ANRICO DAVID PINTO

ELECTED: NOVEMBER 1996 ALBUQUERQUE, NM

INDUCTED: NOVEMBER, 1997

MYRTLE BEACH, SC

RICK PINTO, PART OF THE USSSA SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1968, HAS BEEN INDUCTED INTO THE USSSA HALL OF FAME IN THE MALE PLAYER CATEGORY.

RICK, A 46 YEAR OLD DEARBORN, MICHIGAN NATIVE, COMPETED FOR 12 STRAIGHT YEARS AT THE TOP LEVEL OF USSSA SOFTBALL. HE HAS PLAYED FOR SEVERAL TEAMS BUT IS BEST REMEMBERED FOR HIS OUTSTANDING CAREER WITH SNYDER’S. DURING HIS CAREER HE HAS PLAYED ALL 10 POSITIONS, BUT HIS CLAIM TO FAME CAME AS A PITCHER. PINTO WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR HIS DEFENSIVE SKILLS ON THE MOUND AND HE COMPILED 610 WINS AS A PITCHER. SIXTEEN OF THOSE VICTORIES CAME IN MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES PLAY.

NOT MERE A DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST, PINTO’S BATING AVERAGE IN TOP LEVEL PLAY WAS .570.

ALREADY A MEMBER OF THE MICHIGAN USSSA HALL OF FAME, PINTO WAS NAMED MOST VALUABLE PLAYER IN SEVERAL MAJOR USSSA EVENTS AND WON MVP HONORS IN THE MEN’S MAJOR WORLD SERIES IN 1976. HE WAS CHOSEN FOR THE MEN’S MAJOR ALL-WORLD TEAMS IN 1975, 1976, AND 1977.