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Profile
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| | Year: | 2019
| | First: | Virgil
| | Last: | Richardson
| | Home: | Fairbury
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From the age of 5, baseball was Virgil's first love and he vowed someday to play professionally. He was playing semi-pro ball while still in high school for the locals as well as with Superior and other Kansas teams in the Ban Johnson league. A short time later he signed professionally and took off for the West Texas New Mexico League. This big 1st baseman was a switch hitter and was equally strong from either side of the plate. In “48” he was the MVP for the Lubbock “Hubbers” with a batting average of .397 with 38 home runs and 196 RBI's. That's no mistake. After baseball Virg returned to Fairbury and became a successful businessman. But as his buddy, Bill Cummins stated, “You can take the man out of baseball but you can't take the baseball out of the man.” Virgil continued work with baseball in his home town helping youngsters and became an outstanding umpire always giving of his time an expertise. Another buddy, Frank Rice another Hall of Famer stated, “Virgil was a polished and dedicated player who loved to win.” It makes us all proud to welcome Virgil Richardson to the “Hall.” |
