Herm Starrette

Year Inducted: 2016

Herm Starrette was a baseball star at Cool Spring High School. He went on to play at Lenoir-Rhyne College. He was then signed by the Baltimore Orioles. Starrette played his nine-year pitching career in the Orioles organization, spending parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, appearing in 27 MLB games, he pitched in 46 innings.

His coaching career began in 1967 with the Orioles' AAA farm club, the Rochester Red Wings. The Orioles' system at the time was celebrated for developing young pitching. After six seasons, Starrette became a Major League pitching coach for the 1974 Atlanta Braves. He spent the next 28 years as a pitching coach, bullpen coach, minor league instructor, coordinator of instruction and farm system director with the Braves, Orioles, Phillies, Brewers, Cubs, Expos and Red Sox.

He was the pitching coach of the 1980 World Champion Philadelphia Phillies.