Louisville Sluggers Hall of Fame/Retired numbers

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2023 Original Inductees

#20

Henry Jones

Star 3B from 1979 to 1994
9 time all-star
member of 1980 Landis Championship team
2 time batter of the year (1990 and 1992)
gold glover at 3B in 1981
hit 50 HR in 1992
career Slugger leader in WAR, G, AB, R, H, TB, 2B, 3B, HR, RBI, BB and K
MBWBA HOF Class of 1998



#34

Kevin Haubert

Star RF from 1977 to 1989
3 time all-star
member of 1980 Landis Championship team
1 time JL batter of the year (1988)
Rookie of the Year 1977
4 time JL gold glover at RF (1982, 1984, 1987, 1988)
2nd in Slugger career totals in WAR, G, AB, R, H, TB, BB, HBP; 3rd in HR, RBI, and 2B

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Builders Category

2023 Original Inductee

Martin Lee

Manager from 1974 to 1994
1899 career wins (9th all-time)
career 1899-1503 record (.558 2nd of all-time)
1980 Landis Championship winner
Four Time Johnson League Cartwright Cup winner
Seven first place finishes, 11 2nd place finishes JL Atlantic
18 seasons in a row .500 or better
Two time manager of the Tear (1980 and 1990)

[recte44]

Awesome that you're honoring Martin Lee. We had some awesome GM's in the early years that stuck around forever. Lee was with us almost all of the initial era.

[agrudez]

I can hear the chants all the way in Alabama... "Devin Clark! Devin Clark!"

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2028 Inductees

#10

Bryan Walden

Star pitcher from 2013-2025
career 176-139 record
2538 career strikeouts
Twice won JL Steve Nebraska award, 2018 and 2019
Twice runnerup JL Steve Nebraska award 2020 and 2022
Five time all-star, (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023)
holder of every career Sluggers pitching records

#65

David 'Big Papi' Smurf

Star first baseman from 1988 to 1997
395 home runs in ten Sluggers seasons
1204 career RBI in 1464 Sluggers games

Builder category



Stu Hopkins

Manager from 2007 to 2034 (27 seasons)
Four time manager of the Year
Louisville career record (2,229-2,088, .498 PCT)
12 playoff appearances: 2015,2017,2018,2019,2021,2028,2029,2030,2031,2032,2033,2034
Landis Memorial Series Winner: 2030, 2032

[Ted]

Only our genius would elect himself into his own hall of fame

[bschr682]

Only our genius would elect himself into his own hall of fame

Would you have it any other way?

[Fat Nige]

Updated for departure of Stu Hopkins and updated pics/player pages after forum reset

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2037 INDUCTEES

In 2037 Louisville opened a new section in their Hall of Fame called "The Pioneers" honouring the men that played for Louisville back when the Monty Brewster Baseball Association first started and set the tone for the hundreds of players that came after them. There were two players inducted at the opening ceremony, the first two players that Louisville had inducted for 10 years.


THE PIONEERS

Fred Mahaffey is the first player inducted in the new Louisville Hall of Fame "The Pioneers" section. The purpose of this area of the Hall is to honour the players that played for Louisville in the Monty Brewster Baseball Association right in the beginning, even before the reboot. They might not all have the long careers of many a true Hall of Famers but they were the pioneers that set the tone for the many players that have played for the Sluggers since.

Fred played 1088 games for Louisville between 1983 and 1989, not many years but some of the records he set are still part of the Sluggers Record Book nearly 50 years later. His career batting average of .313 is still joint second in Sluggers history while his .549 SLG & .914 OPS are still second in those categories. He also has the ninth best career total bases (2,289), the fifth best career homers (259) and the sixth best career RBI (843).

He also played 603 games for Las Vegas before he was acquired by Louisville and went on to play a further 624 games for Birmingham after his Louisville stint. He finally retired in 1996 having never played in the rebooted BBA and was inducted to the BBA Hall of Fame in 1998.


Julio Guillerma is the second player inducted into "The Pioneers" section. Lefty Julio played 142 games (141 as a starter) between 1979 and 1983 posting a 74-36 record with an ERA of 2.89. Again whilst he wasn't a Louisville player for long his records remain. His 2.89 career ERA is still the third best by a Louisville pitcher, his winning percentage of .673 is second all time and his 4.4 K/BB is eighth overall. His 1.3 walks/9 and 1.07 career WHIP both still lead the categories 54 years after he left the Sluggers.

Guillerma also played for the Jacksonville Monarchs, the Birmingham Bandits and the Calgary Marauders before he arrived in Louisville as well as 13 game stint with the Honolulu Typhoons in his final career year.

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2058 Inductees

#18

Semei Kwakou

Star RF and 1B from 2039 to 2057
All-time team leader in Games Played (2899), Hits (3514), and Home Runs (642)
7-time All-Star
2-time BBA champion
2039 Newcomer of the Year
5-time Golden Bat Award winner
2042 Brewster Memorial Series MVP
2039 Silver Slugger Trophy

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RETIRED NUMBER

#16

Theo Bourges

A Slugger from 2041-2050 with a career WAR of 83.5.