Baseball Museum
Local Baseball Heroes
Avon Park has sent an extraordinary roll of ballplayers from its sandlots and high school diamonds to the Major Leagues. From All-Stars and Silver Sluggers to World Series champions and managers, this page honors the players and baseball figures who put Avon Park on the national baseball map.
If you know of someone who belongs here, tell us. A name and a few dates are enough to start.
Baseball
Dee Strange-Gordon
1988
Avon Park High School alumnus who captured the 2015 National League batting and stolen-base titles, earned two All-Star selections, and invests in Avon Park youth baseball.
Hal McRae
1945
Avon Park native who learned the game on Castle Street, spent nineteen seasons in Major League Baseball, won the 1985 World Series, and became the American League's premier designated hitter.
Tom 'Flash' Gordon
1967
Avon Park High School standout who pitched twenty-one seasons in Major League Baseball, recorded forty-six saves for Boston in 1998, and won the 2008 World Series.
