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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Charles “Charlie” Metro

Baseball, Class of 1969

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Charlie Metro, Kansas City Royals Manager
Charlie Metro, Chicago White Sox
Charlie Metro, Chicago White Sox
Charlie Metro’s book Safe by a Mile
Charlie Metro, Chicago Cubs

Charlie Metro, Vancouver Mounties

Accomplishments

  • Versatile performer as a professional baseball player, manager, coach, scout and inventor.
  • Played with the Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Athletics as a utility outfielder and infielder.
  • Began managing in 1947 while still playing the game.
  • Guided three pennant winners at Twin Falls in the Pioneer League (1949), Montgomery in the South Atlantic League (1951) and Denver in the American Association (1960).
  • Became a major league manager with the Chicago Cubs in 1962,  sharing the position with Elvin Tappe and Lou Klein in what was dubbed the “College of Coaches.”
  • Joined the Chicago White Sox as a scout in 1963 and 1964.
  • Became a White Sox coach in 1965.
  • Managed Tulsa – the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm club – to the 1966 Eastern Division title in the Pacific Coast League.
  • Joined the Cincinnati Reds as a scout and in 1968 became director of player procurement for the expansion Kansas City Royals.
  • Managed the 1970 Royals for  54 games.
  • Developed a device to help hitters work on their swings while living in Nanty Glo as a youth. Forerunner to today’s batting tee.
  • Contributed to the design of the Colorado Rockies’ Coors Field by suggesting that home and visitors batting cages be installed under the grandstand.
  • Published his book “Safe by a Mile” with writer Tom Altherr in 2002.
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
  • 1981
  • 1984
  • 1990
  • 1998
  • 2002
  • 2004
  • 2006
  • 2008
  • 2010
  • 2012
  • 2014
  • 2016
  • 2018
  • 2020

Sports

  • Artistic Roller Skating
  • Athletic Administration
  • Athletic Trainer
  • Auto Racing
  • Baseball
  • Baseball Builder
  • Baseball Umpire
  • Basketball
  • Boxing
  • Broadcasting/Media
  • Builder
  • Distance Running
  • Equipment Manager
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Handball
  • Hockey
  • Horse Racing Jockey
  • Hunting
  • Mono Skiing
  • Officiating
  • Skeet Shooting
  • Sports Medicine
  • Sports Promotion/Media
  • Swimming
  • Television Broadcasting
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Trap Shooting
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Water Skiing
  • Wrestling
  • Wrestling Official

Fast Facts

First Banquet: 1965
First Chairman: Richard Mayer
First Banquet Location: Cambria County War Memorial Arena
Number of Banquets: 20 through 2018
Total Inductees: 142
Female Inductees: 20
Male Inductees: 122
Largest Class: 18 in 1965
Most Inductees: Football (44)
2018 Chairman: Bruce Haselrig
2018 Master of Ceremonies: Tim Rigby
2018 Banquet Location: Frank J. Pasquerilla Conference Center

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