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Honoring the great athletes from Cambria County.

Frank Oceak

Baseball, Class of 1971

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Frank Oceak, Pittsburgh Pirates coach.
Frank Oceak

Accomplishments

  • Part of organized baseball as a player, coach and minor league manager from 1932 through the early 1970s.
  • Played all the infield postions except first base during his 15-year career.
  • Led the Middle Atlantic League in fielding four times as a second baseman and once as a shortstop.
  • Had a lifetime .297 batting average.
  • After 18 years as a minor leaguer, he joined the Pittsburgh Pirates as a coach, serving multiple tenures from 1958 through 1972.
  • Third base coach during Game 7 of the 1960 World Series as the Pirates Bill Mazeroski hit his Series-winning, ninth-inning homer against the heavily-favored New York Yankees.
  • Part of coaching staff  on the Pirates 1971 World Series winning team.
  • Played in the minor leagues from 1932 through 1947, and became a minor league manager at age 25 in 1938.
  • Career record as a minor league manager was 1,285 victories, and 1,386 defeats (.481).
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Classes

  • 1965
  • 1967
  • 1969
  • 1971
  • 1973
  • 1975
  • 1978
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  • 1984
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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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