# Southern League Hall of Fame

The Southern League Hall of Fame is an American baseball hall of fame which honors players, managers, coaches, umpires, owners, executives, and media personnel of the Southern League of Minor League Baseball for their accomplishments and/or contributions to the league and its teams. The Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 2014. Through the elections for 2020, a total of 45 people have been inducted.
In July 2013, the Southern League Board of Directors met to determine the first members of the league's Hall of Fame, which was to be celebrated in 2014 in conjunction with the league's 50th anniversary. Former league presidents Billy Hitchcock, Jim Bragan, and Don Mincher were unanimously selected. They and ten others, one chosen by each of the league's ten teams, were recognized as the inaugural Hall of Fame class at the 2014 Southern League All-Star Game in Chattanooga.
For the 2015 class, each team nominated up to three individuals for consideration. A 31-person voting committee of Southern League and Minor League Baseball personnel then narrowed the list to just ten inductees, selecting one from each organization. A tie vote for the Birmingham Barons' nominees resulted in the election of both Rollie Fingers and Frank Thomas. A Special Consideration Ballot was introduced that year, which allows teams to nominate anyone who has made significant contributions to teams from the league's predecessors: the original Southern League (1885–1899) and Southern Association (1901–1961). Harmon Killebrew became the first inductee to be elected via the Special Consideration Ballot in 2015. A similar format was assumed in 2016, wherein each team submitted nominations but only the top three were chosen for induction by a 30-member voting committee. The size of the voting panel has since fluctuated: 20 members in 2017, 23 in 2018, and 34 in 2019. For 2020, the Hall of Fame committee endorsed a special proposal by league president Lori Webb to induct Frances Crockett Ringley, baseball's first female general manager, in addition to three regular inductees and a Special Consideration Ballot Hall of Famer.
Sixteen Southern League Hall of Famers have also been inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. These are Sparky Anderson, Rollie Fingers, Tom Glavine, Roy Halladay, Trevor Hoffman, Reggie Jackson, Randy Johnson, Chipper Jones, Harmon Killebrew, Tony La Russa, Edgar Martínez, Willie Mays, Ryne Sandberg, Frank Thomas, Alan Trammell, and Larry Walker.

## Table key

| Year | Indicates the year of induction |
| Position(s) | Indicates the inductee's primary playing position(s) or role |
| Team(s) | Indicates the team(s) for which the individual has been recognized |
| § | Indicates a member elected via Special Consideration Ballot or special proposal |
| † | Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |

## Inductees

| Year | Name | Position(s) | Team(s) | Career |
| 2020 | Sparky Anderson$^†$ | Manager | Asheville Tourists | 1968 |
| 2018 | Curt Bloom | Broadcaster | Huntsville Stars/Birmingham Barons | 1991–present |
| 2014 | Jim Bragan | League president | Southern League | 1981–1994 |
| 2016 | Peter Bragan Jr. | Team president/general manager/owner | Jacksonville Suns | 1985–2015 |
| 2014 | Peter Bragan Sr. | Team president/owner | Jacksonville Suns | 1984–2012 |
| 2015 | Scott Brosius | Second baseman/shortstop | Huntsville Stars | 1989–1990 |
| 2014 | J. Frank Burke | Team general manager/owner | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1995–2014 |
| 2014 | Mike Darr | Outfielder | Mobile BayBears | 1998 |
| 2015 | Carlos Delgado | Catcher | Knoxville Smokies | 1993 |
| 2019 | Joe Engel$^§$ | Team president | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1929–1965 |
| 2015 | Rollie Fingers$^†$ | Pitcher | Birmingham A's | 1967–1968 |
| 2018 | Terry Francona | Outfielder/manager | Memphis Chicks/Birmingham Barons | 1980–1981, 1993–1995 |
| 2018 | Andrés Galarraga | First baseman | Jacksonville Suns | 1984 |
| 2017 | Tom Glavine$^†$ | Pitcher | Greenville Braves | 1986 |
| 2019 | Roy Halladay$^†$ | Pitcher | Knoxville Smokies/Tennessee Smokies | 1997, 2001 |
| 2014 | Billy Hitchcock | League president | Southern League | 1971–1980 |
| 2015 | Trevor Hoffman$^†$ | Pitcher | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1991–1992 |
| 2014 | Rosemary Hovatter | Team executive | Huntsville Stars | 1985–2014 |
| 2014 | Bo Jackson | Outfielder | Memphis Chicks | 1986 |
| 2014 | Reggie Jackson$^†$ | Outfielder | Birmingham A's | 1967 |
| 2015 | Randy Johnson$^†$ | Pitcher | Jacksonville Expos | 1987 |
| 2015 | Chipper Jones$^†$ | Shortstop | Greenville Braves | 1992 |
| 2017 | Gabe Kapler | Outfielder | Jacksonville Suns | 1998 |
| 2015 | Jason Kendall | Catcher | Carolina Mudcats | 1994–1995 |
| 2015 | Harmon Killebrew$^{§†}$ | Third baseman | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1957–1958 |
| 2017 | Tony La Russa$^†$ | Second baseman/manager | Birmingham Barons/Mobile A's/Knoxville Sox | 1965–1967, 1978 |
| 2020 | Edgar Martínez$^†$ | Third baseman | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1985–1986 |
| 2018 | Willie Mays$^{§†}$ | Outfielder | Birmingham Black Barons | 1948–1950 |
| 2014 | Don Mincher | Team executive/owner/league president | Huntsville Stars/Southern League | 1985–2011 |
| 2014 | Dale Murphy | Catcher | Savannah Braves | 1976 |
| 2019 | Sal Rende | First baseman/manager | Chattanooga Lookouts/Memphis Chicks | 1978–1982, 1987–1988 |
| 2020 | Frances Crockett Ringley$^§$ | Team general manager/owner | Charlotte O's | 1976–1987 |
| 2014 | Ryne Sandberg$^†$ | Manager | Tennessee Smokies | 2009 |
| 2016 | Larry Schmittou$^§$ | Team president/owner | Nashville Sounds/Huntsville Stars | 1978–1996 |
| 2015 | Razor Shines | First baseman/manager | Memphis Chicks/Birmingham Barons/Chattanooga Lookouts | 1981–1983, 2004–2005, 2014 |
| 2016 | John Shoemaker | Manager | Jacksonville Suns | 2001, 2005–2008 |
| 2020 | Brian Snitker | Manager | Greenville Braves/Mississippi Braves | 2002–2005 |
| 2015 | Frank Thomas$^†$ | First baseman | Birmingham Barons | 1990 |
| 2014 | Alan Trammell$^†$ | Shortstop | Montgomery Rebels | 1976–1977 |
| 2020 | Wade Vadakin$^§$ | Batboy | Mobile BayBears | 1997–2019 |
| 2015 | Turner Ward | Manager | Mobile BayBears | 2011–2012 |
| 2014 | Tim Wakefield | Pitcher | Carolina Mudcats | 1991 |
| 2019 | Larry Walker$^†$ | Outfielder | Jacksonville Expos | 1987 |
| 2016 | Larry Ward | Broadcaster | Chattanooga Lookouts | 1989–present |
| 2015 | Lou Whitaker | Second baseman | Montgomery Rebels | 1977 |