Greg Hamilton elected to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame!
On February 12th, 2025, it was announced that Peterborough & District Sports Hall of Fame inductee Greg Hamilton will be added to the roster of Baseball Canada’s Hall of Fame in St. Mary’s Ontario on June 7th, 2025!
From Baseball Canada’s post we take:
“Hamilton, who has served as Baseball Canada’s Head Coach and Director of Men’s National Teams since 1998, will be joined by longtime Women’s National Team standout Amanda Asay who will be inducted posthumously, Toronto Blue Jays All-Star slugger José Bautista and 11-year Canadian big leaguer Érik Bédard who suited up for Canada in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006.
A terrific multi-sport athlete who grew-up in Peterborough, Ontario, Greg Hamilton played both hockey and baseball at Princeton University before starting a coaching career in baseball that continues to this day. Hamilton transformed Baseball Canada’s Junior National Team for the top high school players in the country into a globally recognized program that has graduated hundreds of players into college and professional baseball including the likes of 2006 American League MVP Justin Morneau, 2004 National League Rookie of the Year Jason Bay, MLB All Stars Russell Martin, Josh Naylor and Michael Soroka, along with current and former pros Phillippe Aumont, John Axford, Jim Henderson, Édouard Julien, Brett Lawrie, Charles Leblanc, Bo Naylor, Josh Naylor, Tyler O’Neill, James Paxton, Nick Pivetta, Zach Pop, Michael Saunders, Cade Smith and Cal Quantrill.
Hamilton has built a program that has seen teams annually compete against professional competition while also facing the best of their age category competing in 12 WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cups during his tenure where Canada has won two bronze (1997, 2006) and one silver medal (2012).
His efforts have also been notable on the Men’s National team side where Hamilton has put together national teams that competed in the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, all five World Baseball Classic events and three Pan American Games tournaments where Canada has won gold medals in 2011 and 2015 along with a silver medal in 2019.
“Baseball Canada would like to congratulate the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame’s Class of 2025 including our own Greg Hamilton who has had an immeasurable impact on Canadian baseball for over three decades,” said Baseball Canada CEO Jason Dickson. “Greg’s passion and commitment to Baseball Canada and the National Teams program has had a profound impact on our organization that will be felt for generations to come. He is a true Canadian baseball legend.”
To read Greg’s PDSHOF induction biography, please click here.
Congratulations Greg on your well deserved election to Baseball Canada’s Hall of Fame!