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These 50+ D-backs artifacts are enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame

With the Class of 2025 about to be inducted into Cooperstown, take a look at Diamondbacks-related items that are in the Hall of Fame

This photo shows the Diamondbacks’ exhibit in the Baseball Hall of Fame Museum’s “Your Team Today” exhibit, which contains a “locker” for each current MLB team.

(Photo by Milo Stewart Jr., provided by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)

Eugenio Suárez hits a two-run home run in the fourth inning on April 26, 2025, in Phoenix. Suárez hit four home runs in all, and the bat he used that day is enshrined in Cooperstown.

(AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

FormerArizona Diamondbacks pitcher Andy Benes (40) throws the ceremonial first pitch to former Colorado Rockies' Mike Lansing as former Diamondbacks catcher Jorge Fabregas (12) catches prior to a baseball game Saturday, March 31, 2018, in Phoenix. The pitch re-created the first pitch delivered to the first batter in the first-ever Diamondbacks game on March 31, 1998. (AP Photo/Matt York)

Matt York

In this May 18, 2004, file photo, Randy Johnson throws to in the fifth inning en route to a perfect game in Atlanta. A game-used ball from Johnson’s historic outing against the Braves in which he became the oldest pitcher to throw a perfect game is part of the Cooperstown collection.

(AP Photo/John Bazemore)

Aaron Hill pumps his fist as he rounds the bases after hitting a home run and completing the cycle for the night, against the Mariners’ Shawn Kelley, left, in the seventh inning on June 18, 2012, in Phoenix. The cleats Hill worn by Hill in the June 18, 2012, game – as well as the cleats he wore 11 days later when he captured another cycle, on June 29, 2012, are in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

(AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Diamondbacks starting pitcher Tyler Gilbert throws in seventh inning on Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, in Phoenix; a game in which he pitched a no-hitter against the Padres in his first career big league start after making his first four Major League appearances earlier in the month out of the bullpen. The cap Gilbert wore that night, where he became the first pitcher since Bobo Holloman in 1953 to pitch a no-hitter in his first start.

(AP Photo/Matt York)

An aerial photo of the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown on July 29, 2018.

(Provided by National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)

Baseball’s hallowed Hall of Fame will expand this month.

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, in Cooperstown, New York, the weekend of July 25-28 will take center stage when legends of the game are enshrined in the Class of 2025. The ceremony, on July 27, will feature inductions for Ichiro Suzuki, CC Sabathia, and Billy Wagner. They will be joined by Dick Allen and Dave Parker, who were elected via the Classic Baseball Era Committee.

Thomas Boswell and Tom Hamilton will be honored with the BBWAA Career Excellence Award and the Ford C. Frick Award, respectively, during Hall of Fame Weekend.

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