Former Phillies GM Pat Gillick Selected For Baseball Hall Of Fame

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Pat Gillick will always have a special place in the hearts of Phillies fans, especially for his work as general manager in building the 2008 Phillies team that won the World Series.

Now, the longtime baseball man also has a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame.

"I'm very thankful that I'm able to be able to be seated here in this seat today," Gillick said Monday during baseball's winter meetings.

He got the nod in veterans committee voting announced on Monday. Among those who fell short were former Players' Association head Marvin Miller and George Steinbrenner, the late Yankees owner.

Gillick spent 27 years as a Major League Baseball GM -- in Toronto, Baltimore, Seattle, and Philadelphia. He also won two World Series with the Blue Jays.

And he says you don't earn an honor like this without a lot of help.

"The job of the general manager is to select the correct evaluators, and everywhere along the way I have been very fortunate to have people who are good evaluators of talent," he said Monday.

Gillick currently serves as the Phillies' senior advisor to the president and general manager.

He will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame during ceremonies in Cooperstown on July 24th, along with any players chosen next month by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Reported by Matt Leon, KYW Newsradio 1060.