HALL OF FAMER ROCKY NELSON
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, Rocky Nelson reported to club’s Class D affiliate in Johnson City in 1942. After just 53 games in the minors, the slick-fielding first...
HALL OF FAMER PAT HENTGEN
Born in 1968 in Detroit, Mich., Hentgen has been part of the Toronto Blue Jays organization as a player, coach, ambassador or special assistant for 26 years. The intense...
HALL OF FAMER WAYNE NORTON
Born in 1942 in Winnipeg, MB, Norton played in 1,206 minor league games – including five seasons in Triple-A – before becoming a trailblazing baseball executive and scout in...
HALL OF FAMER GEORGE WOOD
The National League’s 1882 homerun champion also became one of only eight Canadians to manage in the major leagues (143 games with Philadelphia in 1891), and was also one...
HALL OF FAMER LLOYD MOSEBY
Born in Portland, Ark., in 1959, Lloyd Moseby grew up in Oakland, Calif., and was selected second overall by the Toronto Blue Jays in the 1978 MLB draft. That...
HALL OF FAMER PAUL QUANTRILL
Paul Quantrill, born November 3, 1968 in London, Ontario attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and was originally drafted in the 26th round in 1986 by the Los Angeles Dodgers,...
HALL OF FAMER STEVE ROGERS
Selected by the Montreal Expos in the first round of the 1971 amateur draft (Secondary Phase), Steve Rogers made minor league stops in Winnipeg and Quebec City prior to...
HALL OF FAMER PEDRO MARTINEZ
Born in Manoguayabo, Dominican Republic, in 1971, Pedro Martinez was signed as an amateur free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1988. He was used primarily as a...
HALL OF FAMER PHIL MARCHILDON
While working in the Creighton Mine in Sudbury and starring for the company ball team, Phil Marchildon was convinced to try out with the International League’s Toronto Maple Leafs...
HALL OF FAMER JACK KENT COOKE
A natural salesman, Jack Kent Cooke was born in Hamilton but moved to The Beaches area in Toronto in 1921. By age 14, he was a successful door-to-door encyclopedia...
