Sam Perry

Elected : USSSA New York Hall Of Fame in 2011
Inducted : March 2012, Islandia, NY  

Sam was born in Patchogue, New York on May 8, 1930.  He is an alumnus of the Patchogue School District, at tending Maple Avenue and Medford Avenue schools and graduating from Patchogue High School in 1950.  Sam played four years of baseball, freshman, J. V., and Varsity. For 16 years, he played in the Suffolk County Baseball League,  playing for the Medford Dodgers, West Patchogue Ramblers, and the Patchogue Athletic Club.

While playing baseball, Sam was asked to try out for a team in the Patchogue Fast Pitch Softball League.  He played from 1948 (while still in high school) to 1961, playing on five championship teams – Terry Dodge Brothers 1951 - T.S. Lumber Company 1953- 1954-1955-1956.  In 1955, lights were installed at Shore Front Park in Patchogue and to extend the season, the mayor established a trophy called the Mayor’s Trophy.  Sam’s team, T. S. Lumber Company won the cup in a round robin.

Sam had an outstanding career while playing fast-pitch on several all star teams, batting against some of the best pitchers in the game at that time, such as Roy Stevensen, Ollie Johnson, Dick Mustapitch– Dick Surhoffand Tom Broadruick.

Sam also played many years of slo-pitch with the Brookhaven Over 28 League, the Patchogue Slo-Pitch League and twilight ball with the East End Lumber Yard League.  In 1990, at age 60, Sam retired from his job and immediately got involved in the Senior Softball program.  He played two years with the Silver Streaks and 3 years with the Knoller’sthen managed the Brookhaven Greys from 1955 to 2006, willing 6 league championships in the Long Island Senior Softball Association.  The final leg of his career is working to make the Town of Brookhaven Senior Softball Program the best that it can be.  He has achieved this with the help from the Town of Brookhaven, the USSSA and the B.O.A.

Senior softball has been growing every year.  In 2013, the Town of Brookhaven Senior Softball Program will celebrate its 30thanniversary and the Suffolk Senior Softball League its 6th.  Sam is proud to be a part of these growing organizations.  As Sam always says, the senior softball slogan is “Do the best you can with what you have!”