Pete Incaviglia In the Hall of Fame?

In the midst of yet another disappointing Phillies loss, I've once again found something we Phillies fans can smile about. How about a reference to our favorite faction of Phightin' Phils, the crude and crass crew of 1993?

Our very own Pete Incaviglia, "Inky" to most, has been elected to the College Baseball Hall of Fame, and rightfully so...

Incaviglia was perhaps the most imposing power hitter in college baseball
history, setting the NCAA career records for home runs (100) and slugging
percentage (.915) from 1983-85. In 1985, he set NCAA single-season records for
home runs (48), RBIs (143), total bases (285) and slugging percentage (1.140) _
marks that still stand. (courtesy of the AP and www.SI.com)

These numbers were good enough for Inky to make the jump from college directly to the majors, hitting 206 homers in 12 seasons. Here's a link to his career stats.

The only line we really care about is this one...

.274, 24 HRs 89 RBIs, .530 Slugging %, in 368 ABs.

Pretty good considering he split time... The platoon in left field that year with Papa Milt Thompson was awesome. Not to mention the platoon in right with Eisenreich and Wes Chamberlain. Heck.. that whole team was awesome.

Other former major leaguers amongst the class of 2007 include Jim Abbott (Michigan), Fredd Lynn (Southern Cal) and John Olerud (Washington State).

Here's the article where I found this tidbit... it's mostly about Jim Abbott.

Congratulations Inky... Thanks for the 93 Season...