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Incaviglia inducted into Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame

Grand Prairie AirHogs field manger and former Oklahoma State University baseball star Pete Incaviglia was selected for induction into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame.

Incaviglia, a standout baseball player for OSU from 1983-1985, still holds NCAA records for career home runs, 100, and for home runs, 48, and RBI’s, 143, in a season. He was selected All-American in 1984 and 1985 and inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.

Selected eight in the 1986 Major League Baseball draft he became only the fifteenth player in draft history to debut in the majors without playing minor league ball.

Incaviglia played 12 seasons in Major League Baseball from 1986 through 1998 retiring with lifetime totals of 206 home runs, 655 RBIs and a .246 average.

The AirHogs made Incaviglia its inaugural field manager in 2008.

This year’s Oklahoma Sport Hall of Fame induction ceremony will be at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on August 3.


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