Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum

The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum is an entity established by Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds franchise that pays homage to the team's past through displays, photographs and multimedia. It was instituted in 1958 to recognize the career of former Cincinnati Reds players, managers and front-office executives. It is adjacent to Great American Ball Park on the banks of the Ohio River. Currently, the Hall of Fame section is home to 81 inductees. These inductees include players, managers & executives who were involved in Cincinnati's baseball legacy, which dates back to 1869, the year the original Cincinnati Red Stockings took the field. Inductions take place every other year.

History

The Reds first teamed up with the Cincinnati Chapter of Commerce in 1958 to promote the inductions, which were voted on by Reds fans. Nevertheless, no induction took place in 1985, and starting in 1989, the discontinuation of the ceremonies lasted for nine years. In 1998, Reds executive John Allen revived the inductions and turned over voting to the local chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, which also votes annually for the team's Most Valuable Player and pitcher. The museum opened September 25, 2004, next to Great American Ball Park. It has more than of exhibit space on two floors and is open year-round. The museum showcases such unique items such as World Series trophies (from 1975, 1976 and 1990), the scorebook from the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings (baseball's first professional team), MVP trophies of Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, a gallery of the Reds Hall of Fame plaques and other items. Rick Walls took over the role of museum executive director on August 1, 2007, for Greg Rhodes (the museum's first executive director), who remained with the Cincinnati Reds as team historian.

Past exhibits

In 2010 The Hall featured a Pete Rose Exhibit, focusing on the playing career of baseball's all time hits leader, currently under a lifetime ban from baseball. Artifacts include: the bat and ball from hit 4192; balls from hits leading up to 4192; artifacts from the Crosley and Riverfront/Cinergy years; gloves that Rose wore playing outfield, 2nd base, 3rd base, and 1st base; a uniform shirt from Rose's High School (Western Hills – also the alma mater of major leaguers Don Zimmer, Eddie Brinkman, Russ Nixon, and others); baseball cards from Rose's career; Sports Illustrated covers of Rose; the "wall of balls" representing all 4256 of Rose's hits; and other items.

In 2009 the museum launched its Crosley Field exhibit honoring the team's former ballpark.

The Reds Hall of Fame unveiled a statue of Hall of Famer Johnny Bench on September 17, 2011. The statue of Bench, one of the stars of the Big Red Machine, features him in a throwing motion toward an imaginary second base. September 17, was the anniversary of Johnny Bench Night at Riverfront Stadium in 1983, when Bench hit a two-run, game tying home run in the third inning.

Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame members

Key

Year	Year inducted
Bold	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
Template:Dagger	Member of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Red
Bold	Recipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award

Year	No.	Inductee	Position	Tenure
1958	30		P	1933–1942
	4	Template:Dagger	C	1932–1941
	10		1B	1934–1945
	33		P	1937–1943 1946–1949
	31		P/3B Manager	1938–1948 1948–1949
1959	24		RF	1935–1942
	18	Template:Dagger	P	1921–1933
1960	44, 47		P	1942, 1946–1952
	—	Template:Dagger	CF	1916–1926, 1931
1961	11		2B/SS	1938–1946
	18		3B	1939–1941
1962	—		2B	1924–1930
	—		C	1921–1928
	18		1B Coach	1947–1957 1970–1978, 1983
1963	—		LF/P	1917–1927
	23		CF	1937–1942
	—		3B	1913–1921
	—		P	1899–1905
1964	25		OF	1953–1961
	—		P	1921–1930
1965	1		Manager	1959–1964
	—		SS	1916–1917 1919–1921
	12		P	1926–1933
	25, 28, 29		RF	1949, 1951–1957 1960–1963
	5, 16		2B	1952–1959, 1964
1966	—		1B	1919–1924
	20		OF	1940–1943, 1946
	12		SS	1935–1940
1967	—		P	1918–1929
	1	Template:Dagger	3B Manager	1916–1917 1938–1946
1968	—		OF	1899–1902
	39, 41, 43		P Broadcaster	1944, 1952–1960 1962–1966 1967–2007
1969	—		President/GM	1937–1951
1970	31		P	1958–1966
1971	11		SS	1951–1960
1972	18		1B	1960–1967
1973	46		P	1960–1970
1974	37		P	1958–1964
1975	7, 12		C	1955–1958
1976	46		P	1956–1960
1977	5, 28		OF	1958–1968
1978	20		OF	1956–1965
1979	19, 50		2B Manager	1964–1971 1988–1989
1980	36		P	1968–1975
1981	16, 17		SS	1960–1968
1982	37		P	1969–1971
1983	38		P	1967–1977
1984	43		P	1972–1977
1986	5	Template:Dagger	C	1967–1983
1987	8	Template:Dagger	2B	1972–1979
1988	24		OF	1957–1963
1998	24	Template:Dagger	1B Manager	1964–1976 1984–1986 1993
	—		OF/P	1902–1906
2000	10	Template:Dagger	Manager	1970–1978
	13		SS	1970–1988
2001	—		OF/P	1902–1909
	36		P	1977–1988
2002	35		P	1970–1976
	—	Template:Dagger	2B	1882–1899
2003	15		LF	1971–1981
	—		CF	1894–1897, 1902
2004	30		OF	1973–1981 1988–1990
	—		GM	1967–1977
	—		P	1882–1886
2005	44		OF	1984–1991, 1996
	27		P	1988–1995 2001–2002
	—		SS	1869–1870
	—		CF/Manager	1866–1870
2006	32		P	1984–1994
	23		1B	1965–1971
	41		P	1977–1982
2008	20		CF	1972–1980
	—		President	1902–1927
	30		P	1961–1966
	11	Template:Dagger	SS	1986–2004
2010	34		P	1970–1979
	17		3B	1988–1993, 1996
	—		P	1886–1893
2012	21		1B	1998–2005
	22		1B	1973–1984
	—		1B	1880, 1883–1891
2014	3, 30		CF	2000–2008
	39		RF	1984–1987
	16		2B	1978–1990
	—		1B	1897–1903
2016	14		OF, IF Manager	1963–1978 1984–1986 1984–1989
2018	44		LF/1B	2001–2008
	32		P	1973–1979
	4		Manager	1966–1969
2021	—		Broadcaster	1974–2019
2023	32		P	1997–2005
	61		P	2006–2013, 2017
	—		General manager	1951–1960

See also

• Cincinnati Reds award winners and league leaders

External links

• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum official webpage