RICK JAMES SCHERR

ELECTED: NOVEMBER 1993

ARLINGON, TX

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1994

CHANDLER, AZ

RICK “THE CRUSHER” SCHERR, A POWERFUL HITTER WITH LONG, TAPE MEASURE HOMERUNS HIS TRADEMARK, WAS INDUCTED INTO THE UNITED STATES SLO-PITCH SOFTBALL ASSOCIATION HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

A WISCONSIN NATIVE, SCHERR IS THE USSSA ALL TIME WORLD SERIES LEADER IN HOME RUNS (101), HITS (166) , AND RBI’S (202) . HE HAS PLAYED IN THE WORLD SERIES A RECORD 14 TIMES.

HIS USSSA CAREER BEGAN IN 1968 WITH HEIDLE’S OF JACKSON, WI., AND CONTINUED WITH SLINGER FOUNDRY, SLINGER, WI., COPPER HEARTH, MILWAUKEE, WI., TAYLOR BROTHERS JEWELERS, CORPUS CHRISTI, TX., HOWARD’S WESTERN STEER, DENVER, NC., SUPERIOR-APPOLLO/RITCH’S SUPERIOR, WINDSOR LOCKS, CT., AND AJD OF RICHMOND, VA.

WITH A .685 CAREER BATTING AVERAGE AND OVER 1800 HOME RUNS IN USSSA TOURNAMENT PLAY, SCHERR WAS A TOUGH COMPETITOR WHETHER PLAYING FIRST BASE, THIRD BASE, THE OUTFIELD, OR AS CATCHER.

SCHERR WAS NAMED TO THE USSSA ALL WORLD TEAM SIX TIMES; HE LED THREE TEAMS TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS; AND IN A RECENT POLL OF MAJOR MANAGERS AND SPONSORS, RICK SCHERR WAS NAMED THE TOP PLAYER OF THE DECADE (80’S) BY HIS PEERS.