The greatest players the game has ever known will be there to welcome them.
As of today, fifty Hall of Famers are expected to return to Cooperstown to welcome the honorees who were elected last winter by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America and the Veterans Committee. The established high of 54 returning Hall of Famers in attendance was set in 2008.
Also being honored are longtime NBC Sports, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Yankees analyst Tony Kubek, who will receive the Ford C. Frick Award for “major contributions to the game of baseball,” and former San Francisco Giants beat writer Nick Peters, who will receive the J.G. Taylor Spink Award for “meritorious contributions to baseball writing.”
Cooperstown native Eric Bliss will deliver the United States and Canadian national anthems.
The 50 Hall of Fame members expected to return to Cooperstown, as of July 10, include:
| Sparky Anderson | Dennis Eckersley | Al Kaline | Tony Pérez | Earl Weaver |
| Johnny Bench | Bob Feller | Harmon Killebrew | Gaylord Perry | Billy Williams |
| Yogi Berra | Rollie Fingers | Ralph Kiner | Robin Roberts | Dick Williams |
| Wade Boggs | Carlton Fisk | Juan Marichal | Brooks Robinson | Dave Winfield |
| George Brett | Whitey Ford | Willie Mays | Frank Robinson | Carl Yastrzemski |
| Lou Brock | Bob Gibson | Bill Mazeroski | Ryne Sandberg | Robin Yount |
| Jim Bunning | Goose Gossage | Willie McCovey | Mike Schmidt | |
| Rod Carew | Tony Gwynn | Paul Molitor | Tom Seaver | |
| Steve Carlton | Monte Irvin | Joe Morgan | Ozzie Smith | |
| Gary Carter | Reggie Jackson | Eddie Murray | Bruce Sutter | |
| Orlando Cepeda | Fergie Jenkins | Phil Niekro | Don Sutton | |
The Induction Ceremony will be held on the grounds of the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown starting at 1:30 p.m. EDT on July 26, unless severe weather forces the event cancellation. Admission to the event is free and seating is unlimited. The Ceremony will be televised live on MLB Network, broadcast nationally on Sirius XM Radio Home Plate Channel 175 and will be available via a Web cast at www.baseballhall.org.
The Induction Ceremony highlights an action-packed weekend of events at the Baseball Hall of Fame, highlighted by the induction of Joe Gordon, Rickey Henderson and Jim Rice at 1:30 p.m. July 26 at the Clark Sports Center. Admission to the Induction Ceremony is free.
The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is open seven days a week year round, with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s Day. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, the Museum is open from 9 a.m. until 9 p.m. The Museum observes off-season hours of 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. from the day after Labor Day until Memorial Day Weekend. Ticket prices are $16.50 for adults (13 and over), $11 for seniors (65 and over) and for those holding current memberships in the VFW, Disabled American Veterans, American Legion and AMVets organizations, and $6 for juniors (ages 7-12). Members are always admitted free of charge and there is no charge for children 6 years of age or younger. For more information, visit our Web site at baseballhall.org or call 888-HALL-OF-FAME (888-425-5633) or 607-547-7200.
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