Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum facts for kids

The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum is a special place for baseball fans! It was created by the Cincinnati Reds team to celebrate their amazing history. Here, you can see cool displays, photos, and videos about the team's past.

The Hall of Fame started in 1958. Its goal was to honor former Reds players, managers, and team leaders. It's located right next to Great American Ball Park by the Ohio River. Today, 81 people are in the Hall of Fame. These people helped make the Reds famous, going all the way back to 1869. That's when the first professional team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings, played! New members are added every two years.

History of the Hall of Fame

The Reds first worked with the Cincinnati Chapter of Commerce in 1958. They wanted to promote the new Hall of Fame. Fans even voted on who should be inducted! There was a break in inductions for a few years, but in 1998, a Reds executive named John Allen brought them back. Now, local baseball writers vote for the new members.

The museum itself opened on September 25, 2004. It's right next to the ballpark. It has more than 15,000 square feet of space for exhibits. That's a lot of room to explore! The museum is open all year. You can see awesome things like World Series trophies from 1975, 1976, and 1990. They also have the scorebook from the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings, which was baseball's first professional team. You can also see MVP trophies from famous players like Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan. There's even a gallery with plaques for all the Reds Hall of Fame members.

Cool Past Exhibits

The museum often has special exhibits. In 2010, they featured an exhibit about Pete Rose. It showed off his incredible playing career as baseball's all-time hits leader. You could see the bat and ball from his 4,192nd hit! There were also gloves he wore playing different positions. You could even see his high school uniform shirt. A "wall of balls" showed all 4,256 of his hits.

In 2009, the museum had an exhibit about Crosley Field. This was the team's old ballpark. It was a great way to learn about where the Reds used to play.

On September 17, 2011, the Reds Hall of Fame revealed a statue of Hall of Famer Johnny Bench. Johnny Bench was a huge star for the "Big Red Machine" team. The statue shows him throwing a baseball. This date was special because it was the anniversary of "Johnny Bench Night" in 1983. On that night, Bench hit a game-tying home run!

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	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
2021	—	Brennaman, MartyMarty Brennaman	Broadcaster	1974–2019
2023	32	Graves, DannyDanny Graves	P	1997–2005
	61	Arroyo, BronsonBronson Arroyo	P	2006–2013, 2017
	—	Paul, GabeGabe Paul	General manager	1951–1960

See also

• Cincinnati Reds award winners and league leaders