RICHARD BOMBARD

Inducted in 2003 Hall of Fame Brother/Brother duo honoree Named to the 1978 All District team while playing for Eastwood High School In the Summer of 1978, he pitched for the host Farmington team in the Connie Mack World Series Offered several baseball scholarships but chose to attend Florida State University Played for Florida State, Gulf Coast Community College and the University of Florida In 1980, he was 8-1 with a 1.81 ERA for Gulf Coast In 1981, he pitched the Gators to a 11-5 win over Kentucky to win the SEC title Led the University of Florida Gators to the SEC tournament championship in 1982 pitching back to back complete games wins over Alabama 7-3 and the championship game victory over Tennessee 9-3 Overall had 30 wins and 9 losses for the Gators with a 3.78 ERA and 23 complete games Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 10th round in 1982 Had a five year minor league career with the Houston Astros organization and spent a year with the Chicago Cubs organization Became a successful pitching coach with the Cincinnati Reds, Detroit Tigers, Boston Red Sox and Anaheim Angels organizations His 1988 staff with the Reds won the Southern League championship leading all teams with a 2.80 ERA His 1992 Lakeland team won the Florida State championship In 1995, his Jacksonville team led the Southern League with a team ERA of 4.01 Named International League All Star Pitching Coach in 2000 In 2002, one of his pitchers Tomo Ohka threw a 77 pitch perfect game