Texas Forever: Adrián Beltré to Wear Rangers Cap on Hall of Fame Plaque

The National Baseball Hall of Fame officially announced that Adrián Beltré will wear a Texas Rangers cap in his plaque in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Any Texas Rangers fans concerned about the cap Adrián Beltré will wear in the National Baseball Hall of Fame can stand down.

…or stand up and cheer.

The Hall of Fame announced that Beltré will indeed don a Rangers cap for eternity in his Hall of Fame plaque in Cooperstown, N.Y.

“I am grateful for the time I spent with all of my teams during my career,” Beltré said in a release. “Looking back, I played more years in Texas than anywhere else, and I believe my time with the Rangers represents the peak of my career, individually and from a team standpoint. But I could not have made this journey to Cooperstown without the Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, Boston Red Sox, and their fans, and I am proud that each of the teams I played with will be listed on my Hall of Fame plaque.”

Beltré, who was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in his first year on the ballot on Jan. 23, joins pitcher Nolan Ryan (class of 1999) and catcher Iván Rodríguez (class of 2017) to wear the Texas Rangers “T” on their Hall of Fame plaques.

Beltré received 95.1% of the possible votes and will be inducted on July 21, along with the Rockies’ Todd Helton, the Twins’ Joe Mauer, and manager Jim Leyland, who will not have a designated team cap in his plaque.