The Baseball Hall of Fame will induct its 2015 class of immortals on Sunday, July 25, 2015, in Cooperstown, New York.
Former pitching greats John Smoltz, Randy Johnson and Pedro Martinez join star second baseman Craig Biggio in the 2015 induction class. Smoltz, Johnson and Martinez were elected by the Baseball Writers Association of America in their first year of eligibility, while Biggio was voted in in his third year.
MLB Network will carry the induction ceremony live beginning at 12:30 p.m. Central. Live streaming is available via MLB Network Live.
Biggio spent his entire 20-year MLB career (1998-2007) with the Houston Astros, retiring with 3,060 hits, 291 home runs and 414 steals. He was an All-Star as both a catcher and a second baseman and a four-time Gold Glove winner.
Johnson pitched for 22 seasons with the Montreal Expos, Seattle Mariners, Houston Astros, Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees and San Francisco Giants, retiring in 2009 with 303 wins and 4,875 strikeouts, which ranks second all-time. He won five Cy Young Awards, including four straight from 1999-2002.
Martinez pitched from 1992-2009 with the Montreal Expos, Boston Red Sox, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies, totaling 219 wins, a 2.93 ERA and 3,154 strikeouts. He won three Cy Young Awards and ranks sixth all-time with a .687 winning percentage.
Smoltz pitched 20 seasons with the Atlanta Braves before splitting his final year between the Boston Red Sox and St. Louis Cardinals. He is the only pitcher in MLB history to record 200 or more wins (213) and 150 or more saves (154), and also won the 1996 National League Cy Young Award.
MLB Network’s Hall of Fame induction broadcast begins at 10 a.m. Central with presentation of the winners for the Ford C. Frick Award (broadcasting) and the J.G. Taylor Spink Award (writers). Dick Enberg is this year’s Frick Award winner, while Tom Gage is the winner of the Spink Award.
A special presentation of MLB Tonight Live will be broadcast from Cooperstown beginning at 11 a.m. Central. The induction ceremony will follow immediately after.
