Class of 1979 
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Harry Dean Blair
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1945-1964
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If there was a triple crown award for career pitching stats, Mr. Blair would own it. He's the all-time career wins leader with 103, he's #1 overall in career k's with 949 & he has pitched the most innings ever with 1337.3.
His 1949 season is one of the top years ever for a pitcher. In that season, he had 12 wins & 110 k's! Additionally, he had a career batting average of .227. Harry dean blain is indeed the dean of Sunday morning League pitching.
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Harvey Kreps
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1933-1952
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Harvey Kreps was one of the all-time greats on the mound. This 2-time PSML pitcher of the year with Cohen furniture (1946 & 1949) ranks 5th all-time in career wins with 77.
His 1104.3 innings pitched places him 3rd overall. He finished his career ranked 10th all-time in strikeouts with 627 & 5th all-time in E.R.A. with a 2.83 earned run average.
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Larry Leonard
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1937-1952
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Larry Leonard had a tremendous 14-year career in the PSML. His first two years were on the Pabst Club. Then he played for 12 seasons on the Cohen Furniture Team. During his 14-year career, he was a 4-time League Champion on the 1940, 1946, 1948, and 1949 Cohen teams. Larry’s career batting average was .321. He finished his career with 296 hits, 50 doubles, 10 triples, 8 HRs, 124 RBI’s, and 45 SBs.
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Ray Striebich
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1925-1944
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Ray Striebich was one of the earliest elite hitters in the PSML. Upon his retirement in 1944, he finished in either first or second place all-time in 6 offense categories. Ray was the all-time hits leader (397), triples leader (30), home run leader (31), at bat leader (1294), and the runs scored leader (241). He finished his career 2nd place all-time in doubles (54). His career batting average was .307
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Robert Schmitt
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1948-1972
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Robert Schmitt was one of the all-time greats on the mound. Upon his retirement, he finished his career in 5th place on the all-time wins list with 62. He finished in second place on the all-time strikeout list with 798. He finished in 6th place all-time innings pitched (851.6). He retired with the 10th best career ERA of 3.03. He was the 1962 Pitcher of the Year for Raber Packing. And in 1963, he turned in the 2nd best season ever for strikeouts. He had 142 K’s in the 1963 season.
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