Joe Wiwchar

Joe Wiwchar was inducted into the Manitoba Baseball Hall of Fame in 1999 and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2023. He was an outstanding coach for half a century at the local, provincial, and national levels. He also served Baseball Manitoba in many capacities for more than three decades. He now becomes an Honourary Life Member of this Hall of Fame because of his efforts as a volunteer Administrative Manager of our Museum. He held the position for the first 24 years of the Museum’s existence. He worked constantly to add to the Museum’s collections and to

improve the way items were displayed. He looked for old equipment, uniforms, photographs, as well as for good deals on display cases, lighting, flooring, computer terminals. He supervised the establishment of our web page and especially promoted the taped interviews with inductees that are now so popular on our site. His efforts always peaked in the weeks leading up to our annual banquet. He wanted everything to create positive memories for visitors.  Due primarily to Joe’s efforts we have one of the best single-sport museums in Canada.