International League Hall of Fame

The Hall of Fame inducted its first class of nine former players, managers, and league officials in 1947.

A plaque was unveiled at the IL's New York City offices located in the Ruppert Building at 535 Fifth Avenue.

Today, the plaque has no permanent home, but exists as a traveling display which visits a number of the league's ballparks each season.

After the cessation of the league's Baseball Writers' Association, the Hall of Fame became dormant from 1964 to 2006.

Two new members were inducted in 2007, and plans were made to elect up to 28, 14, and 7 inductees, respectively, over the next three years.

Billy Southworth led the Rochester Red Wings to four pennant-winning seasons.
Herb Pennock was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948.
Hooks Wiltse managed the original Buffalo Bisons to six-straight winning seasons from 1919 to 1924.
Fred Merkle 's baserunning error in a 1908 game is infamously known as Merkle's Boner .
Jackie Robinson led the IL in batting average (.349) and runs scored (113) in 1946.
Joe Altobelli managed three Governors' Cup Champions and won the IL Manager of the Year Award in 1971, 1976, and 1980.
Joe Morgan won the 1964 IL Most Valuable Player Award and the IL Manager of the Year Award in 1973 and 1977.
Cal Ripken Jr. won the 1981 IL Rookie of the Year Award and was named a postseason All-Star in his only season at the Triple-A level.
Bobby Cox was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.
Chipper Jones was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018.