The Baseball Hall of Fame held the induction ceremony for the Class of 2017 on Sunday afternoon and there were more than 50 legends in attendance for the big day.

This year’s class includes Bud Selig, Ivan Rodriguez, John Schuerholz, Tim Raines and Jeff Bagwell, and they all came dressed to impress on Sunday afternoon.
 

 

Ladies and gentlemen, your Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2017. . . (📸: @mlb)

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As part of the induction ceremony, each representative had their Cooperstown plaque revealed to them and they truly are a work of art.
 

 

Tim Raines, welcome to immortality. #FirstLook #HOFWKND . . . . . TIMOTHY RAINES SR. “ROCK” MONTREAL, N.L. 1979-90, 2001; CHICAGO, A.L. 1991-95; NEW YORK, A.L. 1996-98; OAKLAND, A.L. 1999; BALTIMORE, A.L. 2001; FLORIDA, N.L. 2002 A SWITCH-HITTING LEADOFF MAN WHOSE SPEED, EXTRA-BASE POWER AND PLATE DISCIPLINE WERE THE PERFECT TABLE-SETTING TOOLS TO FUEL THE 1980S EXPOS. BURST ON TO THE SCENE IN 1981, THE START OF A DOMINANT 10-YEAR STRETCH WITH MORE HITS, RUNS SCORED, AND TIMES REACHING BASE THAN ANY OTHER NATIONAL LEAGUER. THE ONLY PLAYER WITH SIX STRAIGHT YEARS OF 70 OR MORE STEALS, LED THE N.L. FOUR TIMES. TOTALED 808 STOLEN BASES WITH A REMARKABLE SUCCESS RATE OF 84.7 PERCENT. AN ALL-STAR OUTFIELDER IN EACH OF HIS FIRST SEVEN FULL SEASONS. WON THE 1986 N.L. BATTING TITLE. EARNED TWO WORLD SERIES RINGS WITH THE YANKEES.

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Jeff Bagwell, welcome to immortality. #FirstLook #HOFWKND @astrosbaseball . . . . . JEFFREY ROBERT BAGWELL HOUSTON, N.L. 1991-2005 COMBINED A POWERFUL BATTING STROKE WITH A DISCERNING EYE TO HIT .297, SCORE 1,517 RUNS AND DRIVE IN 1,529 OVER 15 SEASONS, ALL IN HOUSTON. A PROLIFIC RUN PRODUCER, POSTED NINE SEASONS WITH 100 OR MORE RUNS SCORED, LEADING THE N.L. THREE TIMES. FROM A WIDE STANCE, TOPPED THE 30-HOME RUN MARK NINE TIMES AND FINISHED WITH 449 MOON SHOTS OVERALL. DREW MORE THAN 100 WALKS IN SEVEN CONSECUTIVE YEARS, A RECORD STREAK IN THE N.L. DURABLE, AGILE FIRST BASEMAN PLAYED IN 160-OR-MORE GAMES SIX TIMES. STOLE 202 BASES, MOST BY A FIRST BASEMAN AFTER 1920. A FOUR-TIME ALL-STAR, NAMED 1991 N.L. ROOKIE OF THE YEAR, AND CAPTURED THE N.L. MVP IN 1994, UNANIMOUSLY.

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Pudge Rodríguez, welcome to immortality. #FirstLook #HOFWKND . . . . . IVÁN RODRÍGUEZ TORRES “PUDGE” TEXAS, A.L. 1991-2002, 2009; FLORIDA, N.L. 2003; DETROIT, A.L. 2004-08; NEW YORK, A.L. 2008; HOUSTON, N.L. 2009; WASHINGTON, N.L. 2010-11 A RUGGED DO-IT-ALL CATCHER WHOSE POWERFUL ARM AND CONSISTENT BAT PRODUCED RECORDS AT THE PLATE AND BEHIND IT. HIT .296 OVER 21 SEASONS, AMASSING MORE HITS, DOUBLES, AND TOTAL BASES THAN ANY OTHER BACKSTOP. CAUGHT 2,427 MAJOR LEAGUE GAMES, MOST IN HISTORY, AND EARNED AN UNMATCHED 13 GOLD GLOVE AWARDS AT THE POSITION. RENOWNED FOR HIS ABILITY TO NAB WOULD-BE BASE STEALERS, LEADING THE LEAGUE A RECORD NINE TIMES. SELECTED TO 14 ALL-STAR GAMES AND NAMED 1999 A.L. MOST VALUABLE PLAYER WITH THE RANGERS. LED MARLINS TO 2003 WORLD SERIES TITLE, AFTER WINNING NLCS MVP.

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Bud Selig, welcome to immortality. #FirstLook #HOFWKND . . . . ALLAN HUBER SELIG “BUD” COMMISSIONER FROM 1992-2015, THE FIRST SEVEN YEARS IN ACTING CAPACITY BEFORE FORMALLY NAMED BY UNANIMOUS VOTE AMONG ALL 30 OWNERS IN 1998. PRESIDED OVER AN ERA OF VAST CHANGE TO THE GAME ON THE FIELD WHILE EXTENDING ITS BREADTH AND DEPTH OFF OF IT. FOSTERED AN UNPRECEDENTED STRETCH OF LABOR PEACE, INTRODUCED THREE-DIVISION PLAY, AND EXPANDED THE POSTSEASON. UNDER HIS LEADERSHIP, UMPIRING WAS CENTRALIZED AND REPLAY REVIEW WAS ESTABLISHED. CELEBRATED THE NATIONAL PASTIME’S PIONEERING DIVERSITY BY UNIVERSALLY RETIRING JACKIE ROBINSON’S NUMBER 42. BRIDGE-BUILDER AND DEVOTED FAN WHO RETURNED BASEBALL TO MILWAUKEE AS BREWERS OWNER BEFORE SERVING AS SECOND-LONGEST TENURED COMMISSIONER.

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John Schuerholz, welcome to immortality. #FirstLook #HOFWKND @braves @kcroyals . . . . . JOHN BOLAND SCHUERHOLZ JR. GIFTED TEAM BUILDER WHOSE STEADY HAND AND EYE FOR TALENT CONSISTENTLY PRODUCED WINNING RESULTS. LEARNED HIS CRAFT IN THE PLAYER PERSONNEL DEPARTMENT OF MID-1960S ORIOLES BEFORE JOINING EXPANSION ROYALS. DEVELOPED TALENTED KANSAS CITY NUCLEUS INTO A.L. POWERHOUSE, ADVANCING TO POSTSEASON SEVEN TIMES IN A 10-YEAR STRETCH. NAMED GENERAL MANAGER IN 1981 AND LED FRANCHISE TO FIRST WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN 1985. TOOK OVER AS BRAVES GENERAL MANAGER AND CONSTRUCTED ROSTERS THAT WOULD QUALIFY FOR 14 STRAIGHT POSTSEASONS, WINNING FIVE N.L. PENNANTS AND THE 1995 FALL CLASSIC. FIRST GM TO WIN WORLD SERIES TITLES IN BOTH LEAGUES. CONTINUED AS CLUB PRESIDENT AND VICE CHAIRMAN FOLLOWING HIS DAYS AS PRIMARY TEAM ARCHITECT.

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Aside from the plaques, which will soon be added to the Baseball Hall of Fame, the inductees also received very special, one-of-a-kind induction rings, which are guaranteed to get a few conversations started.  
 

The Hall of Fame rings have been presented to the inductees since 1969 and the style has not changed ever since.

Congratulations to the Baseball Hall of Fame Class of 2017!

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