Don Zimmer Honored As First Rays' Hall Of Fame Member

The late Don Zimmer has become the first person in the Tampa Bay Rays' Hall of Fame.

Zimmer spent his last 11 years in the game, his longest stint with one team, as a Rays senior adviser from 2004 until his death in June 2014 at age 83.

Zimmer's wife "Soot," whom he married in 1951, and his son Tom, a retired San Francisco Giants scout, were among family members in attendance.

"It was a great honor ... the Rays have been super," Soot Zimmer said. "I marvel when I think of the 66 years he was in the game, and he would come down every game and put the uniform on even when he a senior adviser. I can't imagine putting that uniform on every day for all those years. To me, that was something."