Justin Morneau isn’t just one of the greatest Minnesota Twins players of all-time, he’s one of the greatest Canadian baseball players of all-time. Period.
The New Westminster, BC native was selected out of high school by the Twins in the third round of the 1999 draft and he went on to play 11 seasons with Minnesota. During that time, Morneau was selected to four consecutive All-Star Games from 2007-2010, won the AL MVP in 2006 and was a 2-time Silver Slugger Award winner.
On Saturday night, the Twins held a special pre-game ceremony for Morneau as he became the 34th player inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame.
Morneau’s long-time teammate Joe Mauer said a few things about Morneau before the former Twins first baseman received his powder blue jacket to make it officially official.
Morneau came prepared with a speech of his own, of course, and he capped off the special celebration by throwing the ceremonial first pitch.
Morneau had 4,749 at-bats in 1,278 games with the Twins and put together a .278 batting average with an .832 OPS to go along with 1,318 hits, 221 home runs and 860 RBI.
