Athletics Announce 2026 Hall of Fame Class

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Center fielder Dave Henderson, second baseman Mark Ellis, pitcher John “Blue Moon” Odom, and executive Sandy Alderson will be inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame on Saturday, Sept. 12, prior to the A’s 6:40 game against Seattle, the club announced today.

Henderson manned center field for the Oakland A’s from 1988-93 and helped the club to four postseason appearances during his six seasons as an Athletic.

He batted .263 with 104 home runs and 377 RBI in 702 games with the A’s.  Hendu had career-highs in batting (.304) and RBI (94) in his first season in 1988, and slugged a career-high 25 home runs in 1991 when he was named to the American League All-Star team.  He hit two home runs and had four RBI in Game 3 of the 1989 World Series against San Francisco and batted .308 in the A’s four-game sweep of the Giants.

A fan-favorite known for playing with a smile and signing autographs, “still having fun”, the Coliseum bleachers sported two signs in his days patrolling center: Henduland and Hendu’s Bad Boy Club.  Henderson passed away in 2015 and will be represented by his widow, Nancy, and son, Trent.

OAKLAND, CA – CIRCA 1989: Dave Henderson #42 of the Oakland Athletics leads off from first base during an MLB game circa 1989 at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum in Oakland, California. (Photo by Otto Greule Jr./Getty Images)

Ellis was one of the top defensive second basemen of his era and led Major League second basemen in fielding twice.  He set what was then a Major League record for second basemen with a .997 fielding percentage in 2006, and also topped the majors with a mark of .993 in 2008.

Ellis spent nine of his 12 seasons in the Green and Gold and batted .265 with 204 doubles, 22 triples, 86 home runs and 434 RBI in 1,056 games from 2002-11.

After missing the entire 2004 campaign following a dislocated right shoulder, he was one of the top comeback stories in baseball in 2005, hitting a career-best .316.  The South Dakota native slugged a career-high 19 home runs in 2007 and remains the Athletics career leader for home runs by a second baseman with 84.

Odom played for both the Kansas City and Oakland A’s and was 80-76 with a 3.53 ERA in 269 games, including 214 starts, in 12 seasons with the Athletics from 1964-75.

He played on the A’s three straight World Series Championship teams from 1972-74 and logged a 3-1 record and a 1.13 ERA in 10 career postseason appearances, including four starts.  Odom led the A’s in wins in the club’s first two seasons in Oakland, tallying a career-high 16 victories in 1968 and 15 more in 1969.

He was named to the American League All-Star team in each of those two seasons.

Alderson was hired by the Haas family as General Counsel following the 1981 season and was named Vice President of Baseball Operations in September, 1983.

He was a leading figure in the emergence of analytics in Major League Baseball and he built the A’s teams that went to three consecutive World Series from 1988-90, including the World Series Champions in 1989.  Alderson served as the A’s General Manager from 1983-97, was President from 1993-95 and 97-98, and then returned to the organization in 2019 for two seasons as a Senior Advisor to Baseball Operations.

Established in 2018, the Athletics Hall of Fame will feature 47 members with the addition of Henderson, Ellis, Odom, and Alderson.