St. Paul native and Major League Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Winfield will be honored Saturday by city leaders, community members and young ballplayers.

Winfield will attend the Dave Winfield Legacy Celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday at Toni Stone Stadium, 1221 Marshall Ave., which is open to the public, according to St. Paul Parks and Recreation. The event will highlight Winfield’s accomplishments and impact with the announcement of a statue in his likeness that is in the works.

St. Paul native and MLB Hall of Famer Dave Winfield, a former Minnesota Twins outfielder, will be honored Saturday at Toni Stone Stadium. (Jason Merritt / Getty Images)

Winfield said he played at the stadium for years, before it was renamed in 1996 after Toni Stone, the first woman and Black woman to play in a major men’s professional league.

“We used to enjoy playing at that ballpark because of the fence and the stands and the symmetry of it,” Winfield said. “It was a good place to play.”

The event, which takes place on the same day as the Rondo Days festival, will honor local trailblazers, said Robin Hickman-Winfield, artist, storyteller and wife of Dave Winfield’s brother Steve.

Now, more than ever, Hickman-Winfield said, in a time when she feels some people are trying to erase history, it’s important to recognize the legends of Rondo.

“So often we hear, especially here in Minnesota, the tragic and traumatic stories about Black men; about death and negativity,  but we need to be pouring into our young people the positive stories, the triumphs and the victories,” Hickman-Winfield said.

Winfield represents living history, Hickman-Winfield said, which is something she is excited for the youth to see and be inspired by.

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Winfield’s family will be in attendance Saturday along with St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, Councilmember Anika Bowie, Rondo historian Frank White, Twins president Dave St. Peter and others who will support and speak during the event.

“There’s no city in the United States that has four Hall of Famers (…) so there must be something right going on in St. Paul, Minnesota,” Steve Winfield said of his brother and fellow Hall of Famers Paul Molitor, Jack Morris and Joe Mauer.

Steve said he’s proud of his brother and happy to see him honored. Winfield is accomplished and talented, yes, but he also cares about the community and created the Winfield Awards 49 years ago to recognize outstanding student athletes of color. That trait of generosity was passed down by their mother, Steve said.