Baseball Hall of Famer Wants to Take Drastic Step with His Hall of Fame Plaque

In a fascinating story, National Baseball Hall of Fame member Andre Dawson wants to change the cap on his Cooperstown plaque.

Dawson, who was enshrined in Cooperstown in 2010, is depicted in a Montreal Expos hat. He would like that to be a Chicago Cubs hat.

Per a story from 'The Athletic:'

The National Baseball Hall of Fame is planning to evaluate Andre Dawson’s request to change the cap on his Cooperstown plaque from the Montreal Expos to the Chicago Cubs. Dawson has long believed that Wrigley Field and the bright spotlight around the Cubs helped energize and extend his legendary career.

That initial choice of the Expos logo was made without Dawson’s approval after the Baseball Writers’ Association of America voted for his induction as part of the Hall of Fame’s 2010 class. Dawson recently sent a letter to Jane Forbes Clark, the leader of the Hall of Fame’s board of directors, asking for a review of his plaque’s design, according to the Chicago Tribune. Dawson called it an opportunity to “right a wrong.”

The story also says that Dawson always wanted to go in as a Cub, but was never given a choice.

He spent 11 years with the Expos, six with the Cubs, two with the Boston Red Sox and two with the Florida Marlins. The Expos no longer exist and have become the Washington Nationals. 

He hit 438 career home runs and stole 314 bases. He had a lifetime batting average of .279.

He was an eight-time All-Star selection, an eight-time Gold Glove winner, a Rookie of the Year (1977) and an MVP (1987)