Sal Sevigny, prevented by a broken leg from attending spring training with the Boston Red Sox, batted .319 in the Warren versus Bristol Baseball Little World Series.

Having starred for the Warren Football Wanderers in 1923 and 1924 (he also ran wild in the following season), Leo played in the Little World Series for the first time in 1925. 

Over the next twelve years he showed the fans how the catcher’s position should be played.  In 1925 he hit .600, while ten years later in 1935 he was “only” able to notch an average of .500.  In one inning of that latter Series, Sal picked a runner off second base, threw out a runner attempting to steal second, and threw out a “good bunter” at first.

He was a member of the 1924 and 1925 Champions Independents, the 1926 Champions Nelcos, and the 1931 Champions Narries, for whom he hit .455.  He was the league’s All Star catcher in 1935.

The Warren Twilight League championship of 1931 was one of only three in which Leo participated that year.  He was also a title team member of the East Providence Townies in the Providence Amateur League and the Colonial Hotel in the Bristol Twilight League.  He hit .325 and .395, respectively, in those two leagues. 

In 1932 he reported to the Boston Red Sox northern training camp and was scheduled to travel to their Florida spring training in 1933 before he broke his leg.  He then played for the Lowell team in the New England Baseball League from 1933 to 1935.  During that period he defeated Providence College’s Birdie Tebbetts, later a star with the Red Sox, in a throwing contest.

Described as “a basketball player of exceptional ability” by the Warren and Barrington Gazette, Sal won the small bore and high powered individual titles at the 1941 Rhode Island State Rifle and Revolver Association Championships.

Picture from Hall of Fame archives