Tanner was an outstanding athlete for Shenango High School and a starred for the New Castle American Legion Post #343 American Legion team. Tanner signed a baseball contract for with the Boston Braves and reached the major leagues in 1955. Tanner played eight seasons with the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians and the Los Angeles Angels.
Tanner began his professional coaching career in 1963 for the Quad Cities team in the Midwest League. After eight seasons managing in the minor leagues, Tanner was named the Chicago White Sox manager to close out the 1970 season. Tanner would manage the White Sox through 1975 and was named Manager of the Year by The Sporting Ne ws in 1972. Tanner took the reins of the Oakland A’s in 1976 and 1977 before becoming the manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1977. In his third season with Pittsburgh, he lead the Pirates to the World Championship in 1979. Tanner managed the Pirates through 1985 and compiled a 711-685 record. Tanner closed his managerial career in 1988 after three seasons with the Atlanta Braves.
Schaly was a catcher for the Ellwood City Wolverines and played baseball college baseball at Marietta(OH) College. During college, he managed in the Ellwood City American Legion program. After graduating form Marietta in 1959, he received a Masters of Arts degree from Penn State in 1960.
Schaly returned to Marietta College in 1964 as head coach and compiled a record of 1442-329 in 40 seasons. He led the “Etta Express” to three NCAA Division III National Championships and seven National Runners-Up. He also won 27 Ohio Athletic Conference Championships and 18 Mideast Regional Championships. In 2000, he was named by Collegiate Baseball as the “NCAA Division III Coach of the Century”. He was named OAC Coach of the Year 17 tumes and National Coach of the Year four times, The Marietta College field is named after Schaly.
A three-sport varsity athlete for Ellwood City High School and an All-West American Legion selection, Frazier signed a contract with the New York Yankees. Frazier passed on the minor leagues and played college baseball for Marietta(OH) College. Frazier started his coaching career at Norwood High School where he led the school to a 75-55 recod and two league titles.
Frazier took the helm at Gulf Coast Community College(FL) in 1968 and in his first season won the Panhandle Conference. He would manage Gulf Coast for 24 seasons and led the Commodores to the Panhandle Conference title eleven times. Following a game in 2001, Frazier suffered a fatal heart attack. His record at Gulf Coast was 877-356 and had eleven players reach the major leagues. The baseball field at Gulf Coast is named after Frazier.
Hudak was a star infielder and pitcher for Shenango High School and played college baseball at Malone(OH) College. Hudak began his coaching career at Union High School and won the league title in 1978. Hudak took the helm at Geneva College in 1981 and coached the Golden Tornadoes through 1987 and again in 1989.
Hudak became a graduate assistant at Mississippi State in 1988 and and was an assistant coach there in 1990 and 1991. In 1990, Hudak coached in the College World Series with Misissipi State. In 1992, Hudak became the Head Coach at Winthrop University-a program that was just a few years removed from NAIA status. In nineteen seasons, Hudak would turn Winthrop into a southern mid-major powerhouse. The Eagles would win three Big South Conference championships under Hudak and make five NCAA Regional appearances. Hudak spearheaded the building of the $5.5 million Winthrop Baseball Field. Hudak compiled a 662-467 record at Winthrop and an overall collegiate record of 865-604. He was named the “Coach of the Decade” for the years 1990-1999 by the Big South Conference.
Spellman graduated from Uniontown High School in 1944. After graduation, Spellman enlisted in the U.S. Navy and remained in the service until 1946. In 1947, Spellman signed a minor league contract with the Chicago White Sox and played in the Kentucky-Illinois-Tennessee League in 1948 and 1949. Spellman enrolled at West Virginia University in 1949 and graduated in 1953. He began coaching at Ellwood City High School in 1954.
Spellman would coach Ellwood City for the next eighteen seasons, from 1954 through 1971, and an interim season in 1979. Unlike today, with six classifications determined by enrollment-only one class existed until 1979. Spellman coached in an era when winning the WPIAL championship required outlasting over 130 teams-a tournament field larger in size than 29 states. Ellwood City competed in a section which included teams with school enrollments over twice their size. Despite the size differential, Spellman led Ellwood City to two WPIAL titles and ten section championships. The Wolverines reached the WPIAL semi-finals seven times between 1962 and 1971. Spellman’s overall record was 320-78. He was awarded the Dapper Dan Award in 1972.
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