ELBY BUSHONG, JR.

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1981

FREEPORT, BAHAMAS

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1982

NASHVILLE, TN

ELBY ”BOOM-BOOM” BUSHONG, KNOWN FOR HIS HIGH-STEP HOME RUNS, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A NATIVE OF PHOENIX, ARIZONA, BUSHONG WAS A MEMBER OF THE USSSA MEN’S CLASS “A” WORLD CHAMPION CAMPBELL’S CARPETS OF CONCORD, CALIFORNIA IN 1980.

BUSHONG PLAYED IN HIS FIRST WORLD SERIES IN 1974 AND WAS CO-HOME RUN LEADER, BUSHONG HAS PLAYED IN EIGHT USSSA WORLD SERIES.

HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE K-CLUB USSSA NATIONAL 16-INCH WORLD CHAMPION IN 1977.

BUSHONG, WHO HAS BEEN SELECTED AS A MEMBER OF THE ARIZONA ALL-STATE TEAM NINE TIMES, WAS A MEMBER OF THE ALL-WORLD TEAM TWICE. HE HAS BEEN ON SEVERAL DIVISION ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS.

A FORMER PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL PLAYER AND COLLEGE ALL-AMERICAN, BUSHONG HAS A .650 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE WITH OVER 1,500 HOME RUNS IN USSSA TOURNAMENTS.

BUSHONG HITS FOR POWER AND AVERAGE AND ALWAYS DID A GOOD JOB ON DEFENSE. HIS MAIN POSITION WAS FIRST BASE; HOWEVER, DURING HIS CAREER, HE PLAYED EVERY POSITION BUT SHORTSTOP AND PITCHER. EVERYONE WHO HAS COME IN CONTACT WITH BUSHONG ON THE FIELD ADMITS THAT HE IS A TRUE HALL OF FAMER.