Softball Hall of Fame

2021 Minnesota Softball Hall of Fame Inductees Announced!

After a one year hiatus due to Covid and with fingers crossed hoping the Delta variant doesn’t intervene this fall, the 2021 induction banquet will be held Saturday, October 30th Wedgewood Cove Golf Club 2200 W. 9th St. Albert Lea, MN...

Louis Rober Organizer, Minneapolis Red Anderson Pitcher, Minneapolis Loren “Bud” Bauer Pitcher, Grand Rapids Jan Berkland Pitcher, Minneapolis Zig Bishop Manager, Minneapolis Ed Burzlaff Manager, Pipestone Tom Connolly Third Base,...

The Story of Fireballer Johnny Vollmer, One of The Nation’s Greatest Fast Pitch Softball Hurlers

There’s a legend in Minnesota, in the town they call Saint Paul, Of a man named Johnny Vollmer, who could really hurl the ball. He had a windmill style, a gift that was his power, To throw the softball by you at a hundred miles an hour. ...

Inspirers to the Masses: A Winona Fastpitch Softball History

By Kent Stever, Ph. D February 2016 Softball is a variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. It was invented in 1887 in Chicago as an indoor game. It was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground,...