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Latino Baseball Hall of Fame
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The Latino Baseball Hall of Fame - in Spanish Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Latino - was inaugurated in the city of La Romana in the Dominican Republic in 2010. It is designed to honor the contribution of Latin American players to the game of baseball and to honor the greats who have been part of this rich history. 24 inductees were part of the inaugural class, divided into three groups:
- Latin American members of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York; this group also includes Latin American recipients of the Ford Frick Award
- The Veterans
- Contemporary Players since 1959
The first induction ceremonies were held in La Romana from May 23-30, 2010.
The Hall of Fame also gives out the "Tommy Lasorda Award", dedicated to a non-Latin personality who has worked to promote the development of baseball in latin America. The first award was given to Peter O'Malley, former owner of the Los Angeles Dodgers, in 2010. Pat Gillick won the award in 2012.
Many of the individuals selected for the first class had already been enshrined in the Hall of Fame, the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame, the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, the Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Fame, the Salón de la Fama (Mexico) or the Salón de la Fama (Venezuela).
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[edit] Inductees
[edit] Hall of Fame Members
- Luis Aparicio, player, Venezuela - 2010
- Eloy Canel, journalist, Argentina - 2010
- Rod Carew, player, Panama - 2010
- Orlando Cepeda, player, Puerto Rico - 2010
- Roberto Clemente, player, Puerto Rico - 2010
- Martín Dihigo, player, Cuba - 2010
- Jaime Jarrín, broadcaster, Ecuador - 2010
- Juan Marichal, player, Dominican Republic - 2010
- José Méndez, player, Cuba - 2010
- Tony Pérez, player, Cuba - 2010
- Alejandro Pómpez, executive, Cuba - 2010
- Felo Ramírez, scout, Cuba - 2010
- Cristobal Torriente, player, Cuba - 2010
[edit] Veterans
- Luis Arroyo, player, Puerto Rico - 2012
- Beto Avila, player, Mexico - 2010
- Ramón Bragaña, player, Cuba - 2012
- Alejandro Carrasquel, player, Venezuela - 2012
- Alfonso Carrasquel, player, Venezuela - 2010
- Ángel Castro, player, Mexico - 2012
- Pancho Coimbre, player, Puerto Rico - 2010
- Chile Gomez, player, Mexico - 2011
- Vidal Lopez, player, Venezuela - 2011
- Dolf Luque, player, Cuba - 2011
- Bobby Maduro, player, Cuba - 2010
- Horacio Martinez, player, Dominican Republic - 2011
- Orestes Minoso, player, Cuba - 2010
- Diomedes Olivo, player, Dominican Republic - 2012
- Pat Scantlebury, player, Panama - 2012
- Tetelo Vargas, player, Dominican Republic - 2010
[edit] Contemporaries
- Roberto Alomar, player, Puerto Rico - 2010 (note: Alomar was inducted prior to his election to the National Baseball Hall of Fame)
- Felipe Alou, player and manager, Dominican Republic - 2010
- Rico Carty, player, Dominican Republic - 2011
- David Concepción, player, Venezuela - 2010
- Hector Espino, player, Mexico - 2010
- Andres Galarraga, player, Venezuela - 2011
- Dennis Martinez, player, Nicaragua - 2011
- Edgar Martinez, player, Puerto Rico - 2011
- Ben Oglivie, player, Panama - 2012
- Tony Oliva, player, Cuba - 2012
- Camilo Pascual, player, Cuba - 2010
- Tony Pena, player, Dominican Republic - 2012
- Aurelio Rodriguez, player Mexico - 2012
- Manny Sanguillen, player, Panama - 2011
- Luis Tiant, player, Cuba - 2011
- Manny Trillo, player, Venezuela - 2012
- Fernando Valenzuela, player, Mexico - 2011
- Bernie Williams, player, Puerto Rico - 2012
