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A baseball catcher, Pierzynski played 19 seasons in the majors with the Twins (1998-2003), San Francisco Giants (2004), Chicago White Sox (2005-2012), Texas Rangers (2013), Boston Red Sox (2014), St. Louis Cardinals (2014) and the Atlanta Braves (2015-2016). He is one of only ten catchers...
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Inducted June 9, 2005 Piekarski was a four year letter winner for the University of Pennsylvania from 1901 to 1904. The first Polish American to be named All-American, he was named to Walter Camp’s third team All-American team, and was a consensus All-American in 1904. A...
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Inducted June 9, 1983 The New Jersey native was one of the premier relief pitching specialists in the major leagues from 1961 to 1973, posting a 79-74 record, 179 saves and a 2.79 ERA in 737 games covering 1,237 innings. He pitched for the Los Angeles...
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Inducted June 3, 1982 A high school All-State selection in Ohio, Payak moved on to Bowling Green University where he was a starting guard his freshman year and, using an assortment of one-handed jump shots and two-handed set shots, scored nearly 1,000 points in four years...
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Inducted June 23, 2014 Walt Patulski, a three-year starter at The University of Notre Dame, was generally considered the best collegiate lineman in the country from 1969-71. The 6-foot-6, 260-pound defensive end was a unanimous All-American in 1971, winning both the UPI Lineman of the Year...
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Inducted October 15, 1988 Born in Milwaukee, a quiet but persistent tennis player who adopted a business-like approach to the game, Parker ranked among the top ten U.S. players for 17 consecutive years, 1933-1949. Among his accomplishments: a member of the Davis Cup team five times,...
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Inducted October 15, 1988 Regarded as one of the most knowledgeable basketball broadcasters in the business, Packer’s love for the game blossomed at Wake Forest University where he led the Deacons to two Atlantic Coast Conference titles and into the Final Four of the 1962 NCAA...
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Inducted June 11, 1992 One of four brothers to play professional baseball, Paciorek chalked up a .282 average in an 18-year career (1970-1987) with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta, Seattle, Chicago White Sox, New York Mets and Texas. His career-best year came in 1981 at Seattle...
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Inducted June 24, 2010 Danny Ozark (Orzechowski) began his managerial career in 1956, following a playing career in the Brooklyn Dodgers system. Ozark honed his trade under the tutelage of Walter Alston, while serving for eight years as a coach for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In...
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Inducted June 23, 1977 “Bullet Bill” Osmanski, a high school All-State fullback in Rhode Island, starred for nationally-ranked Holy Cross College in 1936-1938. The Crusaders won 23, lost 3 in that span. Osmanski was named an All-American his senior year. He moved on to pro football...