HOF Weekend

For more than 70 years, time – and the baseball world – has stopped each summer in Cooperstown to honor the game's legendary performers.

Hall of Fame Weekend is held annually in the picturesque Central New York village of Cooperstown, usually during the last full weekend in July. Hall of Fame Weekend features an action-packed schedule of family-friendly events, including the Awards Presentation, the Parade of Legends and the Induction Ceremony.

The annual Awards Presentation is held on the Saturday of Induction Weekend at Doubleday Field and features the presentation of the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for writers and the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters. The Parade of Legends follows on Main Street. Admission to both the Awards Presentation and the Parade of Legends is free.

Then on Sunday, the Induction Ceremony features the enshrinement of the newest members of the Hall of Fame at the Clark Sports Center, a natural ampitheater located about a mile south of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Admission to the Induction Ceremony is free. At approximately 7 p.m. following the Induction Ceremony, the new plaques are installed in the Museum.

The Monday following induction features the annual Voices of the Game program with the living members of the most recent Hall of Fame class reminiscing about their careers and Hall of Fame Weekend. This program is exclusively for participants in the Hall of Fame's Membership Program.

Additional activities for Hall of Fame Weekend include special Museum hours and commemorative Hall of Fame Weekend merchandise available at the Museum Store.

More information about all the events during Hall of Fame Weekend, including Membership benefits such as priority seating for the Induction Ceremony, is available at baseballhall.org. 

For information on this year's Hall of Fame Weekend, please click here.