Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame

Koyie Hill was a standout third baseman at Wichita State who converted to catcher in professional ball.

After his 2007 season with the Cubs, Hill severed his thumb and cut the fingers of his right hand in a table saw incident. After months of therapy, he rejoined the Cubs the next season and played seven more seasons in the major leagues.

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Before building the Royals 2015 World Series winning team, Dayton Moore was born in Wichita and played baseball at Garden City Community College.

Moore went on to play and graduate from George Mason University.

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Born in Glasco in north central Kansas, Elmer Stricklett was a professional player for 15 years and is considered one of the pioneers of the spitball.

Stricklett attended Santa Clara University and began his professional career in the Kansas State League in 1897. He pitched four seasons in the Major Leagues.

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Seventy one years ago, the Boeing Bombers won their second straight National Baseball Congress World Series and went on to Milwaukee to win the first-ever Global World Series.

Wichitan Daryl Spencer was MVP of both the NBC World Series and Global World Series.

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When Hap Dumont died in 1971, Dee Hubbard bought the National Baseball Congress and served as chairman of the board until 1974.

Hubbard had previously owned the Wichita Service Auto Glass team that won the NBC World Series in 1964.

In the 19990s, Hubbard owned the famed Hollywood Park horse racing track.

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Mickey Flynn played in the first NBC World Series in 1935.

Flynn also toured with the House of David team and caught the legendary Grover Cleveland Alexander.

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Pittsburg’s P.J. Forbes played for two national champions in 1989, winning the College World Series at Wichita State and the NBC World Series as a member of the Wichita Broncos.

Forbes went on to reach the major leagues and managed in the Phillies and Pirates organizations.

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Two members of the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame were traded for one another.

After three years with the Dodgers, Fred Kipp was sent to the Yankees for Dick Sanders in April of 1960. Kipp pitched in four games for the 1960 Yankees while Sanders played for the Dodgers Triple A team in Montreal.

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As a scouting director, David Chadd has won four pennants with four MLB organizations - the 1997 Florida Marlins, 2004 Boston Red Sox, 2012 Detroit Tigers and 2022 Philadelphia Phillies.

Chadd was an All-American at K-State and is a member of KSU’s All-Century team. He holds the Wildcat career batting average record at .388.

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Forrest “Woody” Jensen broke in to major league baseball with the 1931 Pirates, joining an outfield that included future Hall of Famers Paul and Lloyd Waner.

He retired in 1939 and owned Rose Bowl East and West, two bowling establishments in Wichita. He also served as president of the Wichita Braves and the Wichita Indians in the 1950s.

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