Al Goldis and John Barr will be inducted into the Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame (PBSHOF) prior to Friday night’s Fort Myers Miracle game at Hammond Stadium.

This is the second year of honorees, with the selections announced by The Goldklang Group, and sponsored by The Topps Company, who also include eight additional scouts in a trading card set paired with star players they scouted.

The induction ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. in front of the Topps Scout Wall, near the main entrance of Hammond Stadium.

John Barr is the special assistant to the general manager in charge of amateur and international scouting for the San Francisco Giants. He has left his footprints all over the baseball map during his illustrious career. Holding posts with the Twins, Dodgers, Orioles, and Mets, as well as serving a stint with the San Diego Padres as assistant general manager.

Barr was inducted into the Mid-Atlantic Scouts Association Hall of Fame in 2008 and has been responsible in some way for the evaluating, drafting, and signing of more than 100 major league players including, Mike Mussina, Russell Martin, and Jonathan Broxton

Al Goldis was a professional baseball player, teacher, coach, and sports information director prior to his re-entering the game as the East Coast supervisor of scouting for the California Angels, a position he held until 1986.

Following his stint with the Angels he took a position with the Chicago White Sox as their director of scouting and player development. Under Goldis’ direction the “Pale Hose” experienced a resurgence having all his first round draft picks make it to the big leagues within two years of being drafted.