Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame was founded in San Francisco on October 24, 1998, by Gabriel "Tito" Avila, Jr. as a way to honor the greatest Hispanic baseball players of all time. It is dedicated to recognizing the contributions made to baseball by Hispanic players. Since its inception, the Museum Hall of Fame has honored 56 players, coaches, broadcasters, Negro Leagues Hispanic players, and Pioneer Executives.

The initial inductees who were inducted at a banquet on February 23, 2002, were Orlando Cepeda, Tito Fuentes, Ted Williams, and Minnie Miñoso. In August 2002, the Museum Hall of Fame was featured at the California State Exposition (Cal Expo). In 2005, the World Series-winning manager, then of the Chicago White Sox, Ozzie Guillén, was honored at US Cellular Field with the Museum's Hall of Fame Pioneer Award for being the first Hispanic foreign-born to win the World Series that year, against the Houston Astros. In April 2007, the Museum Hall of Fame was given a citation by the New York State Senate in Albany, New York. On Saturday, June 23, 2007, former Giant Omar Vizquel, former Giant Matty Alou, and former New York Yankee Héctor López were honored during a home-plate ceremony at AT&T Park for their recent induction to the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum's Hall of Fame before a crowd of 43,000 fans at AT&T Park in San Francisco prior to a Giants and Yankees interleague game.

The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame was invited to showcase the "Latino Legends" team and their memorabilia at the 2007 All-Star Fan Fest located at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The Latino Legends Team was an all-time all-star baseball team selected in 2005 to honor the history of Latin American players in Major League Baseball.

During the 2008 All-Star Game FanFest held at the Javits Center in New York City, the Museum was again invited by Major League Baseball to showcase their memorabilia along with the Chevy "Latino Legends" team.

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