Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame

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The Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame was established in 2005 to honor notable former Birmingham Barons/Birmingham A's and Birmingham Black Barons as well as executives and media professionals associated with those teams. New inductees are announced at each year's Rickwood Classic at Rickwood Field.

Contents 1 Class of 2005 2 Class of 2006 3 Class of 2007 4 Class of 2008 5 Class of 2009 6 External links

[edit] Class of 2005

• Piper Davis (Black Barons, 1942-1950)
• Willie Mays (Black Barons, 1948-1950)
• Carlton Molesworth (Barons manager, 1908-1922)
• Rick Woodward (Barons owner, 1910-1937)

[edit] Class of 2006

• Art Clarkson, (Barons owner, 1981-1990)
• Terry Francona, (Barons manager 1993-1995)
• Wayne Martin, (Birmingham News Barons beat 1971-1996)
• Randal Rollin, (Barons, 1985-1987)

[edit] Class of 2007

• Joe Drake, (Barons office staff, 1953-present)
• Walt Dropo, (Barons, 1948)
• Reggie Jackson, (Barons, 1967)
• Norm Zauchin, (Barons, 1950)

[edit] Class of 2008

• Rollie Fingers, (A's, 1967-1968)
• Rubin E. Grant, (Birmingham Post-Herald Barons beat 1982-2004)
• Burleigh Grimes, (Barons, 1914-1916)
• Satchel Paige, (Black Barons, 1927-1930)

[edit] Class of 2009

• Sam Hairston, (Black Barons 1944, Barons coach 1985-1997)
• Zipp Newman, (Birmingham News sports editor, Southern League official scorer)
• Pie Traynor, (Barons, 1921)
• Glynn West, (Rickwood Field general manager, Baron's manager 1964-1965, A's manager 1968)

[edit] External links

• Birmingham Barons Hall of Fame at birmingham.barons.milb.com