Baseball Australia Hall of Fame explained

The Baseball Australia Hall of Fame or Australian Baseball Federation Hall of Fame is a group of baseball players, managers and coaches who have been recognised by the Australian Baseball Federation (ABF) as having influenced baseball in Australia over a prolonged period of time "at the highest level available at the time."^[1]

The concept of an Australian baseball hall of fame was first formally raised in 2002 when the ABF board created a Heritage Committee, who were tasked with creating a hall of fame including the selection criteria and induction process. The first group of inductees was announced in December 2004,^[2] and were formally inducted at a presentation ceremony on 27 January 2005.^[3] Since 2006, new groups have since been inducted as part of the Baseball Australia Diamond Awards each year.^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

Inductees

Through 2021, 90 people have been inducted into the hall of fame.^[9] Notable inductees include;

Year	No. inductees
2005	41
2006	7
2007	2
2008	4
2009	2
2010	5
2011	2
2012	3
2013	5
2014	3
2015	3
2016	4
2017	3
2018	4
2021	2
Total	90

• Norman Claxton (2005)
• Philip Dale (2005)
• Ronny Johnson (2005)
• Frank Laver (2005)
• Graeme Lloyd (2005)
• Eric McElhone (2005)
• Bob Nilsson (2005)
• Dave Nilsson (2005)
• Neil Page (2005)
• Charlie Puckett (2005)
• James Searle (2005)
• Ron Sharpe (2005)
• Craig Shipley (2005)
• Ross Straw (2005)

• John Swanson (2005)
• Jon Deeble (2006)
• Shayne Bennett (2008)
• Monty Noble (2010)
• Simone Wearne (2012)
• Glenn Williams (2012)
• Joe Quinn (2013)
• Brendan Kingman (2014)
• Trent Durrington (2015)
• Grant Balfour (2015)
• Peter Vogler (2016)
• Micheal Nakamura (2016)
• John Stephens (2017)
• Mark Ettles (2018)
• Justin Huber (2021)

See also

• Australian baseball awards
• Sport Australia Hall of Fame Awards

External links

• Australia > Hall of Fame

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hall of Fame Protocol . Australian Baseball Federation . 2 March 2010.
2. Web site: 2005 Inaugural Hall of Fame Inductees . 24 December 2004 . 2 March 2010 . Stockman . Jennifer . Australian Baseball Federation . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608081756/http://www.baseball.com.au/?Page=15246 . 8 June 2011 . dead .
3. Web site: Introducing the Australian Baseball Hall of Fame . 23 December 2004 . 2 March 2010 . Stockman . Jennifer . Australian Baseball Federation .
4. Web site: 2006 Inaugural Baseball Australia Diamond Awards . 2 March 2010 . Australian Baseball Federation .
5. Web site: 2007 Baseball Australia Diamond Awards . 15 December 2006 . 2 March 2010 . Anderson . Michelle . Australian Baseball Federation .
6. Web site: ABF Formally Announces Inductees to Baseball Australia Hall of Fame . 28 November 2007 . 2 March 2010 . Anderson . Michelle . Australian Baseball Federation .
7. Web site: ABF Announces Hall of Fame Inductees and State Association of the Year . 29 January 2009 . 2 March 2010 . Anderson . Michelle . Australian Baseball Federation .
8. Web site: A Special Invitation to You - 2010 BADAs . 13 January 2010 . 2 March 2010 . Australian Baseball Federation .
9. Web site: Hall of Fame Inductees . baseball.com.au . 2018 . February 4, 2021.