The International League

International League

The International League is a minor league baseball league that operates in the eastern United States. Like the Pacific Coast League and the Mexican League, it plays at the Triple-A level, which is one step below Major League Baseball. It was so named because it had teams in both the United States...

 (IL) is a North American professional baseball

Professional baseball

Baseball is a team sport which is played by several professional leagues throughout the world. In these leagues, and associated farm teams, players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system....

 minor league

Minor league

Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities. This term is used in North America with regard to several organizations competing in...

, operating at the Triple-A level. In , the IL Baseball Writers' Association established a Hall of Fame

International League Hall of Fame

The International League Hall of Fame honors the best players, managers and executives from the International League. The hall began in 1947 and ran with yearly elections until 1963. The selections for the Hall of Fame were made by the International League Baseball Writers Association...

 for the league

Sports league

League is a term commonly used to describe a group of sports teams or individual athletes that compete against each other in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can be an...

. The Association inducted one to three members annually until , when the Association dissolved. The IL's Board of Directors revived the Hall of Fame in to commemorate the League's 125th season of play in . They held a special induction of two executives in 2007, to be followed by transition classes of 28 members in 2008, 14 in 2009 and 7 in 2010, after which the Hall will return to its traditional rate of 1-3 inductions per year.

List of International League Hall of Fame inductees

Name	Position(s)	Year inducted
	Outfielder/Manager	2008
	First baseman	2008
	First baseman/Outfielder/Manager	2008
	First baseman/Pitcher	1958
	Pitcher	1955
	Manager	1957
	Shortstop	1954
	Outfielder/Manager	1957
	Third baseman	1962
	Infielder/Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	1947
	First baseman	1951
	Executive	2008
	Executive	2007
	Outfielder/Manager	1953
	Outfielder	2008
	Second baseman/Manager	1950
	Pitcher	1956
	First baseman/Outfielder/Manager	2008
	Infielder/Manager/Executive	1950
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	2008
	Pitcher	2008
	Pitcher	1955
	First baseman	2008
	First baseman	2008
	Shortstop/Manager	1949
	Catcher/Manager	1950
	Pitcher	1954
	Outfielder	1955
	Outfielder	1947
	First baseman/Manager/Umpire	1954
	Executive	1947
	Pitcher/Manager	2008
	Infielder/Manager	1959
	Pitcher/Manager	1951
	Executive	1953
	Second baseman	1956
	Outfielder/Manager	1947
	First baseman/Manager	1953
	Manager	1949
	Executive	2008
	Infielder/Outfielder/Manager	2008
	Third baseman/Outfielder	1960
	Outfielder/Manager	1952
	First baseman	1960
	Pitcher	1952
	Catcher/Manager	1947
	First baseman/Manager	1951
	Pitcher	1957
	Pitcher	1948
	Infielder/Outfielder/Manager	1963
	Manager/Executive	1961
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	1956
	Second baseman	1960
	Executive	2008
	Pitcher	1948
	Infielder	1947
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder/Manager	1958
	First baseman/Manager/Executive	1947
	Executive	2008
	Executive	2008
	Executive	2007
	Pitcher/Manager	1959
	Outfielder/Manager	1947
	Catcher/Manager	1959
	Pitcher/Manager/Executive	1948
	Pitcher/Manager	2008
	Second baseman/Manager	1949
	Outfielder	2008
	Manager	2008
	Outfielder/Manager	1947
	Outfielder/Manager	1958
	Outfielder	2008
	Outfielder	2008
	First baseman/Pitcher/Manager	1952