Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame

The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in English, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), commonly called the Salón de la Fama (Hall of Fame) is a baseball hall of fame and museum located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, inaugurated on 10 March 1973. It is dedicated to recognizing people who have contributed greatly to baseball in Mexico. It had its first five inductees in 1939. As of 2023, 216 individuals, called inmortales, have been inducted into the Hall. The first members were inducted in 1939.

In February 2019, a new building hosting the museum was inaugurated in Monterrey's Fundidora Park.

Election procedure

Eligibility requirements To be eligible for election into the Salón de la Fama, one must be a former player, director, sportswriter, or umpire who participated in Mexican professional baseball, or a player of Mexican nationality who participated in Organized Baseball. However, there have been exceptions to these requirements made.

Players Players must have played a minimum of ten seasons in either the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol or Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, or a total of fifteen seasons between the two leagues. In the case of players of Mexican nationality, the seasons played requirement may be satisfied by playing fifteen years in Organised Baseball.

The player must have stopped being an active player for at least five years or must have died. The electorate is to consider the merits of the player's performances and records, not for a single feat. After five elections without being elected, the player is removed from the ballot and becomes eligible for election only by the Committee on Veterans.

These requirements have not always been in place, as players such as Monte Irvin, Roy Campanella, and Youman Wilder did not meet the 15-year requirement. Wilder did make the All-Decade Teams of the 1980s and 1990s.

Veterans Veterans are players who played before 1970 as well as candidates that participated in five voting cycles in the player's election but were not elected. After five veterans' elections without being elected, the player becomes ineligible.

Directors Club executives, usually a president or vice-president, must have participated in at least ten years in Mexican professional baseball.

Sportswriters A sportswriter must have covered Mexican professional baseball for at least fifteen years at a national level.

Umpires An umpire must have participated in a minimum of twenty seasons total in both leagues.

Nomination

Players The nomination and election of former players is carried out annually. The preliminary ballot is created by the Salón de la Fama's administration and it is sent out to the members of the Comité Elector (Electing Committee) who vote for those whom they consider to have the merits sufficient enter the Salón de la Fama. After the Salón de la Fama receives the votes, the results are soon revealed, and any player who obtains a majority of votes will be considered a candidate for election and be placed on the year's election ballot. The election ballot, is sent back out to the Comité Elector - but only those with a Cédula de Votación (Voting Certificate). They will choose the two exbeisbolistas inmortales who will be enshrined in that year. From 2001 to 2006, three players were elected annually and previous to that four were.

In 2011 an exception was made for 5 time all-star and 2x MVP and 2x League champion Youman Wilder, Wilder played 5 years, and did not meet the 10 year minimum requirements even with a 340 career batting average. Wilder has been left off the 2012 ballot, but did make the All-Decade teams of the 1980s and 1990s.

Veterans The election of veterans is carried out every other year - the next election was held in 2007. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos (Veterans Committee) for voting. The Comité de Veteranos is composed of the president and former presidents of the Comité Elector (Electing Committee), and from 2003 on, living inmortales. The electorate selects the single veteran inductee into the Salón de la Fama.

Directors The election of directors is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2008. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector, the Comité de Veteranos, the league presidents of the LMB and LMP, and the club presidents in the two league's as well. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama. In 2002, two directors were inducted.

Sportswriters The election of sportswriters is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2009. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama.

Umpires The election of sportswriters is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2007. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama.

Election Once the ballots for each election are returned (by mid-February), the Salón de la Fama tallies the votes at the Convención Nacional de Beisbol during the third or fourth week of February. The Salón de la Fama then announces the new inmortales and they are inducted in June or July. The candidate with the plurality of votes - or in the case of the player's ballot, the two candidates - is inducted.

List of members The Hall of Fame includes 216 individuals through 2023. The first members were inducted in 1939, followed by selections in 1964, and since 1971 by elections in most of the following years. Members are listed below with their year of selection, field position or other area of accomplishment, and nationality.

YearNamePositionNationality1939Leo NajoPlayer (CF)Fernando BarradasPlayer (LHP)Antonio DelfínPlayer (RHP)Lucas JuárezPlayer (RHP)Julio MolinaPlayer (RHP)1964Ramón BragañaPlayer (RHP)Genaro CasasPlayer (RHP)Ángel CastroPlayer (1B)Martín DihigoPlayer (RHP)Lázaro SalazarManagerEpitacio TorresPlayer (RF)1971Mel AlmadaPlayer (CF)Beto ÁvilaPlayer (2B)Roy CampanellaPlayer (C)Ernesto CarmonaManagerAlberto Romo ChávezPlayer (RHP)Josh GibsonPlayer (C)José Luis GómezPlayer (2B)Monte IrvinPlayer (LF)Jorge PasquelExecutiveAlejandro Aguilar ReyesWriterJesús ValenzuelaPlayer (RHP)1973Agustín BejeranoPlayer (CF)Anuar CanavatiExecutiveManuel OliverosManagerRoberto OrtizPlayer (RF)Lázaro PenagosExecutiveDaniel RíosPlayer (RHP)1974Ramiro CuevasPlayer (RHP)Al PinkstonPlayer (RF)Agustín VerdeManager1976Guillermo ÁlvarezPlayer (SS)Fernando CamposWriterLuis Montes de OcaPlayer (3B)1977Santos AmaroPlayer (RF)Guillermo GaribayManager1978Felipe MontúfarPlayer (RHP)1979Jesús DíazPlayer (CF)Basilio RosellPlayer (RHP)1980Carlos Alberto GonzálezUmpireRamón Montes de OcaPlayer (1B)Eduardo OrvañanosWriterLeo RodríguezPlayer (3B)1981Tomás ArroyoPlayer (RHP)Salvador CastroUmpireVinicio GarcíaPlayer (2B)Apolinar PulidoPlayer (SS)1982Mario AriosaPlayer (CF)Horacio DíazExecutiveManuel EcheverríaPlayer (RHP)Francisco RamírezPlayer (RHP)Wild Bill WrightPlayer (CF)1983José BachePlayer (2B)Ronnie CamachoPlayer (1B)Felipe MontemayorPlayer (CF)Rafael Reyes NájeraWriterAlejo PeraltaExecutiveClaudio SolanoPlayer (CF)1984Gabriel AtristainUmpireManuel González CaballeroWriterMiguel FernándezPlayer (CF)Guillermo LópezPlayer (RHP)Alfonso RamírezPlayer (RHP)1985Adolfo LuqueManagerPorfirio MartínezPlayer (RHP)Miguel SoteloPlayer (RHP) / Manager1986Rubén Amaro Sr.Player (SS)Moisés CamachoPlayer (2B)Marcos ValdezPlayer (RHP)Benjamín ValenzuelaPlayer (3B)1987Manuel ChávezPlayer (3B)Jesse FloresPlayer (RHP)Juan Ley FongExecutiveGuillermo LunaPlayer (LHP)Raúl Mendoza MancillaWriterAntonio Ramírez MuroExecutive1988Abel Francisco CanoWriterLino DonosoPlayer (LHP)Héctor EspinoPlayer (1B)Horacio PiñaPlayer (RHP)Arnulfo RodríguezExecutivePedro SeptiénWriter1989Ray DandridgePlayer (SS)Oscar EsquivelWriterJosé GuerreroPlayer (3B)Teodoro MariscalExecutive1990Alfonso Robinson BoursExecutiveAmado MaestriUmpireRamón MontoyaPlayer (CF)Tommy MoralesWriterAlfredo RíosPlayer (3B)1991Jaime CorellaPlayer (C)Agustín de ValdezWriterJuan LimaUmpireChara MansurExecutiveAntonio PollorenaPlayer (RHP)1992Jorge BlancoWriterJosé PeñaPlayer (RHP)Benjamín 'Cananea' ReyesManagerArmando RodríguezUmpireVicente RomoPlayer (RHP)1993Ramón AranoPlayer (RHP)Humberto GalazWriterRené GonzálezPlayer (1B)Aurelio LópezPlayer (RHP)Homobono MárquezExecutiveAlfredo OrtizPlayer (LHP)Oscar RodríguezPlayer (CF)1994Jaime Pérez AvellaExecutiveCarlos GalinaPlayer (1B)Miguel GasparPlayer (C)Celerino SánchezPlayer (3B)Miguel SuárezPlayer (RF)1995Rodolfo AlvaradoPlayer (RHP)William BerzunzaPlayer (1B)Arnoldo CastroPlayer (2B)Aurelio RodríguezPlayer (3B)1996Jorge AlarcónWriterCésar DíazPlayer (RHP)Juan Manuel LeyExecutiveOrestes MiñosoPlayer (RF)Jorge OrtaPlayer (2B)1997Andrés AyónPlayer (RHP)Alfonso Araujo BojorquezWriterMaximino LeónPlayer (RHP)Víctor SaízUmpire1998Don Eugenio Garza SadaExecutiveMarcelo JuárezPlayer (CF)Juan NavarretePlayer (2B)Miguel SolísPlayer (RHP)1999George BrunetPlayer (LHP)Pedro Treto CisnerosExecutiveGregorio LuquePlayer (C)Francisco MaytorenaPlayer (RHP)2000Francisco 'Paquín' EstradaPlayer (C)Gabriel LugoPlayer (2B)Roberto MéndezPlayer (2B)Mario MendozaPlayer (SS)2001Jorge FitchPlayer (SS)Jack PiercePlayer (1B)Pedro RamírezPlayer (CF)Rudy SandovalPlayer (C)2002Salomé BarojasPlayer (RHP)Ernesto EscárregaPlayer (RHP)Roberto Mansur GalánExecutiveJosé Maiz GarcíaExecutiveMario Hernández MaytorenaExecutiveJesús SommersPlayer (3B)2003Nelson BarreraPlayer (3B)Enrique KerlegandWriterAndrés MoraPlayer (1B)Enrique RomoPlayer (RHP)Fermín VázquezPlayer (3B)2004Sid MongePlayer (LHP)Elpidio OsunaPlayer (CF)Chico RodríguezPlayer (SS)Ismael RuizUmpire2005Cecilio AcostaPlayer (RHP)Enrique AguilarPlayer (3B)Herminio DomínguezPlayer (LHP)Rafael GarciaPlayer (RHP)Alvaro LebrijaExecutive2006Jorge de la SernaWriterJosé Isabel JiménezWriterJaime OrozcoPlayer (RHP)Sergio RoblesPlayer (C)Ray TorresPlayer (RF)2007Francisco AlcarazUmpireBenjamín CerdaPlayer (3B)Houston JiménezPlayer (SS)Carlos SotoPlayer (C)2008Antonio BrionesPlayer (2B)Enrique CastilloPlayer (RHP)Arcadio ValenzuelaExecutive2009Salvador ColoradoPlayer (RHP)Arturo GonzálezPlayer (RHP)Juan José PachoPlayer (SS)Domingo SetienBroadcaster2010Derek BryantPlayer (OF)Efraín IbarraUmpireArmando ReynosoPlayer (RHP)Gerardo SánchezPlayer (OF)Alonso TéllezPlayer (OF)2011Jimmie CollinsPlayer (OF)Mercedes EsquerPlayer (LHP)Teodoro HigueraPlayer (LHP)Arturo León LermaExecutive2012Ángel MorenoPlayer (LHP)Alejandro OrtizPlayer (3B)Juan Francisco RodríguezPlayer (2B)Eduardo Valdez VizcarraBroadcaster2013Cornelio GarcíaPlayer (1B)Alfredo MariscalPlayer (LHP)Jesús RíosPlayer (RHP)Juan SubyPlayer (RHP)Jesús MonterUmpire2014Daniel FernándezPlayer (OF)Cuauhtémoc RodríguezExecutiveRicardo SáenzPlayer (OF)Fernando ValenzuelaPlayer (LHP)2020Matías CarrilloPlayer (OF)Vinicio CastillaPlayer (3B)Isidro MárquezPlayer (RHP)José Luis SandovalPlayer (SS)Eduardo JiménezPlayer (OF)Barney SerrellPlayer (2B)Jorge Menéndez TorreBroadcaster2023Alfredo Harp HelúExecutiveLuis ArredondoPlayer (OF)Roberto VizcarraPlayer (2B)Javier RoblesPlayer (SS)Noé MuñozPlayer (C)Juan Gabriel CastroPlayer (SS)Alejo AhumadaPlayer (P)Jesús MorenoPlayer (P)Tomás HerreraManager2024Juan Manuel PalafoxPlayer (P)Ramón OrantesPlayer (IF)Cecilio RuizPlayer (P)Miguel FloresPlayer (2B)Yovani GallardoPlayer (P)Richard SandatePlayer (P)Luis Alberto RamírezUmpire 2025 Francisco Campos Player (RHP) Jorge de la Rosa Player (LHP) Enrique Mazón Executive Roberto Ramírez Player (LHP) Óscar Robles Player (2B) Roberto Saucedo Player (1B) Ismael Valdez Player (RHP)

Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame

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