Dick Balderson (1995) - Richmond Athletics Hall of Fame

Dick Balderson

Induction:
1995
Class:
1968

Dick Balderson was an outstanding pitcher for the Spider baseball team from 1966-68 and was also a member of the UR basketball team. He holds baseball records for shutouts in a season (four in 1967) and in a career (seven), career complete games (27) and career earned run average (1.58). He averaged 11.2 points on the freshman basketball team and 2.7 per contest during his sophomore season.

Balderson, who grew up in Portsmouth, Va., enjoyed several successful seasons pitching in the minor leagues before landing a job as the assistant farm director for the Kansas City Royals in 1976. Balderson went on to be the scouting and minor league director for the Kansas City Royals, general manager of the Seattle Mariners and director of scouting for the Chicago Cubs and also worked for the Atlanta Braves organization. Balderson graduated from UR with a B.A. in History and was a Resident Assistant while he was a student at UR.