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.

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 15,000 square feet (1,400 m²) 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.

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.

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 Pete wore playing outfield, 2nd base, 3rd base, and 1st base; a uniform shirt from Pete's High School (Western Hills – also the alma mater of major leaguers Don Zimmer, Eddie Brinkman, Russ Nixon, and others); baseball cards from Pete's career; Sports Illustrated covers of Pete; the "wall of balls" representing all 4256 of Pete'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 and Museum kicked off 2011 in grand style with several exciting new exhibits. Visitors to the Museum will enjoy six exciting new exhibits headed by the year's feature exhibit, Johnny Bench: Baseball's Greatest Catcher. Also new in 2011 was an exhibit that looked back on the Reds' memorable 2010 season, a 50th anniversary tribute to the 1961 National League Champion Reds (opening May 2011), and an exhibit that celebrates the 1980s, one of the most colorful decades in club history, an all-time Reds leaderboard display and a special homage to Sparky Anderson.

The Reds Hall of Fame unveiled and 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 drove fans wild with a two-run, 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
†	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	Paul Derringer	P	1933–1942
	4	Ernie Lombardi †	C	1932–1941
	10	Frank McCormick	1B	1934–1945
	33	Johnny Vander Meer	P	1937–1943 1946–1949
	31	Bucky Walters	P/3B Manager	1938–1948 1948–1949
1959	24	Ival Goodman	RF	1935–1942
	18	Eppa Rixey †	P	1921–1933
1960	44, 47	Ewell Blackwell	P	1942, 1946–1952
	—	Edd Roush †	CF	1916–1926, 1931
1961	11	Lonny Frey	2B/SS	1938–1946
	18	Billy Werber	3B	1939–1941
1962	—	Hughie Critz	2B	1924–1930
	—	Bubbles Hargrave	C	1921–1928
	18	Ted Kluszewski	1B Coach	1947–1957 1970–1978, 1983
1963	—	Rube Bressler	LF/P	1917–1927
	23	Harry Craft	CF	1937–1942
	—	Heinie Groh	3B	1913–1921
	—	Noodles Hahn	P	1899–1905
1964	25	Gus Bell	OF	1953–1961
	—	Pete Donohue	P	1921–1930
1965	1	Fred Hutchinson	Manager	1959–1964
	—	Larry Kopf	SS	1916–1917 1919–1921
	12	Red Lucas	P	1926–1933
	25, 28, 29	Wally Post	RF	1949, 1951–1957 1960–1963
	5, 16	Johnny Temple	2B	1952–1959, 1964
1966	—	Jake Daubert	1B	1919–1924
	20	Mike McCormick	OF	1940–1943, 1946
	12	Billy Myers	SS	1935–1940
1967	—	Adolfo "Dolf" Luque	P	1918–1929
	1	Bill McKechnie †	3B Manager	1916–1917 1938–1946
1968	—	Sam Crawford	OF	1899–1902
	39, 41, 43	Joe Nuxhall	P Broadcaster	1944, 1952–1960 1962–1966 1967–2007
1969	—	Warren Giles	President/GM	1937–1951
1970	31	Jim O'Toole	P	1958–1966
1971	11	Roy McMillan	SS	1951–1960
1972	18	Gordy Coleman	1B	1960–1967
1973	46	Jim Maloney	P	1960–1970
1974	37	Bob Purkey	P	1958–1964
1975	7, 12	Smoky Burgess	C	1955–1958
1976	46	Brooks Lawrence	P	1956–1960
1977	5, 28	Vada Pinson	OF	1958–1968
1978	20	Frank Robinson	OF	1956–1965
1979	19, 50	Tommy Helms	2B Manager	1964–1971 1988–1989
1980	36	Clay Carroll	P	1968–1975
1981	16, 17	Leo Cárdenas	SS	1960–1968
1982	37	Wayne Granger	P	1969–1971
1983	38	Gary Nolan	P	1967–1977
1984	43	Jack Billingham	P	1972–1977
1986	5	Johnny Bench †	C	1967–1983
1987	8	Joe Morgan †	2B	1972–1979
1988	24	Jerry Lynch	OF	1957–1963
1998	24	Tony Pérez †	1B Manager	1964–1976 1984–1986 1993
	—	Cy Seymour	OF/P	1902–1906
2000	10	Sparky Anderson †	Manager	1970–1978
	13	Dave Concepción	SS	1970–1988
2001	—	Bob Ewing	OF/P	1902–1909
	36	Mario Soto	P	1977–1988
2002	35	Don Gullett	P	1970–1976
	—	Bid McPhee †	2B	1882–1889
2003	15	George Foster	LF	1971–1981
	—	Dummy Hoy	CF	1894–1897, 1902
2004	30	Ken Griffey, Sr.	OF	1973–1981 1988–1990
	—	Bob Howsam	GM	1967–1977
	—	Will White	P	1878–1880 1882–1886
2005	44	Eric Davis	OF	1984–1991, 1996
	27	José Rijo	P	1988–1995 2001–2002
	—	George Wright	SS	1869–1870
	—	Harry Wright	CF/Manager	1866–1870
2006	32	Tom Browning	P	1984–1994
	23	Lee May	1B	1965–1971
	41	Tom Seaver	P	1977–1982
2008	20	César Gerónimo	CF	1972–1980
	—	August Herrmann	President	1902–1927
	30	Joey Jay	P	1961–1966
	11	Barry Larkin †	SS	1986–2004
2010	34	Pedro Borbón	P	1970–1979
	17	Chris Sabo	3B	1988–1993, 1996
	—	Tony Mullane	P	1886–1893
2012	21	Sean Casey	1B	1998–2005
	22	Dan Driessen	1B	1973–1984
	—	John Reilly	1B	1880, 1883–1891
2014	3, 30	Ken Griffey, Jr.	CF	2000–2008
	39	Dave Parker	RF	1984–1987
	16	Ron Oester	2B	1978–1990
	—	Jake Beckley	1B	1897–1903
2016	14	Pete Rose	OF, IF Manager	1963–1978 1984–1986 1984–1989

See also

• Cincinnati Reds award winners and league leaders

External links

• Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum official webpage