Inaugural Miami Marlins Hall of Fame members have been announced

The Miami Marlins are getting ready for the 2025 season. The Fish are waiting for important pitchers to be healthy and are building up the farm system. In the meantime, the team will also be honoring four individuals from the team's history by placing them in the team's inaugural Hall of Fame class. All four of them deserve the spots and all four are important to the team's history.

Four inductees into the Miami Marlins Hall of Fame.

Let us start with legendary former Miami Marlins (actually Florida Marlins) manager Jack McKeon. McKeon managed the team from 2003 to 2005, and then again in 2011. The 2003 season is of course the crown jewel of his managerial tenure. The Miami Marlins (then Florida Marlins) won the World Series that year. McKeon was a key figure in that accomplishment, leading the team to a 75-49 W-L record after taking over for Jeff Torborg early in the season.

Jack McKeon followed that up with an 83-79 record with the 2004 Florida Marlins and the same record with the team in 2005. He returned to the team to manage the 2011 season. After a 40-50 start, he was relieved of his duties. He's a legend in team history and deserves the induction.

Another inductee is another former manager Jim Leyland. Leyland led the then Florida Marlins to a World Series win in 1997, after leading the team to a 92-70 W-L record. He managed the team again in 1998, but the now broken up team finished with a terrible 54-108 record that wasn't Leyland's fault.

Former second baseman Luis Castillo is another inductee who we wrote about before. The best second baseman in team history definitely deserves the honor. He's a career .293/.370/.356 hitter with the team from 1996 to 2005. He was worth 22.4 WAR for that run.

The final inductee into the Miami Marlins Hall of Fame is none other than former first baseman Jeff Conine. Conine played for the team from 1993 to 1997 and then again from 2003 to 2005. As a result, he won both World Series in the team's history. In his first run, he batted .291/.360/.467 and was worth 11.1 WAR. His best season during that time came in 1996. That season he was worth 3.5 WAR, as he batted .293/.360/.484, with 26 home runs and 95 RBI in 157 games and 597 AB.

In his second run, Conine was acquired in the middle of the 2003 season. That season, he batted .238/.337/.452, with 5 home runs and 15 RBI in 25 games and 84 AB. He was worth 0.9 WAR. From 2004 to 2005, he batted .290/.353/.421 and was worth 1.7 WAR. I'm happy that he's going into the Miami Marlins Hall of Fame as well.