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Baseball Hall of Fame 2016 live stream: Watch Mike Piazza induction online

By Michael Whitlow

Oct 30, 2015; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets former catcher Mike Piazza waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before game three of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports
Oct 30, 2015; New York City, NY, USA; New York Mets former catcher Mike Piazza waves to the crowd before throwing the ceremonial first pitch before game three of the World Series against the Kansas City Royals at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports /
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Here’s how to watch Mike Piazza enter the Baseball Hall of Fame as an member of the 2016 class.

Mike Piazza played 16 years behind the plate for five different franchises in MLB and will take his rightful place among the game’s greatest on Sunday in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Piazza received the required percentage of votes (83 percent) after four years on the ballot, dating back to his first year in 2013.

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The catcher that many called “Pizza” played in 1,912 career games in the bigs, made 12 All-Star Games and won the Silver Slugger Award for a catcher in the National League every single season from 1993 to 2002. In terms of catchers that could hit, not many (if any) were better than Piazza.

In his soon-to-be Hall of Fame career, Piazza hit .308 with 427 home runs and 1,335 runs batted in. Only four catchers — Ivan Rodriguez, Ted Simmons, Carlton Fisk and Yogi Berra — had more hits in their career than Piazza’s 2,127 total hits.

Piazza deserves to be inducted in the Baseball Hall of Fame, but the hilarious thing about his career is that (arguably) the most famous moment didn’t even happen because of him.

In the 2000 World Series as a member of the New York Mets in the famous “Subway Series” against the rival Yankees, Piazza broke his bat against Roger Clemens and Clemens hurled a chunk of Piazza’s bat at him as he ran down the line. It’s one of the most memorable in the last 20 years of the World Series and the images of Piazza’s career wouldn’t be complete without a shot from that at-bat.

Date: Sunday, July 24
Start Time: 1:30 p.m. ET
Location: Cooperstown, NY
TV Info: MLB Network
Live Stream: BaseballHall.org

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