Baylor ushered in major-league baseball as the first manager of the Rockies in 1993. Williams came out of Denver East High School in 1954, signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers and became a member of one of baseball's strongest starting pitching rotations. The hard-throwing right-hander was the first Colorado baseball prospect to make it big in the major leagues.
By the time Williams moved up to the Dodgers in 1958, the team had moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles. His pitching partners were Sandy Koufax, Don Drysdale and Johnny Podres. Koufax and Drysdale have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
"Koufax was unbelievable," Williams said. "He always picked the day to pitch when the other team wasn't going to score any runs."
Williams posted a 109-94 record in 15 major-league seasons while pitching for six teams, including the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians. After his playing days, Williams stayed in baseball as a pitching coach and a scout until 2010.
Baylor, the hitting coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks, will always have a special place in Rockies history.
"It was the right time and place for me when I came to the Rockies," Baylor said in a phone interview this week. "I became part of the baseball history there. It was a great ride. Everybody had their arms around us cheering for us. No one could ever forget our first game in Mile High Stadium."
Others being inducted Thursday are Broncos safety Steve Atwater, defenseman Adam Foote of the Avalanche and golfer Steve Jones, who excelled at the University of Colorado and won the 1996 U.S. Open.
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