Baseball Reliquary
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The Baseball Reliquary is a nonprofit, educational organization "dedicated to fostering an appreciation of American art and culture through the context of baseball history and to exploring the national pastime’s unparalleled creative possibilities." It was founded in 1996 in Monrovia, CA and is funded in part by a grant from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission.
Since 1999, three individuals have been elected to their "Shrine of the Eternals" in each year. The Shrine is similar in concept to the annual elections held at the Baseball Hall of Fame, but differs philosophically in that statistical accomplishment is not a criterion for election. Rather, the Shrine’s annual ballot is comprised of individuals – from the obscure to the well known – who have altered the baseball world in ways that supersede statistics.
[edit] Shrine of the Eternals
| Year | Inductee |
|---|---|
| 1999 | Dock Ellis |
| Curt Flood | |
| Bill Veeck Jr. | |
| 2000 | Moe Berg |
| Bill Lee | |
| Pam Postema | |
| 2001 | Jim Bouton |
| Satchel Paige | |
| Jimmy Piersall | |
| 2002 | Mark Fidrych |
| Joe Jackson | |
| Minnie Minoso | |
| 2003 | Jim Abbott |
| Ila Borders | |
| Marvin Miller | |
| 2004 | Dick Allen |
| Roberto Clemente | |
| Dummy Hoy | |
| 2005 | Rod Dedeaux |
| Jackie Robinson | |
| Lester Rodney | |
| 2006 | Josh Gibson |
| Fernando Valenzuela | |
| Kenichi Zenimura |
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