Rick Palmiero

Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2012
Inducted : March 2013, Rochester, NY

Rick began his softball career in 1969 while still attending high school and advanced to playing with the best teams during that period.  Some of the teams he played with were Mazzola-Castle, Proietti’sand the Rochester Zeniths APSPL.  Rick had 2 professional baseball tryouts, one with Pittsburgh and the other with Philadelphia.

Rick had three All World appointments; 1977 Easternsin Detroit, 1977 World Series in Petersburg, Virginia and 1979 APSPL All Star Player.  Other major achievements include; 1975 MVP Pittsburgh Invitational, 1976 MVP RoundtownerInvitational, 1977 Mazzola-Castle MVP (Home Run and RBI leader), and again in 1977 The Louisville Slugger Award (52 Home Runs and 186 RBI’s, also in 1977 Rick was the WBBF Athlete of the Year and the Gatorade Athlete of the Year.

Rick was a big asset to the teams he played for by providing the big hits and making the big plays in the field.  In addition to his playing career, he gave back to the game as well.  He was a board member of the Eastside Little League, coached baseball there for 8 years and help build the Eastside Little League complex at Tryon Park. Rick was also the Assistant Varsity Baseball Coach for 8 years at Bishop Kearney High School and Head Coach for the girl’s Varsity Softball team for 3 years.

Rick presently lives in Rochester, with his wife Karen and they have 3 children, Ricky Jr., Nicholas and Briana.