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Among the 269 individuals and ten teams in the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame... 37 went to Wichita State University.  11 went to the University of Kansas, nine to Kansas State.  Four played at Emporia State University, Pittsburg State University and Garden City Community College.

Other schools represented are Allen, Butler, Cowley, Hutchinson, Kansas City Kansas and Seward Community Colleges, as well as Bethany, Fort Hays State, Friends, Newman, Southwestern and St. Mary of the Plains. ksbaseballhof.com

Members of the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame include Walter Johnson and “The Black Walter Johnson,” Frank Wickware. Both were from southeast Kansas. Read about them at ksbaseballhof.com.

The longest hitting streak in professional baseball history is not Joe DiMaggio’s 56 games, but Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame member Joe Wilhoit’s 69 games for the 1919 Wichita Witches. Read about him at ksbaseballhof.com.

John “Buck” O’Neil is one of seven Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame members also enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame.  O’Neil also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award given in the United States. Read about him at ksbaseballhof.com.

Five former Kansas Jayhawk Community College coaching greats are in the Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame. Steve Burleson, Dave Burroughs, Val McLean, Galen McSpadden and Dave Warren all finished their careers with more than a thousand wins. ksbaseballhof.com

Garden City’s “Mr. Baseball,” Joe Slobko won three Region VI championships at Garden City Community College. Among his players were Major Leaguers Ronn Reynolds and Brad Moore, NFL running back Corey Dillon and Kansas City Royals GM Dayton Moore. ksbaseballhof.com

Dave Bingham is the most successful coach ever at two Kansas universities, taking Emporia State to an NAIA championship and KU to their first appearance in the College World Series. Bingham was also an assistant on two medal-winning U.S. Olympic teams. ksbaseballhof.com

In 1976, Abilene’s Ted Power struck out 19 hitters in a game for K-State, a Wildcat record that still stands. He went on to win 69 games in 13 Major League seasons. In 2000, Power was named to the K-State All-Century baseball team. Read about him at ksbaseballhof.com.

Dale Gear became the first KU player to make the major leagues. He also earned a law degree from KU and was an attorney in Kansas City. Gear worked with MLB Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis to allow a resin bag to be placed on the pitcher’s mound. ksbaseballhof.com

Bill Russell, from Pittsburg, played 18 seasons with the Dodgers. Russell was part of the famed Dodger infield with Steve Garvey, Dave Lopes and Ron Cey and played in more games than any player in Los Angeles Dodger history. Read about him at ksbaseballhof.com.

May 15, 1915 Chicago Whales P Claude Hendrix tosses a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over the Pittsburgh Rebels Hendrix, who was born in Olathe, allowed only 3 batters to reach base with walks He played 10 seasons in the majors and recorded a 1.69 ERA in 1914 SABR Kansas Baseball Hall of Fame

Steve Renko was born in Kansas City was a three-sport letter winner at KU. As a quarterback, he played with Gale Sayers and was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 1966. Instead, Renko chose baseball and pitched for 15 MLB seasons, winning 134 games. ksbaseballhof.com

The most prolific power hitter in Wichita State baseball history, Mark Standiford continues to hold Shocker home run records after more than 30 years. Through 16 seasons as coach at Tabor College, Standiford’s teams have won 610 games. Read about him at ksbaseballhof.com.

Wichitan Ronn Reynolds took part of one of the most famous pranks in sports history. In George Plimpton’s Sports Illustrated story in 1985, Reynolds is pictured after catching the 168-mph fastball of Sidd Finch. Finch was concocted by Plimpton as an April Fool’s joke.

Dave Baker grew up in Manhattan and became K-State’s coach in 1977.  He was the first African American head coach in the Big 8.  As a player, Baker played for the 1965 NBC champion Rapid Transit Dreamliners and once caught Satchel Paige in an exhibition. ksbaseballhof.com.

Raised in Concordia and a student of James Naismith’s at KU, Ernest Quigley umpired 24 years in the National League. He umpired six World Series, including the infamous 1919 Series. Quigley also officiated football, basketball and the 1936 Olympics. ksbaseballhof.com

Atchison’s Oscar “Heavy” Johnson played in the Army before signing with the Kansas City Monarchs. He won back-to-back batting titles and the triple crown (avg, HRs, RBI) in 1923. The next season Johnson's Monarchs won the first Colored World Series. ksbaseballhof.com

K-State's Elden Auker turned down an offer by the Chicago Bears in 1932.  Instead, he joined the Detroit Tigers and pitched in the World Series two years later.  In 1999, Auker addressed the crowd at the last game at Tiger Stadium. ksbaseballhof.com.