“Having grown up in the Canadian baseball system and spent the vast majority of my professional baseball career working for Baseball Canada, it is an absolute honour to be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.” – Greg Hamilton
Born on July 26, 1965 in Toronto, Ont., and raised in Peterborough, Ont., Greg Hamilton has served in prominent leadership roles with Baseball Canada for more than three decades. During that time, he has overseen the most successful era in the history of the national teams program.
A Princeton University graduate, Hamilton was named the pitching coach of Canada’s Senior National Team in 1992. He held that post through 1995 until he became the head coach of the Junior National Team the following year.
Hamilton continues to head the junior team today, while doubling as director of men’s national teams. Under his guidance, the Junior National Team has won three medals: a silver at the U-18 Baseball World Cup in 2012 and bronze medals at the same event in 1997 and 2006. Among the players Hamilton has coached on the junior squad are major league all-stars Jason Bay, Justin Morneau, Michael Soroka, Josh Naylor, Russell Martin and Michael Saunders.
As Senior National Team GM, Hamilton assembled the Canadian squads that captured gold at the 2011 and 2015 Pan Am Games – the first two golds ever won by the Canadian senior team. Hamilton also put together the rosters for the Canadian teams that competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympics and in all five World Baseball Classics.
Prior to joining Baseball Canada, Hamilton worked as an assistant coach with Princeton University for two years then as the pitching coach of the French National team in 1994.
In 2022, Hamilton was a recipient of Baseball America’s Tony Gwynn Award, for his lifetime contributions to baseball. The ensuing year, he was inducted into the Baseball Ontario Hall of Fame.
