Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame
Class of 2011
Big Ed Walsh
- Baseball’s all-time ERA leader (1.82)
- One of the most dominant pitchers of the early 20th century
- His 1908 season (40-15, with a 1.42 ERA) ranks among the greatest ever
- Inducted into Cooperstown in 1946
- Personifies great, but overlooked Irish American in the game of baseball
John McGraw
- Managed the NY Giants for 31 years, won 10 pennants and three World Series
- Dominant figure in early baseball; inducted into Cooperstown in 1937
- As a player, he hit .334 lifetime and stole 436 bases
- Managed in the first World Series and the inaugural All Star Game in 1933
- His 2,763 managerial victories rank second only to Connie Mack
Terry Cashman
- The Balladeer of Baseball"
- Best known for his hit song Talkin' Baseball, inspired by 1950s icons Willie Mays, Mickey Mantle, and Duke Snider, which struck a chord with fans during the 1981 baseball strike
- He has revised Talkin' Baseball with new lyrics for every Major League team
- Played in the Detroit Tigers organization in the early 1960s
- Born Dennis Minogue in New York City, his Irish roots are in Co. Clare
Nolan Ryan
- The "Ryan Express," Baseball’s All-Time Strikeout King (5,714)
- Holds records for seasons played (27), no hitters (7) and strikeouts in a season (383)
- Member of the 1969 Mets, MLB’s “All-Century Team”, and the Baseball Hall of Fame (1999)
- Won 324 games for the Mets, Angels, Astros and Rangers
- Part-owner and team president of the Texas Rangers
Chuck Lennon
- Former player, coach and lifetime fan of Fighting Irish baseball
- College teammate of Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski
- Exemplifies Notre Dame spirit, served 30 years as director of the university’s alumni association
- Lennon and his wife, Joan, have five children, three of whom are Notre Dame graduates
- Family roots in Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Gene Monahan & Steve Donohue
- Longtime trainers for the New York Yankees
- Named MLB’s best trainers by the Professional Baseball Athletic Trainer Society in 1990 and 2010
- Have attended to players on numerous World Championship teams
- Monahan, who is proud of his Irish roots, is a throat cancer survivor and one of three employees to span the entire length of George Steinbrenner's ownership
- Donohue, whose ancestors hailed from Cork and Wexford, has worked for the Yankees since 1986
