Ronald Cullen | Builder  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1996
Charlie Culver | Player  | Buffalo | New York | United States  | 2021
Andre Dawson † | Player  | Miami | Florida | United States  | 2004
Carlos Delgado | Player  | Aguadilla | — | Puerto Rico  | 2015
Ryan Dempster | Player  | Gibsons | British Columbia | Canada  | 2019
Jacques Doucet | Broadcaster  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2020
John Ducey | Builder, Umpire  | Buffalo | New York | United States  | 1983
Rob Ducey | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2013
Bob Elliott † | Writer  | Kingston | Ontario | Canada  | 2015
Bob Emslie | Player, Umpire  | Guelph | Ontario | Canada  | 1986
Jim Fanning | Builder  | Chicago | Illinois | United States  | 2000
Tony Fernández | Player  | San Pedro de Macorís | — | Dominican Republic  | 2008
Russ Ford | Player  | Brandon | Manitoba | Canada  | 1987
Dick Fowler | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1985
Jeff Francis | Player  | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada  | 2022
Hippo Galloway | Player  | Buffalo | New York | United States  | 2021
Cito Gaston | Manager  | San Antonio | Texas | United States  | 2002
George Gibson | Player  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 1987
Pat Gillick † | Builder, GM | Chico | California | United States  | 1997
Roland Gladu | Player  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2021
Paul Godfrey | Executive  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2024
Jack Graney † | Player, Broadcaster  | St. Thomas | Ontario | Canada  | 1984
Calvin Griffith | Owner  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2010
Vladimir Guerrero † | Player  | Nizao | — | Dominican Republic  | 2017
John Haar | Builder, Coach  | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada  | 2007
Roy Halladay † | Player  | Denver | Colorado | United States  | 2017
Vern Handrahan | Player  | Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | Canada  | 2021
Rich Harden | Player  | Victoria | British Columbia | Canada  | 2023
Peter Hardy | Builder  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 2004
Bill Harris | Player  | Duguayville | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2008
Ron Hayter | Builder  | Regina | Saskatchewan | Canada  | 2006
Jeff Heath | Player  | Fort William | Ontario | Canada  | 1988
Rod Heisler | Player  | Moose Jaw | Saskatchewan | Canada  | 2024
Tom Henke | Player  | Kansas City | Missouri | United States  | 2011
Pat Hentgen | Player  | Detroit | Michigan | United States  | 2016
John Hiller | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1985
Doug Hudlin | Umpire  | Victoria | British Columbia | Canada  | 2017
William Humber | Historian  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2018
Arthur Irwin | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1989
Ferguson Jenkins † | Player  | Chatham | Ontario | Canada  | 1987
Oscar Judd | Player  | Rebecca | Ontario | Canada  | 1986
Jimmy Key | Player  | Huntsville | Alabama | United States  | 2024
Corey Koskie | Player  | Anola | Manitoba | Canada  | 2015
Tony Kubek † | Player, Broadcaster  | Milwaukee | Wisconsin | United States  | 2016
Joseph Lannin | Builder  | Lac-Beauport | Quebec | Canada  | 2004
Tommy Lasorda † | Player, Manager  | Norristown | Pennsylvania | United States  | 2006
George Lee | Builder  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1998
Phil Marchildon | Player  | Penetanguishene | Ontario | Canada  | 1983
Russell Martin | Player  | East York | Ontario | Canada  | 2024
Dennis Martínez | Player  | Granada | — | Nicaragua  | 2016
Pedro Martínez † | Player  | Manoguayabo | — | Dominican Republic  | 2018
Bobby Mattick | Builder  | Sioux City | Iowa | United States  | 1999
Kirk McCaskill | Player  | Kapuskasing | Ontario | Canada  | 2003
Don McDougall | Builder  | Charlottetown | Prince Edward Island | Canada  | 2002
John McHale | Builder  | Detroit | Michigan | United States  | 1997
Manny McIntyre | Player  | Devon | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2021
Dave McKay | Player, Coach  | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada  | 2001
Jim McKean | Umpire  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2004
Larry McLean | Player  | Fredericton | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2006
Doug Melvin | Builder  | Chatham | Ontario | Canada  | 2012
Roy Miller | Player  | Chatham | Ontario | Canada  | 2009
Justin Morneau | Player  | New Westminster | British Columbia | Canada  | 2020
Lloyd Moseby | Player  | Portland | Arkansas | United States  | 2018
Rocky Nelson | Player  | Portsmouth | Ohio | United States  | 1987
Wayne Norton | Player  | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada  | 2016
John Olerud | Player  | Seattle | Washington | United States  | 2020
Tip O'Neill | Player  | Springfield | Ontario | Canada  | 1983
Frank O'Rourke | Player  | Hamilton | Ontario | Canada  | 1996
Joe Page | Executive  | London | — | England  | 2021
Lester B. Pearson | Builder  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1983
Bill Phillips | Player  | Saint John | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2010
Ron Piché | Player  | Verdun | Quebec | Canada  | 1988
Bob Prentice | Builder  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1986
Terry Puhl | Player  | Melville | Saskatchewan | Canada  | 1995
Paul Quantrill | Player  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 2010
Ernest C. Quigley | Umpire  | Newcastle | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2021
Hector Racine | Executive  | La Prairie | Quebec | Canada  | 2021
Tim Raines † | Player  | Sanford | Florida | United States  | 2013
Jimmy Rattlesnake | Player  | Hobbema | Alberta | Canada  | 2021
Claude Raymond | Player, Broadcaster  | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | Canada  | 1984
Jim Ridley | Player, Coach, Scout  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2014
Sherry Robertson | Player  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2007
Jackie Robinson † | Player  | Cairo | Georgia | United States  | 1991
Steve Rogers | Player  | Jefferson City | Missouri | United States  | 2005
Ron Roncetti | Builder  | Rome | — | Italy  | 1998
Goody Rosen | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1984
Allan Roth | Statistician  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2010
Jean-Pierre Roy | Player  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 2021
Gladwyn Scott | Administration  | Hamiota | Manitoba | Canada  | 2008
George Selkirk | Player  | Huntsville | Ontario | Canada  | 1983
Frank Shaughnessy | Player, Builder  | Amboy | Illinois | United States  | 1983
Dave Shury | Builder  | Wilkie | Saskatchewan | Canada  | 2002
William Shuttleworth | Player, Executive  | Brantford | Ontario | Canada  | 2016
Harry Simmons | Builder  | New York City | New York | United States  | 2002
Allan Simpson | Writer  | Kelowna | British Columbia | Canada  | 2011
Bill Slack | Coach, Manager  | Petrolia | Ontario | Canada  | 2002
George Sleeman | Builder  | Niagara-on-the-Lake | Ontario | Canada  | 1999
Pop Smith | Player  | Digby | Nova Scotia | Canada  | 2005
Bernie Soulliere | Builder  | Windsor | Ontario | Canada  | 2009
Matt Stairs | Player  | Saint John | New Brunswick | Canada  | 2015
Howard Starkman | Executive  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2016
Rusty Staub | Player  | New Orleans | Louisiana | United States  | 2012
Ron Stead | Player  | London | Ontario | Canada  | 2006
Ashley Stephenson | Player  | Mississauga | Ontario | Canada  | 2024
Dave Stieb | Player  | Santa Ana | California | United States  | 2005
Ron Taylor | Player  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1985
Fred Thomas | Player  | Windsor | Ontario | Canada  | 2021
Rob Thomson | Coach  | Sarnia | Ontario | Canada  | 2019
Dave Van Horne † | Broadcaster  | Easton | Pennsylvania | United States  | 2014
Larry Walker † | Player  | Maple Ridge | British Columbia | Canada  | 2009
Tim Wallach | Player  | Huntington Park | California | United States  | 2014
Duane Ward | Player  | Los Ojos | New Mexico | United States  | 2020
Pete Ward | Player  | Montreal | Quebec | Canada  | 1991
Ernie Whitt | Player  | Detroit | Michigan | United States  | 2009
Peter Widdrington | Executive  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 2008
Jimmy Williams | Player, Coach  | Toronto | Ontario | Canada  | 1991
George Wood | Player  | Pownal | Prince Edward Island | Canada  | 2011
Roy Yamamura | Manager  | Vancouver | British Columbia | Canada  | 2021
Harold Younker | Trainer  | Auburn | Washington | United States  | 2005
Joe Wiwchar | Coach, Executive  | Winnipeg | Manitoba | Canada  | 2023

### Groups

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Name  | Year(s) honored  | Location  | Year inducted

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Canadian-born AAGPBL players | 1943–1954  | Canada  | 1998
Asahi baseball team | 1914–1941  | Vancouver, British Columbia | 2003
Beachville & Zorra amateur teams  | 1838 | Ontario | 1988
London Tecumsehs | 1877 | London, Ontario | 2021
National Youth Team (1991 WJC) | 1991  | Brandon, Manitoba | 1992
National Baseball Team (PA 2011) | 2011 | Lagos de Moreno, Mexico | 2012
National Baseball Team (PA 2015) | 2015 | Ajax, Ontario | 2017

## See also

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* Baseball portal
* Canada portal

* History of baseball outside the United States#Canada
* London Tecumsehs#Early baseball in Canada
* Category:Baseball in Canada
* Baseball awards#Canada

## References

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1. ^ a b "Our History". Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
2. ^ "Bob Barney and Riley Nowokowski join Labatt Park National Historic Site Committee". University of Western Ontario. 2021. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
3. ^ North, Andrew. "The Beachville Game". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
4. ^ "Baseball Has Border Dispute". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. June 20, 1995. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
5. ^ Davidi, Shi (November 4, 2021). "Callaghan set to be first woman inducted individually into Canada Baseball HOF". Sportsnet. Retrieved December 19, 2021.
6. ^ "OPINION: All Star snub". Chatham Voice. Chatham-Kent, Ontario. February 10, 2022. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
7. ^ Kennedy, Ian (February 21, 2022). "Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame snubs historic all-Black team for 5th straight year". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
8. ^ Brown, Mark (March 22, 2022). "Hatfield calls for Black team's induction to Canadian baseball hall". Windsor News Today. Windsor, Ontario. Retrieved March 27, 2022.
9. ^ a b "Inductees". Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
10. ^ Tip O'Neill Award Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine at baseballhalloffame.ca; accessed July 2, 2009
11. ^ Jack Graney Award Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine at baseballhalloffame.ca; accessed July 2, 2009
12. ^ Rules for Nominations Archived 2011-08-26 at the Wayback Machine at baseballhalloffame.ca; URL accessed July 2, 2009

## External links

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Members of the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

Players, managers,
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* Bob Addy
* Roberto Alomar
* Felipe Alou
* Sparky Anderson
* Jimmy Archer
* Jason Bay
* George Bell
* Reno Bertoia
* Ted Bowsfield
* Tom Burgess
* Helen Callaghan
* Gary Carter
* Joe Carter
* Nig Clarke
* Jimmy Claxton
* Reggie Cleveland
* Frank Colman
* Murray Cook
* Rhéal Cormier
* Charlie Culver
* Andre Dawson
* Carlos Delgado
* Ryan Dempster
* Rob Ducey
* Tony Fernández
* Russ Ford
* Dick Fowler
* Jeff Francis
* Hippo Galloway
* Cito Gaston
* George Gibson
* Roland Gladu
* Jack Graney
* Vladimir Guerrero
* Roy Halladay
* Vern Handrahan
* Bill Harris
* Jeff Heath
* Tom Henke
* Pat Hentgen
* John Hiller
* Arthur Irwin
* Ferguson Jenkins
* Oscar Judd
* Jimmy Key
* Corey Koskie
* Tony Kubek
* Tommy Lasorda
* Phil Marchildon
* Russell Martin
* Dennis Martínez
* Pedro Martínez
* Kirk McCaskill
* Manny McIntyre
* Dave McKay
* Larry McLean
* Roy Miller
* Justin Morneau
* Lloyd Moseby
* Rocky Nelson
* Wayne Norton
* Tip O'Neill
* Frank O'Rourke
* John Olerud
* Bill Phillips
* Ron Piché
* Terry Puhl
* Paul Quantrill
* Tim Raines
* Claude Raymond
* Sherry Robertson
* Jackie Robinson
* Steve Rogers
* Goody Rosen
* Jean-Pierre Roy
* George Selkirk
* Pop Smith
* Matt Stairs
* Rusty Staub
* Ron Stead
* Ashley Stephenson
* Dave Stieb
* Ron Taylor
* Fred Thomas
* Larry Walker
* Tim Wallach
* Duane Ward
* Pete Ward
* Ernie Whitt
* Jimmy Williams
* George Wood

Miscellaneous|

* Gord Ash
* Nat Bailey
* Paul Beeston
* Richard Bélec
* Andy Bilesky
* Howard Birnie
* Charles Bronfman
* Bob Brown
* Carmen Bush
* James F. Cairns
* Ray Carter
* Tom Cheek
* Jack Kent Cooke
* Ronald Cullen
* Jacques Doucet
* John Ducey
* Bob Elliot
* Bob Emslie
* Jim Fanning
* Pat Gillick
* Paul Godfrey
* Calvin Griffith
* John Haar
* Peter Hardy
* Ron Hayter
* Rod Heisler
* Doug Hudlin
* William Humber
* Joseph Lannin
* George "Knotty" Lee
* Bobby Mattick
* Don McDougall
* John McHale
* Jim McKean
* Doug Melvin
* Joe Page
* Lester B. Pearson
* Bob Prentice
* Ernie Quigley
* Hector Racine
* Jimmy Rattlesnake
* Jim Ridley
* Ron Roncetti
* Allan Roth
* Gladwyn Scott
* Frank Shaughnessy
* Dave Shury
* William Shuttleworth
* Harry Simmons
* Allan Simpson
* Bill Slack
* George Sleeman
* Bernie Soulliere
* Howard Starkman
* Rob Thomson
* Dave Van Horne
* Peter Widdrington
* Roy Yamamura
* Harold Younker

Groups|

* Canadian-born players of the AAGPBL
* Beachville & Zorra teams, 1838
* London Tecumsehs, 1877
* National youth team, 1991
* Team Canada, 2011
* Team Canada, 2015
* Vancouver Asahi

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