The Baseball Hall of Fame Weekend in 2025 includes the Induction Ceremony on Sunday, July 27th, and "The Road to Cooperstown Live" on Monday, July 28th. The "Road to Cooperstown Live" will feature reflections from the Class of 2025 inductees, including CC Sabathia, Ichiro Suzuki, and Billy Wagner.
An iconic five-player class will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday from storied Cooperstown, New York.
Three players — Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner — were elected by eligible voters, appearing on at least 75% of submitted ballots. Ichiro and Sabathia are both first-ballot Hall of Famers, while Wagner will be enshrined in Cooperstown after spending 10 years on the ballot.
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Two more players — Dick Allen and Dave Parker — were elected by the 16-person Classic Baseball Era Committee. Both players will be inducted posthumously.
It's a diverse class loaded with high-end talent. Ichiro recorded 4,367 career hits between the Majors and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball; Sabathia was a feared left-handed ace; Wagner finished his career wth 422 saves. Parker was a two-time batting champ, while Allen was a revered power hittter.
Here's everything that you need to know about watching the 2025 Baseball Hall of Fame induction ceremony live, including TV and live stream information.
Sabathia will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with 2025 classmates Dick Allen, Dave Parker, Ichiro Suzuki and Billy Wagner at 1:30 p.m. Sunday on the grounds of Cooperstown’s Clark Sports Center. To start the day on Saturday, Sabathia and Wagner were two of 20 Hall of Famers who took place in the annual National Baseball Hall of Fame Invitational Golf Tournament at the historic Leatherstocking Golf Course.
Following golf, Ichiro, Sabathia and Wagner participated in their final media availability prior to the Induction Ceremony and were joined on the dais at the Clark Sports Center by Willa Allen, widow of Dick Allen, and David Parker II, son of Dave Parker.
Allen passed away on Dec. 7, 2020, and Parker passed less than a month ago after a long illness.
“I feel it’s right on time,” said David Parker II, when asked about his father’s Hall of Fame induction. “As long as he’s there, that would put a smile on his face.”
More than 50 Hall of Famers, including the Class of 2025, are expected to be on stage for Sunday’s Induction Ceremony. The Ceremony, which is expected to last about three hours, will be broadcast exclusively on MLB Network and livestreamed at MLB.com and the Hall of Fame's YouTube channel.
Following the golf tournament and the media session, Hall of Famers attended the Awards Presentation at Cooperstown’s Alice Busch Opera Theater. Thomas Boswell was honored with the Baseball Writers’ Association of America Career Excellence Award and Tom Hamilton was presented with the Ford C. Frick Award for broadcasters.
“I’ve run out of words to describe this experience,” said Hamilton, the longtime voice of the Cleveland Guardians. “You have it in your mind what something will be like, but this has exceeded all expectations.”
Highlights of the speeches from the Awards Presentation will be included in MLB Network’s pre-Induction Ceremony coverage starting at 11 a.m. ET on Sunday.
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