Greater Greenville Baseball Hall of Fame revived

The Greater Greenville Baseball Hall of Fame, inactive for a decade, is getting a jump-start thanks to Greenville native and hall of fame member Randy Phillips.

Phillips, a longtime minor-league hitting instructor, is spearheading the revival along with his wife, Renee.

Four people have been selected for induction into the Greater Greenville Baseball Hall of Fame later this year. They are Eric Jarinko, general manager of the Greenville Drive; former major leaguer Bob Kipper, a Greenville resident and pitching coach of the Drive; Travis Barbary, an Easley native who has held several positions in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization; and Greg Burgess, vice president of operations and grounds for the Drive.

Jarinko and Burgess have been instrumental in making Fluor Field available for college and high school games when the Drive are not at home.

Barbary played baseball at the University of Virginia before beginning his pro career. He is the son of Eddie Barbary, who played at Clemson and was a longtime  coach and educator at Easley High School. Eddie's father, Odell "Red" Barbary, was a 1992 induction into the Greenville group.

Updates are to be posted at the Greater Greenville Baseball Hall of Fame Facebook page

Class of 2024

Travis Barbary - minor league player/instructor

Greg Burgess - Greenville Drive VP of operations and grounds
Eric Jarinko - Greenville Drive general manager

Bob Kipper - major league player, minor league coach

Past inductees
(I've added details of members I know)

Class of 2013

Tommy Lasorda - Greenville Spinners pitcher

Nolan Ryan - Greenville Mets pitcher
Steve DeSalvo - Greenville Braves general manager
Fielden Culbreth  - Inman native, major league umpire
M.V. Voss -  spearheaded American Legion Post 3's baseball program
Elizabeth Mahon - women's professional player.
Craig Brown - Greenville Drive owner

Class of 2012

Randy Phillips - longtime minor league instructor

Alva Phillips - minor league player, area baseball coach

Bob Patterson - Taylors native, major league pitcher

Doug Strange - major league player

Class of 1993

Wiley Williams - minor league player

Walter Barbare Sr. - major league player

Dan Foster - longtime Greenville sportswriter/columnist

Class of 1992

Flint Rhem - major league player

Sam Phillips - instrumental in getting Greenville Braves in 1984

Odell “Red” Barbary - major league player

Class of 1991

Bill Phillips - minor league player, longtime area coach

Joe Anders - minor/textile league player

Class of 1990

Dick Dietz - major league catcher

George Blackwell 

Champ Osteen - major league player

Class of 1989

"Shoeless" Joe Jackson - major league player

Lou Brissie - major league player who was wounded in World War II

Verner Ross - owner of Greenville minor league teams in 1960s-70s