Nelson Gary, Jr., of Atlanta, Georgia, accepts the induction of the late one-armed outfielder Pete Gray, who played for the St. Louis Browns in 1945 and remains the lasting symbol of baseball and World War II. Like Pete Gray, Gary lost his right arm as a young boy and went on to excel in baseball at the prep and collegiate levels.  Gary became a national celebrity himself in 1944 when, at the age of three, he and his parents, courtesy of the Memphis Commercial Appeal newspaper, traveled by train from Los Angeles to Memphis to meet his baseball hero, Pete Gray, thus beginning a lifelong friendship with the outfielder.

Maury Wills is introduced by Fred Claire, a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers’ front office from 1969 through 1998 and the team’s general manager from 1987 until 1998.