# Cardinals Announce 2025 Hall Of Fame Ballot Nominees

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- Published: 2025-02-21T08:47:48-06:00
- Author: Eugene Tierney

### **_CARDINALS ANNOUNCE 2025 HALL OF FAME BALLOT NOMINEES_**

#### _**Fans to Select One Former Cardinals Great for Induction on September 6**_

#### _**Fan Voting To Begin Saturday, February 22 at **_󠀁[**_cardinals.com/HOF_**](http://www.cardinals.com/HOF)󠁿

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**ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 21, 2025 – **The St. Louis Cardinals have revealed **
[Steve Carlton](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/carltst01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-02-21_br)**,**
[George Hendrick](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/h/hendrge01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-02-21_br)**,**
[Brian Jordan](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jordabr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-02-21_br)**,
and** [Edgar Renteria](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/renteed01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-02-21_br)**
as the modern players nominated for possible induction into the St. Louis Cardinals
Hall of Fame, presented by Edward Jones. Fans can view the 2025 Hall of Fame ballot
and cast their selections online starting Saturday, February 22, at [cardinals.com/HOF](http://www.cardinals.com/HOF).

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The modern player with the most votes after fan voting concludes on Friday, April
18, will be selected for induction into the Cards Hall of Fame during an enshrinement
ceremony on Saturday, September 6. The full 2025 Cards Hall of Fame Induction Class,
which will also include a veteran player chosen by the Red Ribbon Committee and 
a Cardinals organization selection, will be announced in May.

The St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame was established to recognize the exceptional
careers and significant achievements of the greatest players in Cards history. To
be eligible, the nominees must have played for the team for at least three seasons
and be retired as a player from Major League Baseball for at least three years. 
The eligible pool of players is divided into two categories, including “modern players”
and “veteran players.” If a player retired more than 40 years prior to the induction
year, he is classified as a veteran player.

All 55 members of the Cardinals Hall of Fame are permanently enshrined in the Cardinals
Hall of Fame Gallery presented by Edward Jones located on the second floor of Cardinals
Nation in Ballpark Village, just outside the entrance to the team’s museum. The 
Hall of Fame Gallery is free and open to the public. A full list of Cards Hall of
Famers can be found at [cardinals.com/HOF](http://www.cardinals.com/HOF).

A description of each 2025 Cardinals Hall of Fame nominee’s career as a Cardinal
follows:

**Steve Carlton (LHP)**
**_Years: 1965 – 1971_****_77-62, 3.10 ERA, 3.02 FIP, 1.28
WHIP, 66 CG, 16 SHO, 951 SO, 1265.1 IP (172 GS)_**

Steve Carlton began his National Baseball Hall of Fame career in St. Louis, capped
with a 20-9 record and his third All-Star selection in 1971. He ranked second in
the NL with a 2.17 ERA in 1969. The left-hander ranks ninth in franchise history
with 951 strikeouts, tied for third with 13 games of 10-plus strikeouts and is one
of only two Cards pitchers to win 75 games before turning 27. In his five full seasons
with the team, Carlton averaged 32 starts and 237 innings while working more than
seven innings per start. He was a member of the 1967 World Series champions and 
the 1968 NL pennant winners.

**George Hendrick (OF)**
**_Years: 1978 – 1984_****_.294/.345/.470, 978 H, 187 2B,
122 HR, 582 RBI, 457 R, 270 BB (893 G)_**

George Hendrick was a strong and steady presence for the Cards for seven seasons
as an outfielder and first baseman. He topped the team in home runs and RBI and 
received National League Most Valuable Player Award votes four consecutive years(
1980-1983), while batting .300 or better three times. A two-time All-Star and Silver
Slugger Award recipient with St. Louis, Hendrick drove in the winning run in Game
7 of the 1982 World Series against the Milwaukee Brewers. “Silent George” ranks 
ninth in franchise history with 62 game-winning RBI (since 1980). He served as the
Cardinals’ hitting coach in 1996 and 1997.

**Brian Jordan (OF)**
**_Years: 1992 – 1998_****_.291/.339/.474, 671 H, 122 2B, 
24 3B, 84 HR, 367 RBI, 346 R, 86 SB (643 G)_**

Outfielder Brian Jordan finished eighth in National League Most Valuable Player 
Award voting in 1996 after batting .310 with 36 doubles, 17 home runs, 104 RBI and
22 stolen bases — leading the Cardinals to the NL Central Division championship 
and their first postseason appearance since 1987. He batted .422 with runners in
scoring position that year, a franchise record at the time. In 1998, Jordan set 
career-highs with a .316 batting average and 25 home runs. A first round selection
in the 1988 MLB Draft, Jordan played in the NFL for three seasons while working 
his way up the Cardinals farm system.

**[Édgar Rentería](https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/r/renteed01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&utm_source=www.nyrdcast.com&utm_campaign=2025-02-21_br)(
SS)**
**_Years: 1999 – 2004_****_.290/.347/.420, 973 H, 207 2B, 71 HR, 451 RBI, 
497 R, 148 SB (903 G)_**

Among shortstops, Édgar Rentería ranks second in Cardinals history in home runs 
and stolen bases and third in batting average (min. 1,500 plate appearances), hits,
extra-base hits and RBI. He won three Silver Slugger Awards and two Gold Gloves 
in six seasons, including both in 2002 and 2003. In 2003, Rentería set franchise
records for a shortstop with a .330 average and 47 doubles, to go with 13 homers,
100 RBI and 34 steals. A three-time All-Star with St. Louis, he played on four National
League Central Division championship teams and batted .333 in the 2004 World Series
against the Boston Red Sox.

**Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum**

The 8,000-square-foot St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame and Museum on the second 
floor of Cardinals Nation in Ballpark Village celebrates the rich history of baseball
in St. Louis and the legacy of one of baseball’s most storied franchises.  Since
its creation in 2014, the Cardinals Hall of Fame presented by Edward Jones, has 
inducted 55 former Cardinal players, coaches and executives.  The Cardinals’ museum
collection is the largest team-held collection in baseball and is second only to
the National Baseball Hall of Fame in terms of size with over 22,000 memorabilia
items and hundreds of thousands of archived photos.  Fans can learn more about the
museum at [cardinals.com/museum](http://www.cardinals.com/museum).

**— STL —**

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