Drabek Named to SW Conference HOF Class
7/14/2016 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
WACO, Texas â€" Houston Baseball Great and Cy Young winner Doug Drabek has been announced as part of the 2016 Southwest Conference Hall of Fame Class, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame (TSHOF) released this week.
The 2016 class will honor Joe Kleine (Arkansas), Roger Goree (Baylor), Doug Drabek (Houston), Valerie (Tullock) Cramer (Rice), Janet Ely (SMU), Travis Mays (Texas), Dave Elmendorf (Texas A&M), Mike Renfro (TCU) and Del Ray Mounts (Texas Tech), at a ceremony on Monday, September 26, 2016.
Drabek attended Houston and played three seasons for the Cougars. As a member of team from 1981-83, Drabek holds the record for Houston wins in a career with 27 and is also second on the all-time record list for wins in a season with 12 in 1983 and holds the second-best winning percentage in a season with .800 (12-3), also in 1983.
The Victoria, Texas native also threw the third no-hitter in UH history in the midst of that memorable season. In his three-year career with the Cougars, Drabek posted six shutouts and compiled 268 innings of work.
He was honored in November 1996 when the Houston Baseball program retired his jersey number of 16. Drabek is only one of three Cougars to have their jersey number retired within the program. He was then honored again in 2000 when he was inducted into the Houston Athletics Hall of Honor.
Following his junior year, Drabek was drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 11th round of the June 1983 MLB Draft and signed on June 11. In the 1990 season for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Drabek led the National League in wins en route to earning the NL Cy Young Award. He was also selected as an All-Star in 1994 while with the Houston Astros.
Drabek becomes the 16th Cougar and first Houston baseball player to be inducted into the prestigious Hall of Fame, which featured greats like Otis Birdsong (MBB), Billy Ray Brown (GOLF), Fred Couples (GOLF), Clyde Drexler (MBB), Elvin Hayes (MBB), David Klingler (FB), Carl Lewis (WTF), Carl Lewis (MTF), Guy V. Lewis (MBB), Hakeem Olajuwon (MBB), Tom Tellez (MTF), Andre Ware (FB), Wilson Whitley (FB), Dave Williams (GOLF), and Bill Yeoman (FB).
Sponsored by the Texas Sports Hall of Fame, the Southwest Conference (SWC) Hall of Fame induction ceremony and luncheon will be held at the historic Hilton Fort Worth Downtown Hotel at 11:30 AM.
"We have another outstanding group of players who exemplify what made the Southwest Conference so great: They were tough, hard-working and represented their schools with pride," said Jared Mosley, the President/CEO of the Texas Sports Hall of Fame. "The Southwest Conference Hall of Fame exists because sports in the southwest is legendary, and it's legendary because of athletes like these."
The Southwest Conference Hall of Fame is one of four separate halls of fame housed within the Texas Sports Hall of Fame's physical structure. They include the Texas High School Football Hall of Fame, the Texas Tennis Hall of Fame, the Texas Sports Hall of Fame and now, the Southwest Conference Hall of Fame.
More on the 2016 Hall of Fame Class, CLICK HERE.
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