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Kaczor HOF

Gary E. Kaczor

  • Class
    1980
  • Induction
    2003
  • Sport(s)
    Baseball

He was named to the All-Ivy second team as a first baseman in 1978 and was a second team All-Eastern Intercollegiate Baseball League selection in 1977 and 1979. He was also named to the Northeast Regional All-Star second team in 1979. He was second on the team with a .366 batting average as a junior in 1979, when he set season records for doubles (13) and home runs (8). Kaczor also set six Cornell career records, including at bats (449), hits (151), doubles (29), home runs (21), RBI (99) and total bases (255). He helped the Big Red win the EIBL title and make its first-ever appearance in the NCAA playoffs in 1977, when he compiled an overall batting average of .338. He was tri-captain of the 1980 team. The former native of West Seneca, N.Y., graduated from St. Francis High School, where he was All-Western New York State twice and All-Catholic three times and was voted St. Francis High's Man of the Year. He resides in Orchard Park, N.Y.

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