Five all-time greats get immortalized this weekend, with the National Baseball Hall of Fame’s annual induction event taking place Sunday afternoon. The trio of position players (Ichiro Suzuki, Dave Parker and Dick Allen) combined for three MVPs, six Silver Sluggers, 13 Gold Gloves and a near-infinite cultural footprint across the sport. As for the pair of pitchers, CC Sabathia won a Cy Young and a World Series, while Billy Wagner was a rarified closer with all-time great strikeout rates. Here’s how to watch Sunday’s ceremony up in Cooperstown.

How to watch the 2025 HoF induction ceremony
Venue: Clark Sports Center — Cooperstown, N.Y.
Time: 1:30 p.m. ET, Sunday
TV: MLB Network
Streaming: Fubo (Save $20)

This broadcast will also be available on MLB.com and baseballhall.org.

The program itself usually runs between 2-3 hours, with free public seating on the site’s sprawling lawn. Suzuki, Sabathia and Wagner were voted into the Hall by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America; a nominee needs to be on 75 percent of submitted ballots to get in. The BBWAA is a perpetual target of fan animosities. These days, it’s about appraisals of the “Steroid Era” and the anonymous member that spoiled Suzuki’s unanimous induction.

Parker and Allen were selected by the Classic Baseball Era Committee, a veterans panel focusing on top baseball contributors before 1980. Parker died last month at the age of 74, while Allen passed at 78 years old in 2020.

These five players played for various franchises, but only one hat can be minted onto each plaque. Suzuki goes in as a Seattle Mariner (of course). Sabathia dons a New York Yankees cap in his bust, and Wagner has a Houston Astros hat. Parker reps the Pittsburgh Pirates, after playing 11 of his 19 pro seasons with that club. Allen is in for the Philadelphia Phillies, with whom he suited up for nine years.

2025 inductees across the NYT archives

“C.C. Sabathia tried to remain stoic as the baseball world said its farewell. The scoreboard played one touching video after another on Sunday, from his past and present Yankees teammates, as well as rivals from other teams. Sabathia was alone at home plate, soaking up the love, until his mother, wife and children appeared on the gigantic screen reading letters of thanks to the man who proved he wasn’t afraid to cry.” — Bob Klapisch at Sabathia’s Bronx finale

“‘To look at me, it doesn’t make a lot of sense,’ Billy Wagner says. The New York Mets closer can hit 100 miles per hour on the radar gun — at the modest size of 5-foot-10 and 205 pounds. Of the active players known to have thrown that hard, nearly all are 6-foot-2 or taller. ‘When I was growing up, I didn’t have a coach who told me, this is how you do it,’ the 34-year-old self-proclaimed country boy says. ‘They just said, hey, get on the mound, throw at the mitt and take it from there.’” — Brett Martin with Wagner shortly after his 300th save

“Ted Heid, the Mariners’ Pacific Rim coordinator and occasional translator for Ichiro, compared Ichiro’s iconic status in Japan with Madonna’s or Elvis’s in the West. His nickname in Japan is, in fact, Elvis. Ichiro, Madonna, Elvis: think about how each of them is somehow, simultaneously, impossibly, an avatar of both absolute conformity and absolute rebellion. We invent idols that contain the contradictions within ourselves. Several weeks ago on Beacon Hill in Seattle, at Blaine Memorial United Methodist, a nearly 100-year-old Japanese-American church, the Rev. Eugene Hall asked the congregation, ‘Who is it we turn to for all of our hopes and blessings?’ Most people mumbled the expected response: ‘Jesus.’ A college student shouted out: ‘Ichiro!’ The congregation went wild.” — David Shields in Suzuki’s historic rookie season

“With his 6‐foot‐5‐inch, 230‐pound body clothed in a bright yellow uniform, Dave Parker could not quite hide in a corner of the Kingdome during the 50th All‐Star Game. On the contrary, the Pittsburgh right fielder was highly visible and served the cause of highly paid players everywhere. With two game‐saving throws, Parker won the most‐valuable‐player award in the National League’s eighth straight victory over the American League last night, a 7‐6 decision. He also helped weaken the argument that lucrative, long‐term contracts tended to make players complacent.” — Murray Crass at the 1979 All-Star Game

“Dick Allen, the power‐hitting outcast from the National League, scored a runaway victory yesterday when he was elected the most valuable player in the American League after one season with the Chicago White Sox … elegantly dressed in a mod maroon suit with leather shoulder decorations, he expressed regret that the White Sox had finished second to Oakland in the West and said: ‘I have found a home here in Chicago. It really has made me feel like a human being. Before, I was hidden. Now I’m a little more outgoing.  I’d like to thank all the guys I played with—I’m one guy who believes that baseball is a team effort. Believe me, won’t stop until Chicago has a winner.’” — Joseph Durso after Allen’s 1972 MVP win

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(Photo of Ichiro Suzuki: Steph Chambers / Getty Images)