Past Exhibits
In 2010 The Hall featured a Pete Rose Exhibit, focusing on the playing career of baseball's all time hits leader, currently under a lifetime ban from baseball (and thus ineligible for induction into the Reds Hall of Fame). Artifacts include: the bat and ball from hit 4192; balls from hits leading up to 4192; artifacts from the Crosley and Riverfront/Cinergy years; gloves that Pete wore playing outfield, 2nd base, 3rd base, and 1st base; a uniform shirt from Pete's High School (Western Hills – also the alma mater of major leaguers Don Zimmer, Eddie Brinkman, Russ Nixon, and others); baseball cards from Pete's career; Sports Illustrated covers of Pete; the "wall of balls" representing all 4256 of Pete's hits; and other items.
In 2009 the museum launched its Crosley Field exhibit honoring the teams former ballpark.
The Reds Hall of Fame and Museum kicked off 2011 in grand style with several exciting new exhibits. Visitors to the Museum will enjoy six exciting new exhibits headed by the year's feature exhibit, Johnny Bench: Baseball's Greatest Catcher. Also new in 2011 was an exhibit that looked back on the Reds' memorable 2010 season, a 50th anniversary tribute to the 1961 National League Champion Reds (opening May 2011), and an exhibit that celebrates the 1980s, one of the most colorful decades in club history, an all-time Reds leaderboard display and a special homage to Sparky Anderson.
The Reds Hall of Fame unveiled a statue of Hall of Famer Johnny Bench on September 17, 2011. The statue of Bench, one of the stars of the Big Red Machine, features him in a throwing motion toward an imaginary second base. September 17, was the anniversary of Johnny Bench Night at Riverfront Stadium in 1983, when Bench drove fans wild with a two-run, tying home run in the third inning.
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