St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum


The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum is a team hall of fame located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, representing the history, players and personnel of the professional baseball franchise St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. It is housed within Ballpark Village, a mixed-use development and adjunct of Busch Stadium, the home stadium of the Cardinals. To date, 46 members have been enshrined within the Cardinals Hall of Fame.

History

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum was originally located in downtown St. Louis in the same building as the International Bowling Museum and the World Bowling Writers International Bowling Hall of Fame, near the site of the old Busch Stadium and the new Busch Stadium. The International Bowling Museum closed its St. Louis site in November 2008 and moved to Arlington, Texas.
The Cardinals Hall of Fame likewise closed when the Bowling Museum moved and suspended public operations. However, the museum staff designed a new hall of fame and museum. The Cardinals moved the museum to the St. Louis Ballpark Village, which is located across Clark Street from Busch Stadium and opened in 2014. The new facility was constructed within the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum and Cardinal Nation Restaurant in Ballpark Village.

Voting criteria and process

In January, 2014, Cardinals chairman and chief executive officer William DeWitt, Jr., announced a plan for an annual formal Cardinals Hall of Fame induction process. Included components of the voting and induction process are a "Red Ribbon" committee of baseball experts, a six-week fan voting process in the spring, and an enshrinement ceremony in the summer. All former Cardinals already enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York and those honored with their number retired were automatically enshrined into the inaugural class of the Cardinals Hall of Fame on August 16, 2014.
To be eligible for the Cardinals Hall of Fame, a player must have played three seasons for the Cardinals and have been retired from Major League Baseball for at least three years. Players are divided into two categories – "modern players" and "veteran players." Players who have been retired 40 or more years are classified as veteran players. Each year, a "Red Ribbon" committee selects one veteran player to be inducted and nominates another 6 to 10 players for a fan vote. The vote is then accomplished on the Cardinals official MLB.com website. The two players with the highest online vote total are inducted. Additionally, the team may opt to elect personnel who fulfilled other roles besides playing, such as a coach, broadcaster or front office personnel. The team creates and displays a plaque for each elected member of the Hall. The plaques are created by the same company that creates the plaques for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Each inductee is also provided with a red jacket that is to be worn at all official team ceremonies and functions. A total of 26 members were inducted for the first class of 2014.

Cardinals Hall of Fame inductees

Positions that are listed were played the equivalent of a full season for the Cardinals.
NameYears with Cardinals FranchisePositionYear ElectedCommittee Selection
Jim Bottomley1922-19321B2014Inaugural
Ken Boyer1955-1965, 1971-1972, 1978-19803B, CF, Manager, Coach2014Inaugural
Sam Breadon1917-1947Owner2016Team
Harry Brecheen1940, 1943-1952Pitcher2018Red Ribbon
Lou Brock1964-1979LF2014Inaugural
Jack Buck1954-1959, 1961-2001Broadcaster2014Inaugural
August A. Busch, Jr.1953-1989Owner2014Inaugural
Chris Carpenter2004-2012Pitcher2016Fan
Vince Coleman1985-1990LF2018Fan
Mort Cooper1938-1945Pitcher2019Red Ribbon
Dizzy Dean1930, 1932-1937, 1941-1946Pitcher, Broadcaster2014Inaugural
Jim Edmonds2000-2007, 2016-PresentCF, Broadcaster2014Fan
Curt Flood1958-1969CF2015Red Ribbon
Bob Forsch1974-1988Pitcher2015Fan
Frankie Frisch1927-19382B, 3B, Manager2014Inaugural
Bob Gibson1959-1975, 1995Pitcher, Coach2014Inaugural
Chick Hafey1924-1931LF, RF2014Inaugural
Jesse Haines1920-1937Pitcher2014Inaugural
Tom Herr1979-19882B2020Fan
Whitey Herzog1980-1990Manager, General Manager2014Inaugural
Rogers Hornsby1915-1926, 19332B, 3B, SS, Manager2014Inaugural
Jason Isringhausen2002-2008Pitcher2019Fan
George Kissell1940-1942, 1946-2008Coach, Instructor, Scout2015Team
Ray Lankford1990-2001, 2004CF, LF2018Fan
Tony LaRussa1996-2011Manager2014Inaugural
Marty Marion1940-1951SS, Manager, Coach2014Red Ribbon
Pepper Martin1928, 1930-1940, 19443B, CF, RF2017Red Ribbon
Tim McCarver1959-1969, 1973-1974, 2014-2019C, Broadcaster2017Fan
Willie McGee1982-1990, 1996-1999, 2018-PresentCF, LF, RF, Coach2014Fan
Mark McGwire1997-2001, 2010-20121B, Coach2017Fan
Joe Medwick1932-1940, 1947-1948LF2014Inaugural
Johnny Mize1936-19411B2014Inaugural
Terry Moore1935-1942, 1946-1952, 1956-1958CF, Coach2016Red Ribbon
Stan Musial1941-1944, 1946-1963, 19671B, LF, RF, CF, General Manager2014Inaugural
Branch Rickey1919-1942General Manager, Manager, President2014Inaugural
Scott Rolen2002-20073B2019Fan
Red Schoendienst1945-1956, 1961-1976, 1979-1995Manager, 2B, LF, Coach2014Inaugural
Mike Shannon1962-1970, 1972–PresentBroadcaster, 3B, RF2014Team
Ted Simmons1968-1980C2015Fan
Enos Slaughter1938-1942, 1946-1953RF, LF2014Inaugural
Ozzie Smith1982-1999SS, Broadcaster2014Inaugural
Billy Southworth1926-1927, 1929, 1940-1945Manager, RF2014Inaugural
Bruce Sutter1981-1984Pitcher2014Inaugural
Joe Torre1969-1974, 1990-19953B, 1B, C, Manager2016Fan
John Tudor1985-1988, 1990Pitcher2020Fan
Bill White1959-1965, 19691B, LF2020Red Ribbon

Selected artifacts

The Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum contains over 15,000 total artifacts and 80,000 photographs, second only to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the largest collection of baseball antiquities. The sections of the Museum include: the Plaque Gallery, a Sportsman's Park Room, a Busch Stadium II Room, a Busch Stadium III Room, a Championship Gallery, a Uniform Timeline, a Look at the Current Cardinals, a St. Louis Browns Display, a St. Louis Stars Display, and a Temporary Exhibit Room that has included displays on Stan Musial and a history of the Cardinals Farm System.
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