Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, Inc., was founded in San Francisco, California, in June 1999 by its founder Mr.Gabriel "Tito" Avila, Jr., as a way to honor the greatest Hispanic baseball players of all time. The organization is a not-for-profit institution. It is dedicated to recognizing the contributions made to baseball by Hispanic players.

The initial inductees who were inducted at a banquet on February 23, 2002, were Orlando Cepeda, Tito Fuentes, Ted Williams, and Minnie Miñoso.

On Saturday, June 23, 2007, current Giant Omar Vizquel, former Giant Matty Alou, and former New York Yankee Héctor López were honored during a home-plate ceremony at AT&T Park for their recent induction to the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum's Hall of Fame before a crowd of 43,000 fans.

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame was invited to showcase the "Latino Legends" team and their memorabilia at the 2007 All-Star FanFest located at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Latino Legends Team was an all-time all-star baseball team selected in 2005 to honor the history of Latin American players in Major League Baseball.

During the 2008 All-Star Game FanFest held at the Javits Center in New York City, the Museum was again invited by Major League Baseball to showcase their memorabilia along with the Chevy "Latino Legends" team. The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame partnered with Johnny Walker and Eventus Marketing Services to showcase exhibitions in Phoenix, Miami, Arlington, and Houston during the last couple months of the 2008 baseball season. In 2011, the Museum participated in its 5th All-Star FanFest which was held at the Civic Plaza in Phoenix, Arizona. During the FanFest, on July 9, 2011, The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame inducted Luis Gonzalez as its 47th inductee. The former Arizona Diamondbacks player is now a special assistant to the President of the Arizona Diamondbacks. On July 28, 2011, The Museum Hall of Fame will have an exhibition at the new Yankee Stadium honoring the 6 living Hispanic Hall of Famers at The New York Yankees Museum for the rest of the 2011 season. On August 21, 2011, the Museum will induct into its Hall of Fame Ruben Sierra at The Ball Park in Arlington, Texas, as its 48th inductee. Currently, the Museum Hall of Fame provides traveling exhibits to national baseball parks as a way to honor Hispanic players, coaches, managers, pioneer exectives, and umpires. ^[1]

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Inductees

External links

• Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum
• Article about its founding

References

1. ^ http://www.hispanicbaseballmuseum.com/HHBMNews/HHBMNews_Spring2008.pdf Spring 2008 News