Established September 1, 2022
Welcome to The Official, Unofficial Hinds Baseball Hall of Fame, an online HOF, created as a part of our Always an Eagle Project to honor those great teams and great players at Hinds from 1973 through 2005. Our goal is to make sure that outstanding individual and team performances have a place to be remembered and honored in an online format which can be easily accessed 24/7/365.
Upcoming Event at Joe G. Moss Field in 2023:
The Inaugural Induction Ceremony for the Official, Unofficial Hinds Baseball Hall of Fame will celebrate the legacy of “The Boys of ’73,”The Originals” on the 50th anniversary of the reinstatement of the baseball program at Hinds.
April 15, 2023 – Pregame ceremony before the Mississippi Delta – Hinds games at Joe G. Moss Field at 1:30 pm.
Inductees: Coach Danny Neely, Powell Taylor (Bus Driver and first base coach; posthumously), Bobby Barrett*, Doug Branning (posthumously), LeRoy Brown (posthumously), Ray Burroughs, Rick Clarke*, Doug Cockrell, Don Flowers, Roy Higdon, Leonard Knowles (posthumously), Stirling Madden, Butch Newman, Eddie Ramsey, Bill Sanders (posthumously). Always Eagles.
More information coming soon.
Photo from the Hinds Centennial Reunion in 2017. From left to right: Stirling Madden, Doug Branning, Doug Cockrell, Bobby Barrett, Rick Clarke, Coach Danny Neely, Butch Newman, Roy Higdon, Don Flowers, Ray Burroughs. Not pictured: Eddie Ramsey, Leonard Knowles, LeRoy Brown, and Bill Sanders.
NOMINATIONS: All nominations and selections will be made by teammates and coaches of the 34 teams from 1973-2005.
OUTSTANDING TEAM NOMINATIONS: 1973, 1979, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, others?
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE NOMINATIONS: (for both HOFers and non-HOFers who had great performances during their stay at Hinds).
Keep the recommendations for Outstanding Perfomances coming! https://form.jotform.com/222414626256049
THE OFFICIAL, UNOFFICIAL HINDS BASEBALL HALL OF FAME: Established, 2022)
I. HINDS BASEBALL COACHES HALL OF FAME:
There have been only five head baseball coaches at Hinds since baseball was reinstated in 1973, Danny Neely (1973-1982), Bill Marchant (1983), Rick Clarke (1984-2005), and Sam Temple (2006-2021). Add George McQuitter to the list, my associate head coach in 1989-91.
II. OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PLAYER INDUCTIONS:
MEMBERS–
Nomination and selection process is underway from each team’s members and coaches. See who made the list so far.
1973 – 1974 – 1975 – 1976 – 1977 – 1978 – 1979
1980 – 1981 – 1982 = 1983 – 1984 – 1985 – 1986 – 1987 – 1988 – 1989
1990 – 1991 – 1992 – 1993 – 1994 – 1995 – 1996 – 1997 – 1998 – 1999
2000 – 2001 – 2002 – 2003 – 2004 – 2005
III. OUTSTANDING TEAM INDUCTIONS: 1973, 1987, 1989, 1994, 1999 (Teams including all players, auxillary staff & coaches)
MEMBERS:
1973 TEAM INDUCTION (Inducted: September 13. 2022)
Players- Bobby Barrett*, Doug Branning, LeRoy Brown, Ray Burroughs, Rick Clarke*, Doug Cockrell, Don Flowers, Roy Higdon, Leonard Knowles, Stirling Madden, Butch Newman, Eddie Ramsey, Bill Sanders. Bus Driver- Powell Taylor. Coach- Danny Neely*. *- indicates members of the Hinds Community College Sports Hall of Fame.
1987 TEAM INDUCTION (Inducted: September 14, 2022)
Players– Tim Brunswick, David Burch, Kevin Butts, Chris Cochran, Barry Collier, Tommy Dew, Kelly Dickinson, Dennis Dupin, Brian Duplechin, Bengy Eaves, Michael Gray, Warren Guerriero*, Greg Guidry, Ronnie Jackson, Danny Jones, Rodney McCoy, Vic Puckett, Pat Rapp*, Tim Ross, Rick Smith, Chris Spears, Pat Spears, David Sullivan, Jeff Thames, Tim Tharpe, David Waddell, Floyd Wells, Anthony Williams, Chris Wilson, Jay Wilson, David Woodfield. Trainers– Jeffery “Murdock” Myers, Kim Brocato. Coach– Rick Clarke*. *- indicates members of the Hinds Community College Sports Hall of Fame.
1989 TEAM INDUCTION (Inducted: September 12, 2022)
Players- Mark Anders*, Steve Blaylock, Elwood Bush, Scot Cochran, Kenyatta Fleet, Matt Fouchard, Terry Gray, Freddie Hill, Chris Howard, Noah James, Jeff Long*, Van Reed, Cedric Robinson, Jeff Showah, Clint Sims, John Stewart, Doug Thomas, Craig Upton, Scott Williams, Terre Woods. Trainer- Jeffery “Murdock” Myers. Coaches- Rick Clarke*, George McQuitter*. * – indicates member of the Hinds Community College Sports Hall of Fame.
1994 TEAM INDUCTION (Inducted: September 15, 2022)
Players-
Trainers- Bus Driver-
Coach- Rick Clarke
Go to 1994 Team Inductee Page
1999 TEAM INDUCTION (Inducted: September 20, 2022
Players- John Abt, Tim Axton, Terrance Barnes, Mason Chastain, Kevin Cronin, Jason Evans, Scott Fortenberry, Chandler Gray, David Gurganus, Curtis Jones, Quincy LeBlanc, Gene Landry, Shandell Lockridge, Duffy McKenzie, Josh Oubre, Clay Overby, Kevin Stewart, Josh Thompson, Drew Troxler, Dustin Villnerve.
Trainers- Bryan Johnson, Bo Black. Bus Driver- Sid Askew.
Coach- Rick Clarke
IV. OUTSTANDING INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES: (Coming soon)
V. ALL-AMERICANS: Terre Woods (89), Chad Bradford (95), Andre Thompson (95), Jason Cochran (97).
VI. ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS:
VII. EAGLE AWARD WINNERS: Barry Collier (1987), Ken Smith (1994), Chad Bradford (1995).
VIII. IN MEMORIAM: Joe Adams (85-86), Marc Bayse (05-06), T.J. Boler (03-04), Eugene Box (78-79), Doug Branning (73-74), LeRoy Brown (73), Wes Burleson (04-05), Kevin Butts (88-87), Wes Cliburn (98), Darren Dietrick (90-91), Steve Fortune (77), Wade Harvey (95), Ronnie Jackson (87), Leonard Knowles (73), Tim Oliver (78-79), Bill Sanders (73), Ken Smith (93-94), Doug Thomas (89), Preston Welch. (Please let me know if there are others)
VIII. MISSISSIPPI ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGE (MACJC) SPORTS HALL OF FAME: Chad Bradford (2021), George McQuitter (2023).
IX. ACCOLADES AFTER HINDS: (alphabetized by last name)
Andy Lee (1994-1995) Andy was also the pitching coach for the baseball team for 2 seasons (2004, 05) and head softball coach at Hinds for 3 seasons (2006, 07, 08). He was the head softball coach at LSUE where he won 582 games in 11 seasons along with six national championships (2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019). He is currently the head softball coach at Northwest Florida State College. He is the son of former MLB lefty Bill “Spaceman” Lee.
Rick Clarke's Diary of a Mad Baseball Coach 