Blue Jays' Jose Bautista to be elected into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
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Toronto Blue Jays great Jose Bautista will be inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in June.
The Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame announced its class of 2025 Wednesday.
Jose Bautista headlines the class that also includes former major leaguer Erik Bedard, Canadian junior national team head coach Greg Hamilton, women's national team star Amanda Asay, All-American Girls Professional Baseball League legend Arleene Noga and Gerry Snyder, who helped bring MLB to Canada during his role as a city councillor in Montreal.
Asay, Noga and Snyder will be inducted posthumously.
«We are proud and excited to celebrate the outstanding careers of this year's inductees in St. Marys this June,» Hall board chair Jeremy Diamond said in a release. «Each of them, in their own distinct way, has had a tremendous impact on the game of baseball in our country.»
He hit a single-season franchise record 54 home runs in 2010 and is second all-time on the team with 288 homers.
The six-time All-Star and three-time Silver Slugger helped Toronto win its first division title in 22 years during the 2015 season.
His iconic "bat flip" three-run homer gave the Blue Jays the lead in the decisive Game 5 of the ALDS against the Texas Rangers.
The Santo Domingo, Dominican Rebuplic native, also played with the Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals, Atlanta Braves and Tampa Bay Rays during his 15 years in the majors.
«My years in Toronto were the best of my career," Bautista said in the same release. "Taking the field every day and representing an entire country that so passionately supported us back was truly amazing. I am deeply humbled and honoured by this announcement of being inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and joining many other greats. I cannot wait to share it with you all in St. Marys this summer."
Jose Bautista's induction into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is a great honor and I for one cannot wait to be there June to witness it in person.
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