CECIL “BUDDY” SLATER

ELECTED: NOVEMBER, 1992

VIRGINIA BEACH, VA

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER 1993

ARLINGTON, TX

BUDDY SLATER, THE SLY LITTLE PITCHER THAT ALL THE BIG GUYS HATED TO FACE, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

SLATER HAS APPEARED AT THE WORLD SERIES 15 TIMES, TEN AS A PLAYER AND FIVE AS A MANAGER OR COACH. AS A PITCHER, SLATER POSTED A 32-9 RECORD, THE BEST WINNING PERCENTAGE OF ANY HURLER IN WORLD SERIES HISTORY. HE WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER AT THE 1980 SERIES, AND WAS NAMED TO THE ALL-WORLD TEAM FIVE TIMES.

THE TEXAS NATIVE HAS LED EIGHT DIFFERENT TEAMS TO THE USSSA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. JUST HIS APPEARANCE ALONE AT A TOURNAMENT SEEMS TO MAKE HIS FELLOW TEAMMATES REACH THEIR PEAK.

ALTHOUGH SMALL IN SIZE, BUDDY SLATER HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GIANT AMONG PLAYERS WHEN COMPETING ON THE FIELD.