Charlotte Baseball Hall of Fame

1980 - 2015



1982 -- Frank "What-a-Man" Packard

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1930 - 1931, 1933

 

Charlotte Hornets -- manager -- 1936

 

 

 

1982 -- Tony Oliva

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1962 - 1963

 

1982 -- Minnie Mendoza

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1960 - 1961, 1963 - 1968, 1971 - 1972

 

Charlotte O's -- pitching coach -- 1980, 1984?

 

 

1982 -- Harmon Killebrew

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1956

 

1982 -- Hoyt Wilhelm 

 

(didn't play for or manage any Charlotte NC baseball team, but maybe coached for Charlotte?)

 

Mooresville Moors -- player -- 1942, 1946 - 1947

 

 

1982 -- Joe Tomanchek

 

Central High School -- 1950s

 

 

1982 -- Eddie Murray

 

Charlotte Orioles -- player -- 1976

 

 

1982 -- Tommy Helms

 

Charlotte Knights -- manager -- 1990


 

1985 -- Clyde Kluttz

 

former Baltimore Orioles farm director

 

helped bring baseball back to Charlotte in 1976

 

 

1985 -- Cal Ripken Jr.

 

Charlotte O's -- player -- 1979 - 1980 

1985 -- Ralph Rowe

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1958, 1961

 

Charlotte Hornets -- manager -- 1969

 

1985 -- George Scherger

 

long time Charlotte native

 

1947 Thomasville Dodgers player and manager

 

1963 - 1964 Salisbury Dodgers manager

 

 

 

1985 -- Jim Whittington

 

Charlotte businessman

 

big supporter and worker for Little League baseball in the Charlotte area



Charlotte Knights Round Table of Honor

2016 - present



 

2016 -- Charlie Manuel

 

Charlotte Hornets -- player -- 1968

 

Charlotte Knights -- manager -- 1993

 

 

 

2016 -- Jim Thome

 

Charlotte Knights -- player -- 1993

 

2016 -- Frances Crockett

 

Charlotte Orioles -- general manager -- 1976 - 1979

 

Charlotte O's -- general manager -- 1980 - 1987


 

 

2017 -- Don Beaver

 

Charlotte Knights -- owner -- 1999 - present

 

2017 -- Drungo Hazewood

 

Charlotte O's -- player -- 1979 - 1982


 

 

2018 -- Brian Daubach

 

Charlotte Knights -- player -- 1997 - 1998


 

 

2019 -- Joe Borchard

 

Charlotte Knights -- player -- 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005



 

(above) Charlotte Baseball Hall of Fame first induction ceremony on January 19, 1982.

 

Left to Right: Minnie Mendoza, Tony Oliva, Phil Niekro, Ernie Johnson, and Hoyt Wilhelm.

 

Phillies star Pete Rose, Braves broadcaster Ernie Johnson, and Orioles coach Cal Ripken Sr. took part in the ceremony.