Binghamton Baseball Shrine
This season marks the 31st year for the Binghamton Baseball Shrine committee. The special group was formed in 1993 by then-Binghamton Mets general manager R.C. Reuteman to recognize the rich baseball legacy of the Greater Binghamton Area. Reuteman was posthumously inducted into the shrine in 2016. This year’s class will be the 28th induction class for the Shrine. In order to be inducted into the Binghamton Baseball Shrine, an inductee must no longer be an active player and have accomplished at least one of the following: -Played for a Binghamton professional baseball team and performed in outstanding fashion or achieved success in Major League Baseball after playing in the Binghamton area -Born and/or raised in the Greater Binghamton Area and achieved success in Major League Baseball or a Binghamton professional team (i.e., Bingos, Crickets, Triplets, Mets, etc. The same general rules apply for non-playing members of the Shrine. Examples include George F. John- son, John H. Johnson, John Fox and Jerry Toman. On rare occasions the committee has the right to go outside the criteria to recog- nize a significant event in the Greater Binghamton Area.
Year Inductee 1993 George F. Johnson William “Willie” Keeler Johnny Logan 1995 Edward “Whitey” Ford
Year Inductee 2002 Clete Boyer Ralph Terry 2003 Fred Norman Pete Suder
Year Inductee 2011 John Fox
Wally Burnette Harry G. “Judge” Lumley
2012 Gene Monahan Curtis Pride
William “Wild Bill” Hallahan Tommy Holmes Edwin “Eddie” Sawyer
John Montgomery Ward
2004 Johnny Blanchard Ken Harrelson Jerry Toman Frank Verdi 2005 Rob Gardner Bob Grim Jake Pitler 2006 Bert Campaneris
Bill “Moose” Skowron 2013 Willard Hershberger Tom Tresh Pete Van Wieren
1996 Ronald Michael Luciano John Francis McNamara Steve Souchock 1997 Deron Johnson Steve Kraly Thurman Munson 1998 John Johnson Lee Thomas Bill Virdon James E. Whitney 1999 Al Downing John “Bud” Fowler Victor J. Roschi Steve Swisher 2000 Spurgeon “Spud” Chandler Dr. Eddie Farrell Bobby Richardson Bob Taylor, Sr.
2014 Ken Gilchrist 2015 Pedro Lopez 2016 Heath Bell
Nelson Figueroa RC Reuteman
Vernon “Lefty” Gomez Bobby J. Jones W.B. “King Bill” Kay Charles E. Keller III Cory Lidle George McQuinn
2017 Jerry Coleman Juanita Crabb 2018 Marion O’Connor Jim Weed 2019 Jason Isringhausen Bill Pulsipher 2021 David Wright Jay Payton Preston Wilson Tyler Terlecky 2022 Josh Thole
2007 Brook Fordyce
Maine-Endwell LL Team
2008 Edgardo Alfonso Gene Bearden
Daniel Maurice Casey Joe Pepitone
2009 Dale Long
Danny McDevitt Quilvio Veras
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer Former NY State Senator Fred Akshar Former Binghamton Mayor Richard David
Wearing the Jersey Over the course of 30 seasons, over 800 different players have worn a Binghamton Mets or Rumble Ponies jersey. Of those players, 345 also played in the Major Leagues. In the team’s history, 177 B-Mets/Ponies made their Big League debut with the New York Mets. Overall, 226 New York Mets have, at one time, played for the B-Mets/Ponies. Just 71 players have donned a B-Mets/Ponies uniform and gone on to make their Major League debut for the New York Mets in the same season. See page 14 for a full list.
2023 Brian Daubach Matt Raleigh Tom Morgan
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