September 21, 2021

By Kevin Glew

Canadian Baseball Network

Justin Morneau (New Westminster, B.C.) will be inducted into the Minnesota Twins Hall of Fame in a pre-game ceremony at Target Field on Saturday.

Sixteen members of the Twins Hall of Fame, along with many of Morneau’s former teammates and coaches, are scheduled to be in attendance.

Morneau, the former Twins first baseman and 2006 American League MVP, is now a special assistant for the club and an analyst for Bally Sports North. He’ll become the 34th member of the Twins Hall of Fame.

A four-time All-Star and two-time Slugger Silver Slugger Award winner, the Canadian slugger will be joined on the field by his family and friends, along with former coaches and teammates. Joe Mauer is set to introduce Morneau.

Official Minnesota Twins Bio:

Justin Morneau – Twins Hall of Famer

Justin Morneau played 14 seasons in the major leagues, including 11 with the Twins from 2003-13. He finished his Twins career hitting .278 (1,318-for-4,749) with 289 doubles, 16 triples, 221 home runs, 860 RBI, 669 runs scored and 501 walks in 1,278 games. The 2006 American League Most Valuable Player hit 30-or-more home runs three times for the Twins and recorded 100-or-more RBI in four seasons. As a member of the Twins, he was named to four-straight AL All-Star teams (2007-10) and earned two Louisville Slugger Silver Slugger Awards (2006 & ’08). The New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada native was drafted by the Twins in the third round of the 1999 First-Year Player Draft and ranks second on the Twins all-time list in games played at first base (1,124), third in home runs, sixth in RBI, and eighth in hits and walks. He remains with the Twins as a Special Assistant to Baseball Operations, a position he has held since January 2018. Additionally, 2021 marks Morneau’s third season as an analyst for select Twins television broadcasts on Bally Sports North.

Morneau was elected in January 2020, but the planned induction date of May 23, 2020 was postponed to September 2021 due to COVID-19..