The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and 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. To date, 55 members have been enshrined within the Cardinals Hall of Fame.

History The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum was previously located in downtown St. Louis in the same building as the International Bowling Museum and the World Bowling Writers 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.

The Cardinals Hall of Fame likewise closed when the Bowling Museum moved and suspended public operations. 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.

Voting criteria and process

In January 2014, Cardinals chairman and chief executive officer William DeWitt, Jr., announced a plan for an annual formal 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 and those honored with their number retired were automatically enshrined into the inaugural class of the Cardinals Hall of Fame on August 16, 2014.

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, a "Red Ribbon" committee selects one veteran player to be inducted and nominates another 6 to 10 players for a fan vote. The vote is then accomplished on the Cardinals official MLB.com website. The two players with the highest online vote total are inducted. Additionally, the team may opt to elect personnel who fulfilled other roles besides playing, such as a coach, broadcaster or front office personnel. The team creates and displays a plaque for each elected member of the Hall. The plaques are created by the same company that creates the plaques for the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. Each inductee is also provided with a red jacket that is to be worn at all official team ceremonies and functions. A total of 26 members were inducted for the first class of 2014. Beginning in 2021, only one modern player will be elected each year

Cardinals Hall of Fame inductees +KeyBoldMember of the Baseball Hall of FameMember of the Baseball Hall of Fame as a CardinalBoldRecipient of the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award

Positions that are listed were played the equivalent of a full season for the Cardinals.

Name Years with Cardinals Franchise Position(s) Year Elected Committee Selection 1922–1932, 1939, 1955 1B, Broadcaster, Scout 2014 Inaugural 1955–1965, 1971–1972, 1978–1980 3B, Manager, Coach 1917–1947 Owner 2016 Team 1940, 1943–1952 P 2018 Red Ribbon 1964–1979 LF 2014 Inaugural 1954–1959, 1961–2001 Broadcaster 1953–1989 Owner 2004–2012 P 2016 Fan 1985–1990 LF 2018 FanCharles Comiskey 1882–1889, 1891 1B, Manager 2022 Team 1938–1945 P 2019 Red Ribbon 1930, 1932–1937, 1941–1946 P, Broadcaster 2014 Inaugural 1996–2011 Coach 2024 Team 2000–2007, 2016–2024 CF, Broadcaster 2014 Fan 1958–1969 CF 2015 Red Ribbon 1974–1988 P Fan 1927–1938 2B, 3B, Manager 2014 Inaugural 1959–1975, 1995 P, Coach 1924–1931 RF, LF 1920–1937 P 1974–1983 1B 2021 Fan 1979–1988 2B 2020 Fan 1980–1990 Manager, General Manager 2014 Inaugural 2009–2016 LF 2022 Fan 1915–1926, 1933 2B, 3B, SS, Manager 2014 Inaugural 1970–1977, 1985–present P, Broadcaster 2025 Red Ribbon 2002–2008 P 2019 Fan 1960–1971 2B 2022 Red Ribbon 1994–2007 General Manager 2025 Team 1940–1942, 1946–2008 Coach, Instructor, Scout 2015 Team 1941–1949 3B 2024 Red Ribbon 1938–1946, 1949–1951 P 2023 Red Ribbon 1990–2001, 2004 CF, LF 2018 Fan 1996–2011 Manager 2014 Inaugural 1940–1951 SS, Manager, Coach Red Ribbon 1928, 1930–1940, 1944 3B, CF, RF 2017 Red Ribbon 1959–1969, 1973–1974, 2014–2019 C, Broadcaster Fan 1982–1990, 1996–1999, 2018–2024 CF, LF, RF, Coach 2014 Fan 1997–2001, 2010–2012 1B, Coach 2017 Fan 1932–1940, 1947–1948 LF 2014 Inaugural 1936–1941 1B 2004–2022 C 2026 Fan 1935–1942, 1946–1952, 1956–1958 CF, Coach 2016 Red Ribbon 1997–2005 P 2024 Fan 1941–1944, 1946–1963, 1967 LF, CF, RF, 1B, General Manager 2014 Inaugural 1986–1995, 1997–present 2B, SS, Coach 2023 Team 2001–2011, 2022 1B, LF 2026 Fan 1999–2004 SS 2025 Fan 1919–1942 Manager, General Manager, President 2014 Inaugural 2002–2007 3B 2019 Fan 1945–1956, 1961–1976, 1979–1995 2B, LF, Manager, Coach 2014 Inaugural 1962–1970, 1972–2021 3B, RF, Broadcaster Team 1918–1930, 1932 P 2026 Red Ribbon 1968–1980 C 2015 Fan 1938–1942, 1946–1953 RF, LF 2014 Inaugural 1982–1999 SS, Broadcaster 1926–1927, 1929, 1940–1945 RF, Manager 1981–1984 P 1969–1974, 1990–1995 3B, 1B, Manager 2016 Fan 1985–1988, 1990 P 2020 Fan 1959–1965, 1969 1B Red Ribbon Players who have been nominated, but not inducted, include Joaquín Andújar, Steve Carlton, George Hendrick, Brian Jordan, and Lee Smith.

After receiving the most fan votes on the 2023 ballot, David Freese later declined his induction into the Cardinals Hall of Fame.

Selected artifacts The Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum 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 museum includes a variety of displays and features on the Cardinals' former ballparks, the old St. Louis Browns and Negro League St. Louis Stars, championship teams, uniform history, and current players. Patrons can take part in interactive displays such as recording a broadcast call of a classic Cardinals play, or holding a bat used in a game by a Cardinals star of the past. It also features a special exhibit area that hosts a new display each season: these collections have included media related to the history of the Cardinal farm system, the life and career of Stan Musial, the team's radio partnership with KMOX, and the 2011 World Series team. On home game weekends, the Museum has additional programming such as autograph sessions, panel discussions with former players or staffers, and special presentations of unique memorabilia from their archives.

Championship memorabilia A baseball autographed by the 1926 World Series-winning team, including an autograph from Babe Ruth, playing for the opponent the New York Yankees. A 1931 World Series championship ring in its original green case that was awarded to Sparky Adams A program from the first and only all-St. Louis World Series, played in 1944 against the Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) The original Commissioner's Trophy awarded to the 1967 championship team, when the Cardinals defeated the Boston Red Sox

See also List of St. Louis Cardinals in the Baseball Hall of Fame

List of St. Louis Cardinals team records History of the St. Louis Cardinals: 1875–1919 • 1920–52 • 1953–89 • 1990–present National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum Missouri Sports Hall of Fame St. Louis Walk of Fame Monument Park (Yankee Stadium) for a similar dedication by the New York Yankees to honor its achieved players.

References

External links St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame webpage