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St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and
Museum
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Established2014
LocationSt. Louis, Missouri
TypeProfessional sports hall of fame
Visitorsn/a
WebsiteSt. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum is a team hall of fame located in downtown St. Louis, Missouri, representing the history, players and personnel of the professional baseball franchise St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB). It is housed within Ballpark Village, a mixed-use development and adjunct of Busch Stadium, the home stadium of the Cardinals. 30 members have been enshrined within the Cardinals Hall of Fame.

History

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum was originally located in downtown St. Louis in the same building as the International Bowling Museum and the World Bowling Writers (WBW) International Bowling Hall of Fame, near the site of the old Busch Stadium and the new Busch Stadium. The International Bowling Museum closed its St. Louis site in November 2008 and moved to Arlington, Texas.[1]

The Cardinals Hall of Fame likewise closed when the Bowling Museum moved and suspended public operations.[2] However, the museum staff designed a new hall of fame and museum. The Cardinals moved the museum to the St. Louis Ballpark Village, which is located across Clark Street from Busch Stadium and opened in 2014. The new facility was constructed within the Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum and Cardinal Nation Restaurant in Ballpark Village.[3]

Voting criteria and process

The Inaugural HOF Induction, 2014.

In January, 2014, Cardinals chairman and chief executive officer William DeWitt, Jr., announced a plan for a formal, annual, Cardinals Hall of Fame induction process. Included components of the voting and induction process are a "Red Ribbon" committee of baseball experts, a six-week fan voting process in the spring, and an enshrinement ceremony in the summer. All former Cardinals already enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York will be enshrined into this recasting of the Cardinals Hall of Fame on August 16, 2014.[4]

To be eligible for the Cardinals Hall of Fame, a player must have played three seasons for the Cardinals and have been retired from Major League Baseball for at least three years. Players are divided into two categories, "modern players" and "veteran players." Players who have been retired 40 or more years are classified as veteran players. Each year, the Red Ribbon committee selects one veteran player to be inducted and nominates another 6 to 10 players for whom the fans vote. Vote is accomplished on the Cardinals official MLB.com website. The two players with the highest online vote total will also be inducted. Additionally, the team may opt to elect personnel who fulfilled other roles besides playing, such as a coach, broadcaster or front office personnel. 26 members were inducted for the first class of 2014.[4][5]

Cardinals Hall of Fame inductees

Class of 2014. Daughter of Marion, Shannon, Edmonds, McGee.

All Cardinals personnel already inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown or had their number retired by the team were automatically inducted into the Hall of Fame when it was established.

Selected artifacts

The Cardinals Hall of Fame contains over 15,000 total artifacts and 80,000 photographs, second only to the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the largest collection of baseball antiquities. The website features exhibits on each of the 11 World Series champions, a "Questions from Fans" section displaying personal accounts from fans and "Cardinalographies," biographies of Cardinals stars. Also, "Inside the Collection" reveals the backstories behind artifacts representing significant moments in team history.[6]

Championship memorabilia
[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame". Retrieved October 30, 2010. The International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame was located at 11 Stadium Plaza, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, until November 8, 2008. It moved to Texas and opened in early 2010.
  2. ^ "St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame Museum". St. Louis Cardinals official website. MLB.com Advanced Media, L.P. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  3. ^ "Busch Stadium Ballpark Village Information". stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Retrieved May 26, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Cardinals Press Release (January 18, 2014). "Cardinals establish Hall of Fame & detail induction process". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Langosch, Jenifer (April 30, 2014). "McGee among four to enter Cards Hall of Fame". MLB.com. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
  6. ^ Staff Report (January 30, 2014). "Cardinals launch new Hall of Fame website". CBS St. Louis. Retrieved February 13, 2014.
  7. ^ "Championships slide". www.stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com. Retrieved January 31, 2014.

External links

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