Every year, the Minnesota Twins elect a class to the Twins Hall of Fame, from the first year they started the process in 2000 up until the present. The only exceptions were 2014, 2015, and last year in 2021. To make up for a lost year last year, the Twins added three new members for the new class of 2022:
Congratulations to the #MNTwins Hall of Fame Class of 2022! We can't wait to celebrate during Hall of Fame Weekend in August. pic.twitter.com/aWHSWiIxcQ
— Minnesota Twins (@Twins) January 20, 2022
The three person class is the largest induction class since the inaugural class in 2000. Here’s how the previous classes break down:
2000s: Harmon Killebrew, Rod Carew, Tony Oliva, Kent Hrbek, Kirby Puckett, Calvin Griffith (2000), Herb Carneal, Jim Kaat (2001), Bert Blyleven, Tom Kelly (2002), Bob Allison, Bob Casey (2003), Earl Battey (2004), Frank Viola, Carl Pohlad (2005), Zoilo Versalles (2006), Gary Gaetti, Jim Rantz (2007), Rick Aguilera (2008), Brad Radke, George Brophy (2009).
2010s: Greg Gagne (2010), Jim Perry (2011), Camilo Pascual (2012), Eddie Guardo, Tom Mee (2013), No 2014 Class, No 2015 Class, John Gordon, Torii Hunter (2016), Michael Cuddyer, Andy MacPhail (2017), Johan Santana (2018), Jerry Bell, Joe Nathan (2019), Justin Morneau (2020).
Now the Twins will add three former Twins to the list in Ron Gardenhire, Dan Gladden, and César Tovar, all very deserving candidates, but all for very different reasons. We break down how they made it in and the celebration for each.