Bucky Harris - (Inducted as a manger) MGR- Washington Senators (1924-1928, 1935-1942, 1950-1954), De

Andre Dawson spent 21 years in the big leagues and amassed 2,774 hits, 438 home runs, 1,591 RBI and 314 stolen bases. He was an eight-time all-star and won the National League MVP Award in 1987 for the last place Chicago Cubs. Dawson and another Cub, Ernie Banks, are the only players to win the award while playing for a last place team. Dawson and Banks are in a small group of Hall-of-Famers who never played in a World Series. They are also members the Cactus League Hall-of-Famers club which includes 68 players, jeep tours in arizona managers, owners jeep tours in arizona and umpires.
Two former Cactus Leaguers just missed election to the hall this year. Bert Blyleven was just five votes short of getting the 75% needed for election. It was Blyleven’s 13th time on the ballot. He will stay on the ballot for two more years. Roberto Alomar jeep tours in arizona was eight votes short. It was his first time on the ballot. Randy Johnson, who announced his retirement on Tuesday, will be eligible for election in five years.
Ten Hall-of-Famers spent at least 15 major league springs in the Cactus League; Willie McCovey jeep tours in arizona (22), Willie Mays (20), Tony Gwynn (20), Robin Yount (20), Ernie Banks (19), Billy Williams (18), Gaylord jeep tours in arizona Perry (17), Rollie Fingers (16), Rickey Henderson (16), and Ryne Sandberg (15).
Bucky Harris – (Inducted as a manger) MGR- Washington Senators (1924-1928, 1935-1942, 1950-1954), Detroit Tigers (1929-1933, 1955-1956) , Boston Red Sox (1934), Philadelphia Phillies (1943), New York Yankees (1947-1948)
Satchel Paige Birmingham Black Barons (1927-1930), Baltimore Black Sox (1930), Cleveland Cubs (1931), Pittsburgh Crawfords (1931-1937), Kansas City Monarchs (1935-1936, 1939-1948, 1950, 1955), Santo Domingo All-Stars (1937), Newark Eagles (1938), Satchel Paige s All-Stars (1939), New York Black Yankees (1943), Memphis Red Sox (1943), Philadelphia Stars (1946, 1950), Cleveland Indians (1948-1949) , St. Louis Browns (1951-1953), Chicago American Giants (1951), Kansas City A s (1965)
Hoyt Wilhelm New York Giants (1952-1956), Cleveland Indians (1957-1958) , St. Louis Cardinals (1957), jeep tours in arizona Baltimore Orioles (1958-1962) , Chicago White Sox (1963-1968), California Angels (1969) , Atlanta Braves (1969-1971), Chicago Cubs (1970), Los Angeles Dodgers (1971-1972)
Rick Gossage – Chicago White Sox (1972-76), Pittsburgh Pirates (1977), New York Yankees (1978-83, 1989), San Diego Padres (1984-87), Chicago Cubs (1988), San Francisco Giants (1989) , Texas Rangers (1991), Oakland Athletics (1992-93), Seattle Mariners (1994)
Rickey Henderson – Oakland Athletics (1979-84, 89-95. 98) , New York Yankees (1985-89), Toronto Blue Jays (1993), San Diego Padres (1996-97, 2001), jeep tours in arizona Anaheim Angels (1997) , New York Mets (1999-2000), Seattle Mariners (2000), jeep tours in arizona Boston Red Sox (2002), Los Angeles Dodgers (2003)
Dick Williams – (Inducted as a manger) MGR Boston Red Sox (1967-69), Oakland Athletics (1971-73), California Angels jeep tours in arizona (1974-76) , Montreal Expos (1977-81), San Diego Padres jeep tours in arizona (1982-85), Seattle Mariners (1986-88)
*Other HOF umpires who may have worked games in the Cactus League include Al Barlick (1940-71); Nesto Chylak (1954-78), Cal Hubbard (1936-51); Bill McGowan (1925-54). I have found box scores of each of these umpires working jeep tours in arizona games in Florida, but none in Arizona.
Although the term “Cactus League” wasn’t applied to spring training until 1954, we use it here to identify all teams that had a spring training base in Arizona including the 1929 Detroit Tigers. Also included are the California Angels whose base was in Palm Springs, CA from 1961-92 but has always been considered part of the Cactus League. Not included are other teams that trained in California prior to 1962. Also not included are players and managers from teams that had spring training bases elsewhere but may have visited Arizona for spring training games.
Players jeep tours in arizona who were elected to the Hall of Fame are listed with the Cactus League team that they played for in bold. The years that they played for that team are also listed in bold although the team may not have trained all of those years in Arizona. For instance Mickey Mantle played with the Yankees from 1951-68 but the Yankees only trained jeep tours in arizona in Arizona in 1951.
Managers who managed in the Cactus League jeep tours in arizona are also listed in the same manner with the teams and years that they managed in the Cactus League in bold. Some HOF players also managed in the league but their managing record is not listed unless they were inducted as a manger. For instance Frank Robinson was inducted as a player but also managed both the Cleveland Indians and San Francisco Giants in the Cactus League. The teams and years he played are listed, but not the teams and years for which he managed. Likewise those that were inducted as managers have the teams and years they managed listed, but not their playing teams and years.
Rodney Johnson has been researching spring training baseball for Play Ball: The Cactus League Experience for more than two years. He is the President of the Arizona Chapter of the Society jeep tours in arizona for American Baseball Research (SABR), an official scorer for Arizona Diamondbacks games and covers Arizona baseball for www.examiner.com . Catch his blog here for insights into Arizona s rich baseball history.