Eddie Clarence Murray
Born Feb. 24, 1956, in Los Angeles. … Had 504 homers and 3,255 hits to join Hank Aaron and Willie Mays as the only players in baseball history to surpass 500 home runs and 3,000 hits. … Eight-time All-Star. … Played 21 seasons with Baltimore, Dodgers, Mets, Indians and Angels. An Orioles cap will be on his Hall plaque. … Batted .287 lifetime. … Nicknamed “Steady Eddie” for his consistent production. … First baseman was the strong, silent type. … Picked as AL Rookie of the Year in 1977 after batting .283 with 27 homers, 81 runs, and 88 RBIs. … In 238 at-bats with the bases loaded, he hit .399, walked 22 times, drove in 298 runs and had a .739 slugging percentage. His 19 grand slam homers are second all-time to former New York Yankee great Lou Gehrig (23). … Only Mickey Mantle hit more home runs (536) as a switch-hitter, and only six players drove in more runs than Murray’s 1,917. … Hit home runs from both sides of the plate in a game a record 11 times, one more than Mantle. … Had career-high 33 homers in 1983, leading Orioles to World Series title. … Teamed for many years with future Hall of Famer Cal Ripken Jr. … Finished six straight years in the top 10 in voting for league most valuable player. … Drove in at least 75 runs for a major-league-record 20 consecutive seasons. … Currently batting coach for Cleveland Indians. … Starred at Locke High School along with Ozzie Smith, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame last year. … Picked on the third round of the 1973 draft by Baltimore.
Gary Edmund Carter
Born April 8, 1954, in Culver City, Calif. … Will be first player in Hall to have a Montreal Expos cap on his Hall plaque. … Played 19 seasons with Expos, Mets, Dodgers and San Francisco. Was a teammate with fellow Hall inductee Eddie Murray in Los Angeles. … Nicknamed “The Kid” for his youthful exuberance and omnipresent smile. … Holds major league records for most career putouts (11,785) and total chances accepted (12,988) by a catcher in his NL-record 2,056 games behind the plate. … Hit .262 for his career with 324 home runs and 1,225 RBIs. … Three-time Gold Glove winner and 11-time All-Star… Was All-Star game Most Valuable Player in 1981 and 1984. … Led Expos to only playoff appearance in team history in 1981. … Was a pivotal player on the New York Mets’ 1986 World Series champions. Started the famous comeback rally in Game 6 with a two-out single in the bottom of the 10th inning. … Had career-high 32 homers and 100 RBIs in 1985. … Had nine seasons with 20 or more homers and four 100-RBI seasons. … Set major league single-season record for fewest passed balls in a season of 150 games or more with one in 1978. … Broadcast games for Expos and Florida Marlins. … Currently roving catching instructor for Mets. …In 1961, at age 7, was the national champion in the first punt, pass and kick competition. … Picked in the third round of the 1972 draft by the Montreal Expos.
Bob Uecker
Receiving Ford. C. Frick award for excellence in broadcasting. … Hit .200 with 14 home runs and 74 RBIs in six seasons with Milwaukee, St. Louis, Atlanta and Philadelphia. … Played on the 1964 Cardinals team that beat the New York Yankees in the World Series. … Parlayed his humor into national prominence and turned his jokes into TV and movie roles. … His line – “Must be in the front row!” – in a beer commercial where he gets shunted from the box seats to the bleachers became a catchphrase throughout the country. … Began announcing Milwaukee Brewers games in 1971. … Inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2001 and did network broadcasts of the World Series, league championship series and All-Star game in the 1970s and 1980s. … Joins Joe Garagiola as the only former players to make the Hall as announcers.
Hal McCoy
Won J.G. Taylor Spink Award and will be inducted into the writers’ wing of the Hall of Fame. … Has covered the Cincinnati Reds for 32 years, the longest tenure of any current beat writer on one team. .. Has covered more than 5,560 games, 900 spring training games and 500 postseason games, missing only one assigned game due to illness. … Has won 43 Ohio and national writing awards. … Was at the forefront of the Pete Rose gambling investigation, breaking many stories during the 1989 season. Also broke numerous stories while Marge Schott was the Reds owner. … Was banned from the media dining room four times for writing “uncomplimentary” stories about the team. … Has been afflicted this year with an eye condition that left him legally blind, although he continues to work.