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Rick Reed Elected to Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame

Published on July 2, 2006 under International League (IL1)
Buffalo Bisons News Release


The Buffalo Bisons today announced that former pitcher Rick Allen Reed has been elected to the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame. Reed will become the 74th Member of the Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 23 in pre game ceremonies prior to the Bisons 2:05 p.m. game against the Syracuse SkyChiefs.

Reed will be the first player inducted since Tom Prince joined the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. There were no inductees last year.

Reed, a 26th round selection of Pittsburgh out of Marshall University in 1986, played professionally for 18 seasons. He made his first appearance with the Bisons in 1988 when the Herd served as Triple-A affiliate of the Pirates. Reed went 5-2 in 10 games that season with a 1.64ERA and 50 strikeouts. Reed returned to the Buffalo in 1989 (9-8, 3.72ERA, 75K) and 1990 (7-4, 3.46ERA, 63K) before being named the team's Stan Barron Most Valuable Player in 1991. That season, his final in Buffalo, he went 14-4 with a 2.15ERA and 102 strikeouts in 25 games. Reed was named American Association Pitcher of the Year and to the 1991 Triple-A All-Star Game as he finished the season with the best winning percentage (.777) and ERA in the league.

Reed currently ranks 1st in the Bisons Modern Era career pitching leaders in wins (35), strikeouts (290) and complete games (13). He is also 2nd in innings pitched (461.1), and 4th in ERA (2.75 -146.0IP minimum). His 14-win season is tied for the 4th most successful year in the Bisons Modern Era. His 102 strikeouts that year are tied for 10th most in a single season. His 15 career wins at Dunn Tire Park are the second most for any pitcher.

Reed broke into the Major Leagues with Pittsburgh in 1988 in just his third season of professional baseball. In fact, Reed started that year in Single-A Harrisburg before moving on to Buffalo and then Pittsburgh. From that point on, Reed saw Major League action with the Pirates, Kansas City, Texas, Cincinnati, the New York Mets and Minnesota in his 12-year MLB career. He won 93 games (76 losses) and collected one save in 273 games (245 starts). Reed had his greatest success with the Mets, winning 59 games in parts of five seasons and making a pair of All-Star Game appearances for the National League (1998, 2001). He went 13-9 with a 2.89ERA in 31 games in his first season in New York (1997) before posting a career high 16 wins (11 losses) with a 3.48ERA in 31 more games in 1998. Reed's final season came with the Twins in 2003.

Always with good control, Reed walked just 285 batters in 1545.2 innings at the Major League level. Four times he finished in the top three in his league in walks/nine innings pitched. He led the American League with a 1.24 ratio while with Minnesota in 2002.

Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame

Announces New Committee Members

The Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame today announced the addition of four new committee members: Mike Harrington and Bob Dicesare from The Buffalo News, John Murphy from WKBW-TV and long-time Buffalo Bisons front office member, Tom Burns.

During the 2005 off-season, the Buffalo Baseball Hall of Fame lost two members as Dan Carnevale (December 29, 2005) and Cy Williams (May 8, 2006) passed away. The committee is now comprised of 10 members and is chaired by George Daddario. Kevin Lester, Duke McGuire, Bob Miske, Tony Violanti and Pete Weber are the other current committee members.

Tom Burns

Tom Burns is the Assistant Vice President of Communications at Medaille College. Prior to taking the position in 2004, Burns spent 12 seasons as part of the Buffalo Bisons staff. From 1998-2004, he served as the team's Director of Marketing and Public Relations. A Buffalo native, Burns is a graduate of Buffalo State College and is currently working on his Masters of Business Administration at Medaille College.

Bob Dicesare

Bob Dicesare is currently a columnist for The Buffalo News. He began covering the Buffalo Bisons in 1983 in their days at War Memorial Stadium. He continued to serve as the team's main beat reporter through the National League expansion derby until 1992. A native of Hamburg, Dicesare is a graduate of Buffalo State College and currently resides in Boston, NY.

Mike Harrington

Mike Harrington is a baseball columnist for The Buffalo News. He joined the paper in 1985 and began covering the Buffalo Bisons in 1988. In 1993, Harrington took over as the team's main beat reporter for The Buffalo News. A native of Amherst, NY, Harrington is a graduate of Canisius College.

John Murphy

Lockport-native John Murphy is the Sports Director at WKBW-TV in Buffalo and serves as the sports anchor for the 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts as well as the host of WNGS/RTN -11's, "Sportsnite." A graduate of the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University, he joined the 7 Sports Team in 1989 as a reporter and sports anchor. He served as the Sports Director of WBEN radio from 1984-1992, which included four seasons as a play-by-play commentator of the Buffalo Bisons (1985-1988).

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