Vladimir Guerrero as a member of the Baltimore Orioles.
Vladimir Guerrero will have to wait at least a year to go to Cooperstown. He won’t have to wait that long to proclaim himself as a baseball hall of famer. Following an official announcement this morning, Guerrero is among the 2017 Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame inductees.
The museum announced in a press release on their website that Guerrero will join former Blue Jays pitcher Roy Halladay, Baseball Canada President Ray Carter, longtime B.C. umpire Doug Hudlin and the 2015 Senior Mens Team Canada squad that took home gold in the Pan Am Games as inductees on June 24, 2017.
“I was surprised and excited to hear that I’m being inducted,” said Guerrero through a translator during a media conference call this afternoon. “I knew that I would need to wait at least one more year to join the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, but I’m very pleased to join the Canadian hall of fame first, since I was given my first opportunity to play Major League Baseball in Canada.”
The museum posted the following on its Twitter feed this morning:
@CDNBaseballHOF 2017 Inductees. @RoyHalladay @VladGuerrero27 Ray Carter, Doug Hudlin, Team Canada 2015 SR Mens Team Pan-Am @baseballcanada pic.twitter.com/8HYPsh1dEQ
— CDN Baseball HOF (@CDNBaseballHOF) February 2, 2017
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame is in St. Marys, Ontario.
Guerrero also joins other former Expos notables Dennis Martinez (2016), Felipe Alou (2015), Tim Wallach (2014), Tim Raines (2013), Larry Walker (2009), Steve Rogers (2005) and Gary Carter (2001) as inductees of the museum.
Furthermore, the former Expos All-Star is the fourth Dominican player in the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. The others are Felipe Alou, George Bell (2013) and Tony Fernández (2008).
Guerrero shared the following on his Twitter account:
I'm very happy to be among list of 2017 inductees of @CDNBaseballHOF. It's a great honor for me and my family. God bless you. pic.twitter.com/lZyislFQ8j
— Vladimir Guerrero (@VladGuerrero27) February 2, 2017
Join Guerrero for the Festivities at the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in St. Marys, Ontario.
The induction ceremony will be part of an entire weekend of activities in Toronto and St. Marys. The ceremony will take place at the Hall of Fame grounds with the following itinerary for June 24:
9am-5pm – museum open for tours
9am-10:15am – Inductee press conference (media only)
11:00am-1:00pm – Induction Ceremony for 2017 Inductees
1:30pm-3:00pm – autograph session with 2017 Inductees and other special guests.
There will also be a Baseball Family Festival all day.
Admission for the ceremony is 10$ for members and 20$ for non-members. You can find more details on this page:
You can read the rest of the press release announcing the Class of 2017 Inductees here:
(Photo of Vladimir Guerrero: Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero (27) CC BY-SA 2.0 Credit: Keith Allison)
(Photo of Vladimir Guerrero: Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero (27) CC BY-SA 2.0 Credit: Keith Allison)
(Photo of Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame: Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame, St. Marys Ontario_2873 CC BY 2.0 Credit: Robert Taylor)
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