2008 Hall of Champions Inductees
*Jack Salveson

*Jack Salveson

Year: 2008
Team: Baseball

Jack Salveson (Baseball, 1931): Salveson pitched one season for LBCC in 1931 before being drafted by the then New York Giants in 1932. Salveson spent five years in the majors, pitching for the Giants, Detroit Tigers (1934), Pittsburgh Pirates (1935), Chicago White Sox (1943), and Cleveland Indians (1945). From 1936-1953, he played in the Pacific Coast League (AAA) with six different teams and totaled 204 wins, 1,159 strikeouts, and walked just 1.86 batters per nine innings. Salveson was inducted into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2005.

* - Emeritus Inductee