| Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame | |
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| Established | 1983 |
| Location | St. Marys, Ontario, Canada |
| Type | sports museum |
| Website | www.baseballhalloffame.ca/ |
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum is a museum located in St. Marys, Ontario, Canada. The museums commemorates great players, teams, and accomplishments of baseball in Canada.
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The museum was founded in October 1983 in Toronto at Exhibition Place and later moved to Ontario Place. In 1994, it moved to St. Marys. It 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, 90 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.
In addition, the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame also gives out the Tip O'Neill Award annually to the baseball player "judged to have excelled in individual achievement and team contribution while adhering to the highest ideals of the game of baseball."[1]
The Hall of Fame also awards the Jack Graney Award for Lifetime Media achievement. It was last awarded to Ian MacDonald of Montreal sports in 2009.[2]
The facility in St. Marys also includes a baseball field designed by landscape architect Art Lierman of London, Ontario.
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