Cactus League Hall of Famers to be honored March 5 at Scottsdale Spring Training Festival

A famous cowboy, a construction visionary, a devoted pitchman and a Valley civic leader … all helped build Valley baseball and are 2016 inductees into the Cactus League Hall of Fame.

The four were announced Wednesday at the Cactus League Breakfast and will be honored in a free public ceremony beginning at 6:45 p.m. March 5 as part of the Scottsdale Spring Training Festival.

Gene Autry, Del Webb, Robert Brinton and Jim Bruner came from vastly different backgrounds and professions, but they were bound together by their love for baseball and community.

Bruner, a banker by trade, has a long history as a Valley civic