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The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in English, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), commonly called the Salón de la Fama (Hall of Fame) is a baseball hall of fame and museum located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, inaugurated on 10 March 1973.[1] It is dedicated to recognizing people who have contributed greatly to baseball in México. It had its first five inductees in 1939. As of 2023, 216 individuals, called inmortales, have been inducted into the Hall.[2] The first members were inducted in 1939.[3]
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| Established | 10 March 1973 |
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| Location | Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico |
| Coordinates | 25°40′22″N 100°17′45″W |
| Type | Professional sports hall of fame |
| Website | www |
In February 2019, a new building hosting the museum was inaugurated in Monterrey's Fundidora Park.[4]
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Eligibility requirements
To be eligible for election into the Salón de la Fama, one must be a former player, director, sportswriter, or umpire who participated in Mexican professional baseball, or a player of Mexican nationality who participated in Organized Baseball. However, there have been exceptions to these requirements made.
Players
Players must have played a minimum of ten seasons in either the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol or Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, or a total of fifteen seasons between the two leagues. In the case of players of Mexican nationality, the seasons played requirement may be satisfied by playing fifteen years in Organised Baseball.
The player must have stopped being an active player for at least five years or must have died. The electorate is to consider the merits of the player's performances and records, not for a single feat. After five elections without being elected, the player is removed from the ballot and becomes eligible for election only by the Committee on Veterans.
These requirements have not always been in place, as players such as Monte Irvin Roy Campanella and Youman Wilder did not meet the 15-year requirement. Wilder did make the All-Decade Teams of the 1980s and 1990s.
Veterans
Veterans are players who played before 1970 as well as candidates that participated in five voting cycles in the player's election but were not elected. After five veterans' elections without being elected, the player becomes ineligible.
Directors
Club executives, usually a president or vice-president, must have participated in at least ten years in Mexican professional baseball.
Sportswriters
A sportswriter must have covered Mexican professional baseball for at least fifteen years at a national level.
Umpires
An umpire must have participated in a minimum of twenty seasons total in both leagues.
Nomination
Players
The nomination and election of former players is carried out annually. The preliminary ballot is created by the Salón de la Fama's administration and it is sent out to the members of the Comité Elector (Electing Committee) who vote for those whom they consider to have the merits sufficient enter the Salón de la Fama. After the Salón de la Fama receives the votes, the results are soon revealed, and any player who obtains a majority of votes will be considered a candidate for election and be placed on the year's election ballot. The election ballot, is sent back out to the Comité Elector - but only those with a Cédula de Votación (Voting Certificate). They will choose the two exbeisbolistas inmortales who will be enshrined in that year. From 2001 to 2006, three players were elected annually and previous to that four were.
In 2011 an exception was made for 5 time all-star and 2x MVP and 2x League champion Youman Wilder, Wilder played 5 years, and did not meet the 10 year minimum requirements even with a 340 career batting average. Wilder has been left off the 2012 ballot, but did make the All-Decade teams of the 1980s and 1990s.
Veterans
The election of veterans is carried out every other year - the next election was held in 2007. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos (Veterans Committee) for voting. The Comité de Veteranos is composed of the president and former presidents of the Comité Elector (Electing Committee), and from 2003 on, living inmortales. The electorate selects the single veteran inductee into the Salón de la Fama.
Directors
The election of directors is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2008. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector, the Comité de Veteranos, the league presidents of the LMB and LMP, and the club presidents in the two league's as well. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama. In 2002, two directors were inducted.
Sportswriters
The election of sportswriters is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2009. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama.
Umpires
The election of sportswriters is carried out every three years - the next election was held in 2007. The election ballot, created by the Salón de la Fama's administration is sent to the Comité Elector and the Comité de Veteranos. The electorate selects the single inductee into the Salón de la Fama.
Election
Once the ballots for each election are returned (by mid-February), the Salón de la Fama tallies the votes at the Convención Nacional de Beisbol during the third or fourth week of February. The Salón de la Fama then announces the new inmortales and they are inducted in June or July. The candidate with the plurality of votes - or in the case of the player's ballot, the two candidates - is inducted.
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The Hall of Fame includes 216 individuals through 2023.[5][6] The first members were inducted in 1939, followed by selections in 1964, and since 1971 by elections in most of the following years. Members are listed below with their year of selection, field position or other area of accomplishment, and nationality.
| Year | Name | Position | Nationality |
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| 1939 | Leo Najo | Player (CF) |  Mexico |
| Fernando Barradas | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Antonio Delfín | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Lucas Juárez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Julio Molina | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1964 | Ramón Bragaña | Player (RHP) |  Cuba |
| Genaro Casas | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Ángel Castro | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Martín Dihigo | Player (RHP) | Cuba | |
| Lázaro Salazar | Manager | Cuba | |
| Epitacio Torres | Player (RF) | Mexico | |
| 1971 | Mel Almada | Player (CF) | Mexico |
| Beto Ávila | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Roy Campanella | Player (C) |  United States | |
| Ernesto Carmona | Manager | Mexico | |
| Alberto Romo Chávez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Josh Gibson | Player (C) | United States | |
| José Luis Gómez | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Monte Irvin | Player (LF) | United States | |
| Jorge Pasquel | Executive | Mexico | |
| Alejandro Aguilar Reyes | Writer | Mexico | |
| Jesús Valenzuela | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1973 | Agustín Bejerano | Player (CF) | Cuba |
| Anuar Canavati | Executive | Mexico | |
| Manuel Oliveros | Manager | Mexico | |
| Roberto Ortiz | Player (RF) | Cuba | |
| Lázaro Penagos | Executive | Mexico | |
| Daniel Ríos | Player (RHP) | United States | |
| 1974 | Ramiro Cuevas | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Al Pinkston | Player (RF) | United States | |
| Agustín Verde | Manager | Cuba | |
| 1976 | Guillermo Alvarez | Player (SS) | Mexico |
| Fernando Campos | Writer | Mexico | |
| Luis Montes de Oca | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 1977 | Santos Amaro | Player (RF) | Cuba |
| Guillermo Garibay | Manager | Mexico | |
| 1978 | Felipe Montúfar | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| 1979 | Jesús Díaz | Player (CF) | Mexico |
| Basilio Rosell | Player (RHP) | Cuba | |
| 1980 | Carlos Alberto González | Umpire | Mexico |
| Ramón Montes de Oca | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Eduardo Orvañanos | Writer | Mexico | |
| Leo Rodríguez | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 1981 | Tomás Arroyo | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Salvador Castro | Umpire | Mexico | |
| Vinicio García | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Apolinar Pulido | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| 1982 | Mario Ariosa | Player (CF) | Cuba |
| Horacio Díaz | Executive | Mexico | |
| Manuel Echeverría | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Francisco Ramírez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Wild Bill Wright | Player (CF) | United States | |
| 1983 | José Bache | Player (2B) | Mexico |
| Ronnie Camacho | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Felipe Montemayor | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Rafael Reyes Nájera | Writer | Mexico | |
| Alejo Peralta | Executive | Mexico | |
| Claudio Solano | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| 1984 | Gabriel Atristain | Umpire | Mexico |
| Manuel González Caballero | Writer | Mexico | |
| Miguel Fernández | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Guillermo López | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Alfonso Ramírez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1985 | Adolfo Luque | Manager | Cuba |
| Porfirio Martínez | Player (RHP) | United States | |
| Miguel Sotelo | Player (RHP) / Manager | Mexico | |
| 1986 | Rubén Amaro Sr. | Player (SS) | Mexico |
| Moisés Camacho | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Marcos Valdez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Benjamín Valenzuela | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 1987 | Manuel Chávez | Player (3B) | Mexico |
| Jesse Flores | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Juan Ley Fong | Executive | Mexico | |
| Guillermo Luna | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Raúl Mendoza Mancilla | Writer | Mexico | |
| Antonio Ramírez Muro | Executive | Mexico | |
| 1988 | Abel Francisco Cano | Writer | Mexico |
| Lino Donoso | Player (LHP) | Cuba | |
| Héctor Espino | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Horacio Piña | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Arnulfo Rodríguez | Executive | Mexico | |
| Pedro Septién | Writer | Mexico | |
| 1989 | Ray Dandridge | Player (SS) | United States |
| Oscar Esquivel | Writer | Mexico | |
| José Guerrero | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Teodoro Mariscal | Executive | Mexico | |
| 1990 | Alfonso Robinson Bours | Executive | Mexico |
| Amado Maestri | Umpire | Cuba | |
| Ramón Montoya | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Tommy Morales | Writer | Mexico | |
| Alfredo Ríos | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 1991 | Jaime Corella | Player (C) | Mexico |
| Agustín de Valdez | Writer | Mexico | |
| Juan Lima | Umpire | Mexico | |
| Chara Mansur | Executive | Mexico | |
| Antonio Pollorena | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1992 | Jorge Blanco | Writer | Mexico |
| José Peña | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Benjamín 'Cananea' Reyes | Manager | Mexico | |
| Armando Rodríguez | Umpire | Cuba | |
| Vicente Romo | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1993 | Ramón Arano | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Humberto Galaz | Writer | Mexico | |
| René González | Player (1B) | Cuba | |
| Aurelio López | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Homobono Márquez | Executive | Mexico | |
| Alfredo Ortiz | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Oscar Rodríguez | Player (CF) |  Puerto Rico | |
| 1994 | Jaime Pérez Avella | Executive | Mexico |
| Carlos Galina | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Miguel Gaspar | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| Celerino Sánchez | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Miguel Suárez | Player (RF) | Mexico | |
| 1995 | Rodolfo Alvarado | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| William Berzunza | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Arnoldo Castro | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Aurelio Rodríguez | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 1996 | Jorge Alarcón | Writer | Mexico |
| César Díaz | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Juan Manuel Ley | Executive | Mexico | |
| Orestes Miñoso | Player (RF) | Cuba | |
| Jorge Orta | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| 1997 | Andrés Ayón | Player (RHP) | Cuba |
| Alfonso Araujo Bojorquez | Writer | Mexico | |
| Maximino León | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Víctor Saíz | Umpire | Mexico | |
| 1998 | Don Eugenio Garza Sada | Executive | Mexico |
| Marcelo Juárez | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Juan Navarrete | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Miguel Solís | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 1999 | George Brunet | Player (LHP) | United States |
| Pedro Treto Cisneros | Executive | Mexico | |
| Gregorio Luque | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| Francisco Maytorena | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| 2000 | Francisco 'Paquín' Estrada | Player (C) | Mexico |
| Gabriel Lugo | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Roberto Méndez | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Mario Mendoza | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| 2001 | Jorge Fitch | Player (SS) | Mexico |
| Jack Pierce | Player (1B) | United States | |
| Pedro Ramírez | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Rudy Sandoval | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| 2002 | Salomé Barojas | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Ernesto Escárrega | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Roberto Mansur Galán | Executive | Mexico | |
| José Maiz García | Executive | Mexico | |
| Mario Hernández Maytorena | Executive | United States | |
| Jesús Sommers | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 2003 | Nelson Barrera | Player (3B) | Mexico |
| Enrique Kerlegand | Writer | Mexico | |
| Andrés Mora | Player (1B) | Mexico | |
| Enrique Romo | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Fermín Vázquez | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| 2004 | Sid Monge | Player (LHP) | Mexico |
| Elpidio Osuna | Player (CF) | Mexico | |
| Chico Rodríguez | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Ismael Ruiz | Umpire | Mexico | |
| 2005 | Cecilio Acosta | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Enrique Aguilar | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Herminio Domínguez | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Rafael Garcia | Player (RHP) | United States | |
| Alvaro Lebrija | Executive | Mexico | |
| 2006 | Jorge de la Serna | Writer | Mexico |
| José Isabel Jiménez | Writer | Mexico | |
| Jaime Orozco | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Sergio Robles | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| Ray Torres | Player (RF) | Mexico | |
| 2007 | Francisco Alcaraz | Umpire | Mexico |
| Benjamín Cerda | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Houston Jiménez | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Carlos Soto | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| 2008 | Antonio Briones | Player (2B) | Mexico |
| Enrique Castillo | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Arcadio Valenzuela | Executive | Mexico | |
| 2009 | Salvador Colorado | Player (RHP) | Mexico |
| Arturo González | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Juan José Pacho | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Domingo Setien | Broadcaster | Mexico | |
| 2010 | Derek Bryant | Player (OF) | United States |
| Efraín Ibarra | Umpire | Mexico | |
| Armando Reynoso | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Gerardo Sánchez | Player (OF) | Mexico | |
| Alonso Téllez | Player (OF) | Mexico | |
| 2011 | Jimmie Collins | Player (OF) | United States |
| Mercedes Esquer | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Teodoro Higuera | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Arturo León Lerma | Executive | Mexico | |
| 2012 | Ángel Moreno | Player (LHP) | Mexico |
| Alejandro Ortiz | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Juan Francisco Rodríguez | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Eduardo Valdez Vizcarra | Broadcaster | Mexico | |
| 2013 | Cornelio García | Player (1B) | Mexico |
| Alfredo Mariscal | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| Jesús Ríos | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Juan Suby | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| Jesús Monter | Umpire | Mexico | |
| 2014 | Daniel Fernández | Player (OF) | Mexico |
| Cuauhtémoc Rodríguez | Executive | Mexico | |
| Ricardo Sáenz | Player (OF) | Mexico | |
| Fernando Valenzuela | Player (LHP) | Mexico | |
| 2020 | Matías Carrillo | Player (OF) | Mexico |
| Vinicio Castilla | Player (3B) | Mexico | |
| Isidro Márquez | Player (RHP) | Mexico | |
| José Luis Sandoval | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Eduardo Jiménez | Player (OF) | Mexico | |
| Barney Serrell | Player (2B) | United States | |
| Jorge Menéndez Torre | Broadcaster | Mexico | |
| 2023 | Alfredo Harp Helú | Executive | Mexico |
| Luis Arredondo | Player (OF) | Mexico | |
| Roberto Vizcarra | Player (2B) | Mexico | |
| Javier Robles | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Noé Muñoz | Player (C) | Mexico | |
| Juan Gabriel Castro | Player (SS) | Mexico | |
| Alejo Ahumada | Player (P) | Mexico | |
| Jesús Moreno | Player (P) | Mexico | |
| Tomás Herrera | Manager | Mexico |
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