GREGORY PAUL VITTO

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1980

SAN FRANCISCO, CA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1981

FREEPORT, BAHAMAS

GARY VITTO, A BALL OF FIRE ON THE SOFTBALL FIELD WHO EARNED A REPUTATION FOR GETTING THE MAXIMUM OUT OF HIS PLAYERS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF WARREN, MICHIGAN, VITTO MOVED INTO THE SPOTLIGHT WHEN HIS DINO’S TEAM OF DETROIT WON THE EASTERN DIVISION TITLE IN 1972.

HIS TEAM WAS RUNNER-UP IN THE 1973 WORLD SERIES AND WENT ALL THE WAY IN 1974, WINING THE WORLD SERIES AT PINOLE, CALIFORNIA.

PLAYING UNDER THE UNIROYAL SPONSORSHIP, VITTO’S TEAMS EARNED BERTHS TO THE WORLD SERIES AGAIN IN 1975 AND 1976.

VITTO’S TEAMS COMPILED AN IMPRESSIVE 73-11 RECORD IN NATIONAL AND WORLD TOURNAMENT PLAY. KNOWN FOR HIS MANAGERIAL STRATEGY THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, VITTO GAINED THE RESPECT OF EVERYONE AND WAS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE ALL TIME GREATS EVER TO MANAGE A CLUB.

VITTO LATER MANAGED IN THE PROFESSIONAL SOFTBALL RANKS BEFORE RETIRING.