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Leyland, a minor league catcher who made it as high as Double-A before embarking on a 22-season career as a skipper in the majors with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, Colorado Rockies and Detroit Tigers, was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday, Dec. 3. He becomes the 23rd manager honored in Cooperstown.
Leyland was named on 15 of 16 ballots as the only candidate to reach the 75-percent threshold necessary for election.
Leyland, 78, will be joined in the Hall of Fame Class of 2024 by any electees who emerge from the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voting, which will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 23.
Ten of the National Pastime’s most beloved voices have been named as the finalists for the 2024 Ford C. Frick Award, presented annually for excellence in baseball broadcasting by the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
The Baseball Writers’ Association of America has announced its three finalists. The finalists are: The late Gerry Fraley, who spent three decades covering baseball and the Texas Rangers for the Dallas Morning News; Bruce Jenkins, writer and columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle; and longtime New York Post writer Joel Sherman. The winner of the 2024 BBWAA Career Excellence Award for writers will be announced Dec. 5
A former Most Valuable Player Award winner and three-time batting champion, another batting titlist, three MVP runners-up, a Cy Young Award winner, a World Series home-run record holder and the only pitcher to total double-digit complete games in a season this century are among a group of 12 new candidates appearing on the 2024 National Baseball Hall of Fame ballot
The Museum will celebrate Black Baseball this spring with the opening of the groundbreaking new exhibit The Souls of the Game: Voices of Black Baseball.
And as the first visitors are experiencing the exhibit, the Society for American Baseball Research will join in the festivities by hosting the annual Jerry Malloy Negro League Conference June 6-9 in the Museum’s Grandstand Theater.
With Pudge behind the plate and Hall of Fame manager Jim Leyland at the helm, the Tigers completed a worst-to-first turnaround to capture the 2006 American League pennant.
Monday, December 4, 2023
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The Plaque Gallery is sacred ground for baseball fans, where the bronze plaques of the Hall of Famers line the oak walls and visitors speak in hushed, reverential tones. The dramatic arched entryway and marble columns let you know you are somewhere special.
This popular exhibit traces women's roles in the game from 19th-century ballclubs to their present-day involvement – on the field and in baseball's front offices and broadcast booths.
With over 140,000 baseball cards, 40,000 unique objects and 250,000 images, you're bound to make at least one extraordinary discovery.
From legendary players to managers, umpires, executives and pioneers, their stories live on here.
Learn the latest about the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, and anticipate which history-makers will be joining the hall next.
Donate an artifact or become a member. There are many roles for you to play in the future of the Baseball Hall of Fame.
