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players,

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and

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who have been recognised by the

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(ABF) as having influenced

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over a prolonged period of time "at the highest level available at the time." The concept of an Australian baseball

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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, and were formally inducted at a presentation ceremony on 27 January 2005. Since 2006, new groups have since been inducted as part of the Baseball Australia Diamond Awards each year.

Inductees

Through 2018, 88 people have been inducted into the hall of fame. Notable inductees include; * Norman Claxton (2005) *

Philip Dale Phillip Dale (born 8 August 1962 in Melbourne), is an Australian former minor league baseball player and is currently a coach with the Australia national baseball team. Dale has had a long and illustrious baseball career and was the first Aust ...

(2005) * Ronny Johnson (2005) *

Frank Laver Frank Jonas Laver (7 December 1869 – 24 September 1919) was an Australian cricketer and baseball player. He played in 15 Test matches between 1899 and 1909 and visited England as a player and team manager on four occasions. An accomplished p ...

(2005) *

Graeme Lloyd Graeme John Lloyd (born 9 April 1967) is an Australian-born former professional baseball pitcher, who appeared with the Milwaukee Brewers, New York Yankees, Toronto Blue Jays, Montreal Expos, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Kansas City Roy ...

(2005) * Eric McElhone (2005) *

Bob Nilsson Robert "Bob" Nilsson was the oldest of the four Nilsson brothers and one of the greatest relievers in the history of Australian baseball leagues. Bob's brother Dave Nilsson was the first Australian All-Star in MLB, his brother Gary Nilsson pl ...

(2005) *

Dave Nilsson David Wayne Nilsson (born 14 December 1969) is an Australian retired professional baseball catcher and current manager of the Australia national baseball team and the Brisbane Bandits. He played for Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers ...

(2005) * Neil Page (2005) * Charlie Puckett (2005) *

James Searle James Searle (1730August 7, 1797) was an American merchant, Patriot, and delegate to the Continental Congress. He was born in New York City, the son of Catherine Pintard and John Searle, but on coming of age, he moved to Madeira, where he engag ...

(2005) *

Ron Sharpe Ronald Maxy Sharpe (11 March 1905 – 24 October 1972 in Adelaide, South Australia) is regarded as South Australia's and Australia's finest ever baseball player. Sharpe began his representative baseball career when he played his first intersta ...

(2005) *

Craig Shipley Craig Barry Shipley (born 7 January 1963) is an Australian-born executive and former player in Major League Baseball. On 16 November 2012, he was appointed special assistant to Arizona Diamondbacks general manager Kevin Towers. Shipley was ...

(2005) * Ross Straw (2005) * John Swanson (2005) *

Jon Deeble Jon Deeble (born 18 May 1962 in Melbourne) is the head coach of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League and the former manager of the Australian national baseball team. Career Deeble was a pitcher on the national team he now coaches ...

(2006) *

Shayne Bennett Shayne Anthony Bennett (born 10 April 1972) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Adelaide in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), and was a right-handed baseball pitcher, who last played in Major Leag ...

(2008) *

Monty Noble Montague Alfred Noble (28 January 1873 – 22 June 1940) was an Australian cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-hand batsman, right-handed bowler who could deliver both medium pace and off-break bowling, capable field ...

(2010) * Simone Wearne (2012) *

Glenn Williams Glenn David Williams (born 18 July 1977) is a retired third baseman from Australia, who played in the Minnesota Twins organization. He played in Major League Baseball for the Twins during the season. He was a member of the team that won the ...

(2012) * Joe Quinn (2013) * Brendan Kingman (2014) * Trent Durrington (2015) *

Grant Balfour Grant Robert Balfour (born 30 December 1977) is an Australian former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Milwaukee Brewers, Tampa Bay Devil Rays / Rays, and Oakland Athletics. ...

(2015) * Peter Vogler (2016) *

Micheal Nakamura is a Japanese-born Australian former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, Yomiuri Giants and Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Pr ...

(2016) * John Stephens (2017) *

Mark Ettles Mark Edward Ettles (born 30 October 1966) is an Australian former baseball pitcher who played for the San Diego Padres in 1993. He was a member of the Australia national baseball team, that ended up in sixth place at the 2000 Summer Olympics in ...

(2018)

External links

Australia > Hall of Fame

Footnotes

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Halls of fame in Australia Australian sports trophies and awards Sports organisations of Australia Awards established in 2005

Inductees

See also

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