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Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is physically located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The museum commemorates great players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada.

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. 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.

Since opening, 90 members 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. Listed below in yearly induction order is the complete membership to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. Members are selected by a committee and they are placed in order by their year of induction on the chart below.

"Baseball is like a poker game. Nobody wants to quit when he's losing; nobody wants you to quit when you're ahead." - Canadian Hall of Famer (1991) Jackie Robinson in Giants of Baseball (Bill Gutman, Ace Books Publishing, 01/1975, Page 38)

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame Official Logo In Chronological Order \| Official Site
Year	Members [With Links For M.L. Players]
1983	John Ducey Phil Marchildon James "Tip" O'Neill George Selkirk Frank "Shag" Shaughnessy Lester Pearson (Honorary)
1984	Andrew Bilesky Charles Bronfman Jack Graney Claude Raymond Goody Rosen
1985	Carmen Bush Jack Kent Cooke Dick Fowler John Hiller Ron Taylor
1986	Reggie Cleveland Bob Emslie Oscar Judd Bob Prentice
1987	Russell Ford George Gibson Fergie Jenkins Rocky Nelson
1988	Reno Bertoia Ted Bowsfield Jeff Heath Bill Phillips Ron Piche Beachville Amateur Team of 1838 (Honorary) Zorra Amateur Team of 1838 (Honorary)
1989	Bob Brown Arthur Irwin
1990	Jimmy Archer
1991	Pete Ward Jimmy Williams Jackie Robinson (Honorary)
1992	Tom Burgess 1991 National Youth Team (Honorary)
1993	None Selected
1994	None Selected
1995	Terry Puhl
1996	Justin Jay Clarke Father Ronald Cullen Frank O'Rourke
1997	Pat Gillick John McHale
1998	George "Knotty" Lee Ron Roncetti Canadian Born AAGPBL Players (Honorary)
1999	Frank Colman Bobby Mattick George Sleeman
2000	Jim Fanning
2001	Gary Carter Dave McKay
2002	Cito Gaston Paul Beeston Don McDougall Bill Slack Harry Simmons Dave Shury
2003	Joe Carter Kirk McCaskill Vancouver Asahi Richard Belec
2004	Andre Dawson Peter Hardy Jim McKean Joseph J. Lannin
2005	Dave Stieb Steve Rogers Harold "Doc" Younker Charles "Pop" Smith
2006	Ron Hayter Tommy Lasorda John McLean Ron Stead
2007	Sparky Anderson John Haar Sherry Robertson
2008	Tony Fernandez Billy Harris Gladwyn Scott Peter Widdrington
2009	Roy "Doc" Miller Bernie Soulliere Larry Walker Ernie Whitt
2010	Roberto Alomar Calvin Griffith Paul Quantrill Allan Roth
2011	Tom Henke Allan Simpson George Wood
2012	To Be Announced January 2012
Year	Members [With Links For M.L. Players]
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame honor roll is easily one of the most diverse member lists of any baseball-related hall of fame � discuss it on Baseball Fever today (where many Canadian baseball fans roam). The Hall is also the creator of the prestigious Tip O'Neill Award - check it out & discuss it as well.

The list of former Major League players born in Canada is quite amazing and we invite you to take a look at every Major League baseball player born in Canada. Here are the rules for nominations of both Canadian and non-Canadian born individuals:

1. A player must be retired for 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 in 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 31 of the year to be eligible for the following year.

Did you know that Fergie Jenkins (1987), Jackie Robinson (1991), Gary Carter (2001), Andre Dawson (2004), Tommy Lasorda (2006), Sparky Anderson (2007) and Roberto Alomar (2010) are the only players who are also inducted to the National Baseball Hall of Fame?

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