| Established | 1994 |
|---|---|
| Type | Professional sports hall of fame |
| Website | Official website |
The South Atlantic League Hall of Fame is an American baseball hall of fame which honors players, managers, executives, and other associates of the Class A South Atlantic League of Minor League Baseball and its predecessor, the Western Carolinas League, for their accomplishments or contributions to the league in playing, administrative, or other roles. The Hall of Fame inducted its first class in 1994. As of 2018, 113 individuals have been inducted into the South Atlantic League Hall of Fame. [1]
 | Indicates a member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| Year | Indicates the year of induction |
| Position(s) | Indicates the inductee's primary playing position(s) or association with the league |
| Team inducted as | Indicates the team for which the inductee has been recognized |
| Year | Name | Position(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Hank Aaron | Outfielder |
| 2001 | Walter Alston | Manager |
| 1994 | Sparky Anderson | Manager |
| 2006 | Len Barker | Pitcher |
| 1996 | Jim Baynes | Team executive |
| 2003 | Don Beaver | Team owner |
| 2014 | Luther Beaver | Team executive |
| 2008 | Buddy Bell | Third baseman |
| 1998 | Sheldon "Chief" Bender | Pitcher/Manager |
| 1996 | Bill Bethea | Pitcher |
| 2002 | Bill Blackwell | Team executive |
| 2013 | Lena Blackburne | Inventor |
| 2002 | Winston Blenckstone | Team owner/League executive |
| 2005 | Bobby Bonds | Outfielder |
| 1995 | Bob Bonifay | Team executive |
| 2002 | Larry Bowa | Shortstop |
| 1994 | Harley Bowers | Sportswriter |
| 1994 | Jim Bragan | Second baseman |
| 1994 | Lou Brissie | Pitcher |
| 1995 | Dave Bristol | Manager |
| 2001 | Wilt Browning | Sportswriter |
| 2004 | Dick Butler | League President |
| 1994 | Steve Carlton | Pitcher |
| 2003 | Happy Chandler | Commissioner of Baseball |
| 1994 | Ty Cobb | Outfielder |
| 2005 | Drew Coble | Umpire |
| 2008 | Vince Coleman | Outfielder |
| 2001 | Murray Cook | Shortstop/Team executive |
| 1995 | Cecil Darby | Sportswriter |
| 2008 | Bing Devine | Team executive |
| 2010 | Mike Dunn | Team executive |
| 1997 | Arthur Dwyer | Pitcher |
| 2005 | Jack Farnsworth | Team owner/League executive |
| 1994 | Julian Fine | Team executive |
| 2017 | Joe Finley | Team owner |
| 2003 | Doug Flynn | Second baseman |
| 2018 | Kenneth Free | Third baseman |
| 1995 | Bob Gibson | Pitcher |
| 2004 | Marvin Goldklang | Team owner |
| 2001 | John Gordon | Broadcaster |
| 1995 | Goose Goslin | Outfielder |
| 2005 | Bob Hagler | Broadcaster |
| 2009 | David Haas | Team executive |
| 2011 | Mike Hargrove | Manager |
| 2001 | Charlie Harville | Broadcaster |
| 2011 | Ray Hathaway | Manager |
| 1994 | Danny Hayling | Pitcher |
| 2007 | Jack Hiatt | Catcher |
| 2005 | Marcus Holland | Scorekeeper/Sportswriter |
| 1996 | Ed Holtz | Team executive |
| 2007 | Leo Hughes | Team owner |
| 2014 | Randy Ingle | Manager |
| 1997 | Billy Johnson | Third baseman |
| 2007 | Chipper Jones | Shortstop |
| 1994 | Harmon Killebrew | First baseman |
| 2000 | Charles Knaupp | Umpire |
| 2001 | Tommy Lasorda | Pitcher |
| 2007 | R.E. Littlejohn | Team owner |
| 1995 | Al López | Catcher |
| 1998 | Dwight Lowry | Manager |
| 1996 | Roy Majtyka | Manager |
| 1994 | Don Mattingly | First baseman |
| 2012 | Carolyn McKee | Team executive |
| 1999 | Ron McKee | Team executive |
| 2008 | Johnnie McKenzie | Umpire |
| 2018 | Jim Melvin | Mayor of Greensboro |
| 2009 | Joe Mikulik | Manager |
| 2006 | Chip Moore | League executive |
| 2018 | Donald Moore | Team executive |
| 1998 | Charles Morrow | Team owner |
| 2004 | Elaine Moss | League executive |
| 1994 | John Henry Moss | League President |
| 1997 | Dale Murphy | Catcher |
| 2014 | George Murphy | Public address announcer/Mayor of Hickory |
| 2012 | Bill Murray | Team owner |
| 1999 | Eddie Murray | First baseman |
| 2003 | Phil Niekro | Pitcher |
| 2002 | Dan | Team executive |
| 2000 | Pat O'Conner | Team executive |
| 2007 | Al Oliver | First baseman |
| 1998 | Michael Paterno | Team executive |
| 2011 | Frank Perdue | Stadium benefactor |
| 2006 | Aaron Pointer | First baseman |
| 2010 | John Purdin | Pitcher |
| 1996 | Pat Putnam | First baseman |
| 2016 | Brad Redmon | Team owner |
| 1994 | Spec Richardson | Team executive |
| 2003 | Branch Rickey | Financier of Western Carolinas League |
| 2012 | Joseph P. Riley Jr. | Mayor of Charleston |
| 1998 | Mel Roberts | Manager |
| 1994 | Frank Robinson | Outfielder |
| 2007 | Verner Ross | Team owner |
| 1994 | Nolan Ryan | Pitcher |
| 1994 | Ryne Sandberg | Second baseman |
| 1998 | Gene Sapakoff | Sportswriter |
| 2010 | Curt Schilling | Pitcher |
| 2013 | Robert Singer | Legislator |
| 1995 | Enos Slaughter | Outfielder |
| 1999 | Paul Snyder | Manager |
| 1998 | Marty Springstead | Umpire |
| 1995 | Don Stafford | First baseman |
| 1994 | Willie Stargell | Outfielder |
| 2005 | Alan Stein | Team executive |
| 2017 | Tim Straus | Coach |
| 2000 | Theodore Szemplenski | Pitcher |
| 2000 | Bob Terrell | Sportswriter |
| 2006 | Mike Veeck | Team owner |
| 2002 | Joe West | Umpire |
| 1996 | Hoyt Wilhelm | Pitcher |
| 2004 | Earl Williams | Outfielder |
| 1996 | Pat Williams | Team executive |
| 2008 | Matt Winters | Outfielder |
| 2014 | Charles Young | Lawyer/Team owner |
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