How 'bout Big Al
Posted on 08/29/2021 2:32:51 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco
Inducted June 23, 2011
In the annals of Little League Baseball, Deras is arguably the greatest player of all-time. The Hamtramck, MI team reached the World Series finals in 1959 having won nine of ten tournament games by shutout. In the finals Deras tossed a one-hit, 5-0 shutout against Puerto Rico, hit a grand slam in a 7-1 victory over Hawaii, and threw a three-hit 12-0 victory over West Auburn, CA in the championship game. Deras’s single season pitching statistics were staggering: 18 starts, 18 complete game victories, 16 shutouts, 10 no-hitters, 298 strikeouts (only 26 outs in the field), and just 10 walks in 108 innings. At the plate he hit 13 home runs in 13 tournament games, giving him 33 for the season, along with 112 RBI and a .641 average. Two years later Deras led Hamtramck to the Pony League World Series Championship.
For whatever reason, the announcers never once mentioned the Michigan 1959 World Championship team from Hamtramck that was led by Arthur "Pinky" Deras, arguably the best little league player in the history of the game.........
And never forget your predecessor, Pinky Deras from the 1959 Hamtramck Champions........ .............
How 'bout Big Al
Thanks, no comparison
It really is and a disgrace that his story was never mentioned during today's Michigan's first championship since the 1959 Hamtramck team........
And he was inducted into the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame 10 years ago! (not too surprising for a Hamtramck native in the ‘50’s - not too much Polish heritage around there now, though).
Bttt.
5.56mm
Saving. ...Fantastic stats!
Thought I would ping you for this since it’s the season for the LLWS
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