Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame
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Irish American
Irish Americans are citizens of the United States who can trace their ancestry to Ireland. A total of 36,278,332 Americans—estimated at 11.9% of the total population—reported Irish ancestry in the 2008 American Community Survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau...

 Baseball Hall of Fame
Hall of Fame
A hall of fame, wall of fame, walk of fame, walk of stars or avenue of stars is a type of attraction established for any field of endeavor to honor individuals of noteworthy achievement in that field...

was established in 2008. It is located at Foley's NY Pub & Restaurant, 18 West 33rd Street, New York, New York (across from the Empire State Building).
Description Of The Hall. webpage. Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 2011-01-25.

Criteria

Criteria webpage. Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame website. Retrieved 2011-01-25.

2008-2009

2008
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  • Connie Mack
    Connie Mack
    Connie Mack may refer to:* Connie Mack I , Hall of Fame baseball manager, player, owner* Connie Mack III , U.S. Representative , U.S. Senator from Florida * Connie Mack IV , U.S...

    , owner-manager
  • Tug McGraw
    Tug McGraw
    Frank Edwin "Tug" McGraw Jr. was a Major League Baseball relief pitcher and the father of Country music singer Tim McGraw and actor/TV personality Mark McGraw and Cari McGraw...

    , reliever
  • Mark McGwire
    Mark McGwire
    Mark David McGwire , nicknamed "Big Mac", is an American former professional baseball player who played his major league career with the Oakland Athletics and the St. Louis Cardinals. He is currently the hitting coach for the St...

    , slugger
  • Sean Casey, slugger
  • John Flaherty
    John Flaherty
    John Timothy Flaherty is a television baseball broadcaster and a retired Major League Baseball player. Flaherty was a catcher, and last played in the major leagues for the New York Yankees.-Early life:...

    , Yankees announcer
  • Pete Flynn, Mets
    New York Mets
    The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...

     groundskeeper
  • Red Foley, sports columnist/official scorer
  • Jeff Horrigan, sportswriter
  • Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner
    Kevin Michael Costner is an American actor, singer, musician, producer, director, and businessman. He has been nominated for three BAFTA Awards, won two Academy Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Costner's roles include Lt. John J...

    , star of Field of Dreams and Bull Durham

2009
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  • Walter O'Malley
    Walter O'Malley
    Walter Francis O'Malley was an American sports executive who owned the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers team in Major League Baseball from to . He served as Brooklyn Dodgers chief legal counsel when Jackie Robinson broke the racial color barrier in...

    , Brooklyn and LA Dodgers owner
  • Steve Garvey
    Steve Garvey
    Steven Patrick Garvey , nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is a former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman...

    , slugger
  • Paul O'Neill, slugger
  • Vin Scully
    Vin Scully
    Vincent Edward Scully is an American sportscaster, known primarily as the play-by-play voice of the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team on Prime Ticket, KCAL-TV and KABC radio...

    , sportscaster
  • Jim Joyce
    Jim Joyce
    James A. "Jim" Joyce III is a Major League Baseball umpire who has worked in the American League from 1987 to 1999 and throughout both major leagues since 2000. He wears uniform number 66...

    , umpire
  • Ed Lucas
    Ed Lucas
    Edward Lucas is a blind sports writer, broadcaster and motivational speaker.As a reporter for the New York Mets and the New York Yankees, Lucas has covered the playoffs, the World Series and the All Star games. He has interviewed hundred of sports figures and celebrities over his fifty-five-year...

    , a blind reporter who has covered the Yankees and Mets for more than 40 years


2010-2019

2010
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  • Brian Cashman
    Brian Cashman
    Brian McGuire Cashman is an American Major League Baseball executive for the New York Yankees.-Early life:Cashman was born in Rockville Centre, New York and raised in Washingtonville, New York. He was raised in an Irish Catholic family. He moved with his family to Lexington, Kentucky, where his...

    , GM, New York Yankees
  • Tim McCarver
    Tim McCarver
    James Timothy "Tim" McCarver is an American former Major League Baseball catcher, and a current sportscaster in residence for Fox Sports.-Playing career:...

    , TV analyst and former player
  • Bob Murphy, New York Mets announcer
  • Bill James
    Bill James
    George William “Bill” James is a baseball writer, historian, and statistician whose work has been widely influential. Since 1977, James has written more than two dozen books devoted to baseball history and statistics...

    , statistician and Boston Red Sox executive
  • Mike "King" Kelly
    King Kelly
    Michael Joseph "King" Kelly was an American right fielder, catcher, and manager in various professional American baseball leagues including the National League, International Association, Players' League, and the American Association. He spent the majority of his 16-season playing career with the...

    , baseball’s first superstar

See also

  • National Baseball Hall of Fame
  • Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum
    Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum
    The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame, Inc., was founded in San Francisco, California, in June 1999 by its founder Mr.Gabriel "Tito" Avila, Jr., as a way to honor the greatest Hispanic baseball players of all time. The organization is a not-for-profit institution...

  • Baseball awards #United States
  • Irish American Cultural Institute
    Irish American Cultural Institute
    The Irish American Cultural Institute, or IACI, is an American cultural group founded by Dr. Eoin McKiernan in 1962. It specialises in recording aspects of Irish culture. It also sponsors research and awards prizes in the field of Irish Studies...


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