PAUL BATTAVIO

Athlete, Lansdale HS, 1947

Baseball: 3 Yrs All-Bux-Mont League

Played for Philadelphia Phillies Minor League System

Inducted 2005

Lansdale High School, 1947

Played baseball grades 10-12, achieving All Bux-Mont all three years.  Played in American Legion All-Star Game at Shibe Park, named MVP.  1948: Played Class D Professional Baseball for Lansdale Dukes, and was bought by the Boston Braves.  1949: Spring training at Myrtle Beach, SC; sent to Bluefield, WV; bought by Big Stone Gap, VA (Mountain State League).  1951-52: served in US Army 40th Division in Korea and Japan.  1953: bought by NY Yankees.  Spring training with Norfolk Tars (Piedmont League); sent to Trois Riviers, Canada (Canadian-American League); bought by Philadelphia Phillies.  1954: played in Trois Riviers, Quebec, Canada; named MVP; bought by Syracuse AAA Phillies farm system.  1955: Spring training in Clearwater, FL.  Played at Syracuse and Schenectady.  Returned to Trois Riviers and played on All-Star team; MVP of World Series.  Married and retired at end of season.  1956-59: Coached Lansdale Catholic HS baseball teams with Larry Glueck.  Played under Managers: Ernie White of St. Louis Cardinals, Mickey Owen of NY Yankees, and Snuffy Sternweis of Philadelphia Phillies.