| BEAVERS IN THE NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME |
| PLAYER |
W/PORTLAND |
ENSHRINED |
CAREER NOTES |
| Dave Bancroft |
1912; 1914 |
1971 |
A shortstop, Bancroft spent parts of 16 seasons in the majors, playing for the Philadelphia Phillies (1915-20), New York Giants (1920-23; 1930), Boston Braves (1924-27) and Brooklyn Dodgers (1928-29). |
| Mickey Cochrane |
1924 |
1947 |
Cochrane, a spirited catcher, batted .320 during a 13-year playing career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1925-33) and Detroit Tigers (1934-37). He was the AL MVP in 1928 and 1934 and directed Detroit to a World Series title in 1935 as a player-manager. |
| Stan Coveleski |
1915 |
1969 |
A crafty pitcher, Coveleski enjoyed a 14-year major league playing career with the Philadelphia Athletics (1912), Cleveland Indians (1916-24), Washington Senators (1925-27) and New York Yankees (1928). A five-time 20-game winner, Coveleski tossed three complete-game wins against Brooklyn in the 1920 World Series. |
| Harry Heilmann |
1913 |
1952 |
Heilmann won four batting titles between 1921 and 1927 on his way to a .342 lifetime batting average during a 17-year career. The outfielder played for the Detroit Tigers (1914; 1916-29) and Cincinnati Reds (1930-31). |
| Heinie Manush |
1920 |
1964 |
Manush ended his 17-year playing career with a .330 batting average. The outfielder edged Babe Ruth for the 1926 American League batting crown and narrowly missed out on the title in 1928 and 1933. Manush played for the Detroit Tigers (1923-27), St. Louis Browns (1928-30), Washington Senators (1930-35), Boston Red Sox (1936), Brooklyn Dodgers (1937-38) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1938-39). |
| Satchel Paige |
1961 |
1971 |
A legendary storyteller and one of the most entertaining pitchers in baseball history, Paige became the oldest player to make his major league debut in 1948 when, at age 42, he was sold to the Cleveland Indians after spending the previous 20 years in the Negro Leagues. Paige, who pitched briefly for the Beavers in 1961, spent six seasons in the majors with the Indians (1948-49), St.. Louis Browns (1951-53) and Kansas City Athletics (1965). |
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| BEAVERS IN THE PACIFIC COAST LEAGUE HALL OF FAME |
| PLAYER |
W/PORTLAND |
ENSHRINED |
CAREER NOTES |
| Eddie Basinski |
1947-57 |
2006 |
Once voted the "most famous Beaver" by Portland fans, Basinski anchored the Beavers infield for the better part of a decade, appearing in more than 1,400 games with the club. |
| Ike Boone |
1928
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2003 |
Outfielder spent five seasons in the PCL (1926; 1928-30), batting .392 with 118 home runs in 619 games. He spent parts of four seasons with Mission and one with Portland. |
| Ray French |
1915 |
1943 |
Shortstop played for Portland (1915), Seattle (1919), Vernon (1921-23), Sacramento (1925-34) and Oakland (1934) during his extensive PCL career. He amassed 781 RBIs in 2,159 games played. |
| Vean Gregg |
1910 |
2004 |
Pitcher recorded 866 strikeouts in 199 career games in the PCL with Portland (1910), Seattle (1922-24) and Sacramento (1927). He was 92-63 with a 2.59 ERA and 26 shutouts in the PCL. |
| Truck Hannah |
1925 |
1943 |
Catcher played for Sacramento (1914), Mission (1914), Salt Lake (1915-17), Vernon (1921-25), Portland (1925) and Los Angeles (1926-38). He was a player-manager with the Beavers and Los Angeles. |
| Brooks Holder |
1951 |
2004 |
Outfielder played for San Francisco (1935-42; 1949-50), Hollywood (1943-45), Oakland (1946-48) and Portland (1951) during a 2,404-game PCL career. He tallied 983 RBIs and 2,435 hits. |
| Harry Krause |
1913-15 |
1943 |
Pitcher spent three seasons with the Beavers (1913-15), also playing for Oakland (1917-28) and Mission (1928-29). He appeared in 594 PCL games, compiling a 249-220 record and a 3.22 ERA. |
| Ad Liska |
1936-49 |
2003 |
Pitcher was one of the most celebrated Beavers of his time, appearing in 514 games with the club. He amassed 258 complete games, 46 shutouts and 1,533 strikeouts in 14 seasons with the club. |
| Walt McCredie |
1904-12; 1916 |
2003 |
Inducted as a player-manager, McCredie led the Beavers for all or parts of 17 seasons (1905-17, 1919-21; 1934). Also managing Salt Lake (1918), Seattle (1922) and Mission (1926), he was 1,619-1,702 as a PCL manager. As a player, he batted .275 in 998 games with Portland. |
| Eddie Mulligan |
1932-33 |
1943 |
Third baseman appeared in 2,342 PCL games as a player-coach with Salt Lake (1919-20), San Francisco (1923-27), Mission (1929-32; 1935), Seattle (1932), Portland (1932-33), Oakland (1934), Hollywood (1935) and San Diego (1936-38). |
| Ted Norbert |
1941-42 |
2003 |
In 1,569 PCL games with San Francisco (1935-40), Portland (1941-42), Los Angeles (1944) and Seattle (1945-46), outfielder had a lifetime .303 batting average, 205 home runs and 1,023 RBIs. |
| Herman Pillette |
1921 |
1943 |
Pitcher pitcher nearly 4,000 innings over 709 games in the PCL with Portland (1920-21), Vernon (1925), Mission (1926-33), Seattle (1933-35), Hollywood (1935), San Diego (1936-42) and Sacramento (1943-45). |
| Earl Rapp |
1957 |
2004 |
Outfielder batted .318 with 156 homers and 837 RBIs in a productive PCL career spent with Seattle (1948), Oakland (1949-51, San Diego (1953-57) and Portland (1957). |
| Buddy Ryan |
1908-11; 1914; 1935 |
2004 |
A longtime Beaver, Ryan collected 2,204 hits over 2,035 PCL games with Portland (1908-11; 1914; 1935), Salt Lake (1915-18) and Sacramento (1920-25). He also managed Salt Lake (1916), Sacramento (1924-34) and Portland (1935). |
| Earl Sheely |
1933-34 |
1943 |
First baseman batted .342 with 174 home runs and 611 RBIs in 1,439 PCL games with Salt Lake (1916-20), Sacramento (1928), San Francisco (1930), Los Angeles (1932), Portland (1933-34) and Seattle (1934). He managed Sacramento for three seasons (1944-46). |
| Paul Strand |
1926-27 |
2004 |
Outfielder batted .359 over 832 games with Seattle (1920-21), Salt Lake (1921-23) and Portland (1926-27). |
| Bill Sweeney |
1936-39 |
2004 |
Inducted as a player and manager, Sweeney led the Beavers from 1936-39 and also spent time as a player-manager with Hollywood (1940-41), Los Angeles (1942). He later managed the Beavers again from 1949-51 and 1956-57 and additional stints with Los Angeles (1943-46; 1954-55) and Seattle (1952-53). For his career, he was 1,471-1,442 as a PCL manager. |
| Fay Thomas |
1943 |
2004 |
Pitcher tossed 199 complete games and compiled a 179-136 record over 391 PCL appearances with Sacramento (1930), Oakland (1931-32), Los Angeles (1933-34; 1936-41), Portland (1943) and Hollywood (1943). |
| Hal Turpin |
1933-35 |
2003 |
Pitcher was 203-158 with 249 complete games, 878 strikeouts and a 3.26 ERA for his PCL career spent with San Francisco (1927; 1929-31), Seattle (1931-32; 1937-45), Portland (1933-35) and Sacramento (1946). |
| Ossie Vitt |
1941 |
1943 |
Inducted as a player and manager, third baseman played in 1,088 PCL games with San Francisco (1910-11), Salt Lake (1922-25) and Hollywood (1926-29). As a manager, was 1,297-1,161. |
| Artie Wilson |
1955-56 |
2003 |
A shortstop, Wilson batted .312 in an extensive PCL career spent with San Diego (1949), Oakland (1949-51), Seattle (1952-54), Portland (1955-56) and Sacramento (1957). |
