Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum facts for kids

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 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.

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
	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	Derringer, PaulPaul Derringer	P	1933–1942
	4	Lombardi, ErnieErnie Lombardi	C	1932–1941
	10	McCormick, FrankFrank McCormick	1B	1934–1945
	33	Vander Meer, JohnnyJohnny Vander Meer	P	1937–1943 1946–1949
	31	Walters, BuckyBucky Walters	P/3B Manager	1938–1948 1948–1949
1959	24	Goodman, IvalIval Goodman	RF	1935–1942
	18	Rixey, EppaEppa Rixey	P	1921–1933
1960	44, 47	Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell	P	1942, 1946–1952
	—	Roush, EddEdd Roush	CF	1916–1926, 1931
1961	11	Frey, LonnyLonny Frey	2B/SS	1938–1946
	18	Werber, BillyBilly Werber	3B	1939–1941
1962	—	Critz, HughieHughie Critz	2B	1924–1930
	—	Hargrave, BubblesBubbles Hargrave	C	1921–1928
	18	Kluszewski, TedTed Kluszewski	1B Coach	1947–1957 1970–1978, 1983
1963	—	Bressler, RubeRube Bressler	LF/P	1917–1927
	23	Craft, HarryHarry Craft	CF	1937–1942
	—	Groh, HeinieHeinie Groh	3B	1913–1921
	—	Hahn, NoodlesNoodles Hahn	P	1899–1905
1964	25	Bell, GusGus Bell	OF	1953–1961
	—	Donohue, PetePete Donohue	P	1921–1930
1965	1	Hutchinson, FredFred Hutchinson	Manager	1959–1964
	—	Kopf, LarryLarry Kopf	SS	1916–1917 1919–1921
	12	Lucas, RedRed Lucas	P	1926–1933
	25, 28, 29	Post, WallyWally Post	RF	1949, 1951–1957 1960–1963
	5, 16	Temple, JohnnyJohnny Temple	2B	1952–1959, 1964
1966	—	Daubert, JakeJake Daubert	1B	1919–1924
	20	McCormick, MikeMike McCormick	OF	1940–1943, 1946
	12	Myers, BillyBilly Myers	SS	1935–1940
1967	—	Luque, DolfDolf Luque	P	1918–1929
	1	McKechnie, BillBill McKechnie	3B Manager	1916–1917 1938–1946
1968	—	Crawford, SamSam Crawford	OF	1899–1902
	39, 41, 43	Nuxhall, JoeJoe Nuxhall	P Broadcaster	1944, 1952–1960 1962–1966 1967–2007
1969	—	Giles, WarrenWarren Giles	President/GM	1937–1951
1970	31	O'Toole, JimJim O'Toole	P	1958–1966
1971	11	McMillan, RoyRoy McMillan	SS	1951–1960
1972	18	Coleman, GordyGordy Coleman	1B	1960–1967
1973	46	Maloney, JimJim Maloney	P	1960–1970
1974	37	Purkey, BobBob Purkey	P	1958–1964
1975	7, 12	Burgess, SmokySmoky Burgess	C	1955–1958
1976	46	Lawrence, BrooksBrooks Lawrence	P	1956–1960
1977	5, 28	Pinson, VadaVada Pinson	OF	1958–1968
1978	20	Robinson, FrankFrank Robinson	OF	1956–1965
1979	19, 50	Helms, TommyTommy Helms	2B Manager	1964–1971 1988–1989
1980	36	Carroll, ClayClay Carroll	P	1968–1975
1981	16, 17	Cárdenas, LeoLeo Cárdenas	SS	1960–1968
1982	37	Granger, WayneWayne Granger	P	1969–1971
1983	38	Nolan, GaryGary Nolan	P	1967–1977
1984	43	Billingham, JackJack Billingham	P	1972–1977
1986	5	Bench, JohnnyJohnny Bench	C	1967–1983
1987	8	Morgan, JoeJoe Morgan	2B	1972–1979
1988	24	Lynch, JerryJerry Lynch	OF	1957–1963
1998	24	Pérez, TonyTony Pérez	1B Manager	1964–1976 1984–1986 1993
	—	Seymour, CyCy Seymour	OF/P	1902–1906
2000	10	Anderson, SparkySparky Anderson	Manager	1970–1978
	13	Concepción, DaveDave Concepción	SS	1970–1988
2001	—	Ewing, BobBob Ewing	OF/P	1902–1909
	36	Soto, MarioMario Soto	P	1977–1988
2002	35	Gullett, DonDon Gullett	P	1970–1976
	—	McPhee, BidBid McPhee	2B	1882–1899
2003	15	Foster, GeorgeGeorge Foster	LF	1971–1981
	—	Hoy, DummyDummy Hoy	CF	1894–1897, 1902
2004	30	Griffey Sr., KenKen Griffey Sr.	OF	1973–1981 1988–1990
	—	Howsam, BobBob Howsam	GM	1967–1977
	—	White, WillWill White	P	1878–1880 1882–1886
2005	44	Davis, EricEric Davis	OF	1984–1991, 1996
	27	Rijo, JoséJosé Rijo	P	1988–1995 2001–2002
	—	Wright, GeorgeGeorge Wright	SS	1869–1870
	—	Wright, HarryHarry Wright	CF/Manager	1866–1870
2006	32	Browning, TomTom Browning	P	1984–1994
	23	May, LeeLee May	1B	1965–1971
	41	Seaver, TomTom Seaver	P	1977–1982
2008	20	Gerónimo, CésarCésar Gerónimo	CF	1972–1980
	—	Herrmann, AugustAugust Herrmann	President	1902–1927
	30	Jay, JoeyJoey Jay	P	1961–1966
	11	Larkin, BarryBarry Larkin	SS	1986–2004
2010	34	Borbón, PedroPedro Borbón	P	1970–1979
	17	Sabo, ChrisChris Sabo	3B	1988–1993, 1996
	—	Mullane, TonyTony Mullane	P	1886–1893
2012	21	Casey, SeanSean Casey	1B	1998–2005
	22	Driessen, DanDan Driessen	1B	1973–1984
	—	Reilly, JohnJohn Reilly	1B	1880, 1883–1891
2014	3, 30	Griffey Jr., KenKen Griffey Jr.	CF	2000–2008
	39	Parker, DaveDave Parker	RF	1984–1987
	16	Oester, RonRon Oester	2B	1978–1990
	—	Beckley, JakeJake Beckley	1B	1897–1903
2016	14	Rose, PetePete Rose	OF, IF Manager	1963–1978 1984–1986 1984–1989
2018	44	Dunn, AdamAdam Dunn	LF/1B	2001–2008
	32	Norman, FredFred Norman	P	1973–1979
	4	Bristol, DaveDave Bristol	Manager	1966–1969
2020	—	Brennaman, MartyMarty Brennaman	Broadcaster	1974–2019