CHATHAM — Joey Cora surveyed the room for a few seconds after he was called up on stage at the Cape Cod Baseball League Hall of Fame induction ceremony on Saturday afternoon.

“You may have heard my brother is the new manager of the Red Sox,’’ he said. “Everybody seems to love him. I hope they feel the same way a year from now.’’

That drew a good laugh from the crowd at the Chatham Bars Inn.

Cora, who is the Pirates’ third base coach, said he and his younger brother talk several times a day and certainly nobody will be a bigger supporter. They even discussed a spot on the Red Sox’ coaching staff for Joey, who has 11 years of experience playing in the majors and 10 more as a coach.

But in the end, they decided against it.

“We’re a very close family and we help each other. I very easily could have been a coach there. But it was best not to do that. He has his own thing and I have mine,’’ Cora said. “Maybe we’ll play in the World Series.’’

Alex Cora, who is in Puerto Rico, did not attend the ceremony. He did post a photo of Joey’s new plaque on Instagram.

“Proud brother,’’ he wrote.

To honor his brother, Alex Cora decided to wear No. 28 with the Sox. That was Joey’s number when he played.

“Alex is going to be a good manager. He has a good team there, obviously,’’ Cora said. “I’m proud of him, but I’m proud of everybody in my family. I hope it works for him but nothing has changed because he became a manager. We’re still just Joey and Alex.’’

Cora played at Vanderbilt and joined the Chatham A’s in 1984. He was the CCBL’s MVP that season then was a first-round draft pick of the San Diego Padres in 1985.

“I wanted to test myself against the best players and that was here at the Cape,’’ said Cora, who had his wife, Kiria, and children Kimberly and Joey with him. “I’m glad I came here to play and it’s great to be back. So much has changed around here.’’

For Joey and Alex, skipping college to sign out of high school in Puerto Rico was not an option. Education was bigger than baseball in their family.

Joey played three seasons at Vanderbilt and was twice an academic All-American, in addition to many honors for what he did on the field. Alex played at Miami before being drafted in the third round.

“Getting an education was instilled by my father and my mother,’’ Cora said. “That’s how my family was. For both of us, education helped us get where we are now.’’

The Coras grew up in Caguas, a city 20 miles from San Juan. Their father, Jose Manuel, founded the Little League in Caguas in 1969 and covered the city’s winter league team as a broadcaster and writer. He died in 1989.

“I’m sure my dad is pretty proud of us,’’ Cora said. “He loved baseball and that’s why we’re here. Going to college and being able to accomplish what we have in professional baseball, it was what he wanted us to do.’’

Along with Cora, the Hall of Fame class included Dennis Long, Justin Masterson, Tim McIntosh, Steve Newell, Jeremy Sowers, Tom Yankus, and Chuck Sturtevant.

The league also honored Lance Niekro, who was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2006 but could not attend the ceremony that year because of the death of his father, Joe.

Peter Abraham can be reached at pabraham@globe.com. Follow him on Twitter @PeteAbe.