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The Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame and Museum is an entity established by
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's Cincinnati Reds franchise that pays homage to the team's past through displays, photographs and multimedia. It was instituted in 1958 to recognize the career of former Cincinnati Reds players,
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and front-office executives. It is adjacent to
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on the banks of the Ohio River. Currently, the Hall of Fame section is home to 81 inductees. These inductees include players, managers & executives who were involved in Cincinnati's baseball legacy, which dates back to
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, the year the original
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took the field. Inductions take place every other year.


History

The Reds first teamed up with the ''Cincinnati Chapter of Commerce'' in 1958 to promote the inductions, which were voted on by Reds fans. Nevertheless, no induction took place in 1985, and starting in 1989, the discontinuation of the ceremonies lasted for nine years. In , Reds executive John Allen revived the inductions and turned over voting to the local chapter of the
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, which also votes annually for the team's ''Most Valuable Player'' and
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. The museum opened September 25, 2004, next to
Great American Ball Park Great American Ball Park is a baseball stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. It served as the home stadium of the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB), and opened on March 31, 2003, replacing Cinergy Field (formerly Riverfront Stadium), the Reds ...
. It has more than of exhibit space on two floors and is open year-round. The museum showcases such unique items such as
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trophies (from 1975, 1976 and 1990), the scorebook from the 1869 Cincinnati Red Stockings (baseball's first professional team), MVP trophies of Johnny Bench and Joe Morgan, a gallery of the Reds Hall of Fame plaques and other items. Rick Walls took over the role of museum executive director on August 1, 2007, for Greg Rhodes (the museum's first executive director), who remained with the Cincinnati Reds as team historian.


Past exhibits

In 2010 The Hall featured a
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Exhibit, focusing on the playing career of baseball's all time hits leader, currently under a lifetime ban from baseball. Artifacts include: the bat and ball from hit 4192; balls from hits leading up to 4192; artifacts from the Crosley and Riverfront/Cinergy years; gloves that Rose wore playing outfield, 2nd base, 3rd base, and 1st base; a uniform shirt from Rose's High School (Western Hills – also the alma mater of major leaguers
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, Eddie Brinkman, Russ Nixon, and others); baseball cards from Rose's career; ''Sports Illustrated'' covers of Rose; the "wall of balls" representing all 4256 of Rose's hits; and other items. In 2009 the museum launched its Crosley Field exhibit honoring the team's former ballpark. The Reds Hall of Fame unveiled a statue of Hall of Famer Johnny Bench on September 17, 2011. The statue of Bench, one of the stars of the Big Red Machine, features him in a throwing motion toward an imaginary second base. September 17, was the anniversary of Johnny Bench Night at Riverfront Stadium in 1983, when Bench hit a two-run, game tying home run in the third inning.


Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame members


See also

* Cincinnati Reds award winners and league leaders


References


External links


Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum
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