RONALD ALLEN WHITTLETON

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1984

EL PASO, TX

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER: 1985

BOSTON, MA

RON WHITTLETON, WHO COMPILED AN IMPRESSIVE 717-199 RECORD AND LED CAPITOL INSULATION OF NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA TO ELEVEN APPEARANCES IN THE MEN’S WORLD SERIES, WAS INDUCTED IN THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MANAGER CATEGORY.

UNDER WHITTLETON’S DIRECTION, CAPITOL WAS THE DOMINANT TEAM ON THE WEST COAST FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, WINNING FOUR STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS AND FOUR WESTERN DIVISION CROWNS. HIS RECORD AS A MANAGER INCLUDED OVER 60 TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIPS.

CAPITOL WON THE HEARTS OF THE FANS AT THE 1983 AND 1985 WORLD SERIES, FINISHING SECOND AND THIRD IN THE BIGGEST EVENT IN SOFTBALL, UPSETTING TEAMS WITH BIGGER NAME PLAYERS AND BUDGETS. WHITTLETON WAS CREDITED WITH GETTING THE MOST FROM IS TEAM AND EARNED RESPECT BY REPEATEDLY RETURNING TO THE WORLD SERIES WITH A COMPETITIVE BALL CLUB AFTER LOSING PLAYERS TO LARGER SPONSORS.

ALONG WITH SERVING AS MANAGER, WHITTLETON RECORDED OVER 700 MOUND VICTORIES AND COMPILED A .600 LIFETIME BATTING AVERAGE.