Three former members from the Shenandoah Indians Baseball Team were inducted into the Valley Baseball League Hall of Fame on Sunday July 7, 2019. Larry Dofflemyer, Jim Kite and Lorenzo Bundy, were part of the seven inducted into the 2019 VBL HoF class. The induction ceremony was held during the Valley League All star game at Veterans Park in Harrisonburg Va.
Dofflemyer played for the Elkton Blue Sox (in 1952 and from 1954-1957) and the Shenandoah Indians (1958-1965) and managed Shenandoah from 1970-75, winning two pennants and three VBL championships. Dofflemyer coached and taught for over 30 years at high schools in Madison, Nelson, Shenandoah, Albemarle and Page counties, according to the release.
Bundy, who played college ball at James Madison University and in the Valley League for New Market, played eight seasons and coached for 10 in the minor and Mexican leagues, according to the release. Bundy also held MLB coaching positions for eight years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Colorado Rockies, Miami Marlins and Arizona Diamondbacks.
Kite, who played for the Elkton Blue Sox in 1952, was a player-manager for the Shenandoah Indians from 1960-1963 and won Valley League titles in 1960, 1961 and 1963. He played six years of pro baseball from 1954-1959, the release states.
WAYNE COMER (Elected as Player and Distinguished Career) Inducted in the 2017 Hall of Fame Class
Played for the Shenandoah Indians in 1961, winning a VBL championship Won a World Series in 1968 with the Detroit Tigers, recording a hit in his only at-bat of the series Played 12 seasons of professional baseball, including five in the majors with the Tigers (1967-68, 1972), Seattle Pilots (1969), Milwaukee Brewers (1970) and Washington Senators (1970) Coached at Spotswood High School, winning a Valley District championship and Coach of the Year honors in 2000.
(As coach of the Page County High School Varsity Baseball Team, the Panthers won the Virginia High School League Class 2 Baseball State Championship in 2018 and in 2019 the Panthers set a new state record with 43 consecutive wins.)
See full article from the Valley Baseball website: http://www.valleyleaguebaseball.com/view/valleyleaguebaseball/directory-5/hall-of-fame
Lorenzo Bundy held JMU's career home run record for 25 seasons before being passed by
Michael Cowgill in 2006 and Kellen Kulbacki in 2007. Lorenzo's picture from JMU's Website.
