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 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame was founded in 1978 by Bruce Prentice, of Toronto, Ontario. The first induction ceremony was held in 1983 at Exhibition Stadium in Toronto, prior to a game between the Yankees and the Blue Jays.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame 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, over 100 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 FameIn Chronological Order | Official Site |
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Year | Canadian HOF [MLB Players Linked] |
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 | Rheal Cormier |
Doug Melvin | |
Rusty Staub | |
Team Canada | |
2013 | Nat Bailey |
George Bell | |
Tom Cheek | |
Rob Ducey | |
Tim Raines | |
2014 | Murray Cook |
Jim Ridley | |
Dave Van Horne | |
Tim Wallach | |
2015 | Felipe Alou |
Carlos Delgado | |
Bob Elliott | |
Corey Koskie | |
Matt Stairs | |
2016 | Pat Hentgen |
Tony Kubek | |
Dennis Martinez | |
Wayne Norton | |
William Shuttleworth | |
Howard Starkman | |
2017 | Ray Carter |
Vladimir Guerrero | |
Roy Halladay | |
Doug Hudlin | |
2015 Canadian National Team | |
2018 | William Humber |
Pedro Martinez | |
Lloyd Moseby | |
2019 | Gord Ash |
Jason Bay | |
Ryan Dempster | |
Rob Thomson | |
2020 | Jacques Doucet |
Justin Morneau | |
John Olerud | |
Duane Ward | |
2021 | To Be Announced (January 2021) |
Year | Canadian HOF [MLB Players Linked] |
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 thousands of 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 the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame nominations, for 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), Roberto Alomar (2010), Tim Raines (2013), Vladimir Guerrero (2018), Pedro Martinez (2018), and Roy Halladay (2019) are enshrined in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame AND National Baseball Hall of Fame?