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 Art Held · Art started pitching in 1976 for the Kinner Smith Team in Elmira. · In 1947-1948, Art pitched for Superior Busch and Remington Rand, winning the league and playoff championships against Park Furniture. · In 1948 Art pitched in his first World Tournament, as a pick-up player, and defeated Ann Arbor of Michigan. · In 1953, Art moved to Rochester and pitched over 100 games in his first season, winning 72, while losing just 28. · In 1957 and 1958 Art had a record of 86 wins against 13 losses. · Beginning in 1960, until 1968, pitching for the Charlotte Merchants, Bob Jons and Beggy’s, Art won numerous city league titles while compiling a record of 470 victories against 61 defeats. · During this period, Art also won 11 Invitational Tournaments. · Starting in 1969, Art became the player/manager of several teams and in 1972 he took his team to the ISC World Tournament in Rock Island, Illinois, winning his only start 2-1, striking out 11 against Phoenix, Arizona. · In 1983 Art gave up managing, but not playing, winning the Classic League and playoffs at Kodak for three straight years. · Art retired in 1992 at the age of 66, because of a knee injury, which required replacement surgery. · In his career, Art won approximately 1400 games in 1800 starts, including 102 no-hitters. · He played in a total of 6 World and National Tournaments. · Art was inducted into the Elmira Hall of Fame in 1984. | Hall of Fame Photo Album | Hamilton Bio | Marx Bio | Staples Bio | Dorazio Bio | Farrell Bio | Katcher Bio | Plummer Bio | Snyder Bio | Aurigemma Bio | Houck Bio | Veronesi Bio | GWilliams Bio | Charles Bio | Herman Bio | Caprara Bio | Crane Bio | Held Bio | Lewenn Bio | Stewart Bio | Clavio Bio | Craver Bio | Doxsey Bio | Love Bio | McKenna Bio | McSweeney Bio | Costine Bio | Crisci Bio | Valachovic Bio | DeFligio Bio | Hess Bio | Caserto Bio | Dardano Bio | Ong Bio | Gaffney Bio | Mott Bio | Schneider Bio | Calcagino Bio | Chiavelli Bio | Curtin Jack | Durante Bio | Molinaro Bio | Berman Bio | Dumah Bio | Horton Bio | Key Bio | Petrillo Bio | Vasenelli Bio | Butch Veronesi Bio | Wells Bio | Castle Bio | Gallo Bio | Moresco Bio | Morien Bio | Zovistoski Bio | Lashomb Bio | Taurisano Bio | Argento Bio | Brown Bio | Masco Bio | Boise Bio | Chappell Bio | Fetterly Bio | Goyette Bio | Millard Bio | Rathburn Bio | Hoffman Bio | Kerr Bio | Partigianoni Bio | Passante Bio | Sanford Bio | Barker Bio | Chetney Bio | Foland Bio | Eggleston Bio | Richard Johnson Bio | Savona Bio | Bosch Bio | Kusmuk Bio | Walsh Bio | Soricelli Bio | Jan Fetterly Bio | Blum Bio | Gears Bio | Tom Castle Bio | Jan Fetterly Bio | | Francis E. Mott Hall of Fame | Fred Schneider Memorial Scholarship Award | | Return Home | Commissoner's Desk | Officers & Commissioners | Umpires | Awards & Hall of Fame | Tournament Information | Great Links | Photos | Contact Us | |
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