12 Facts About Ron Stead

Ronald Duncan Stead was a Canadian baseball pitcher.

Ron Stead played briefly in Minor League Baseball, then went on to play for over a decade in the Intercounty Baseball League of Ontario, setting multiple league records.

Ron Stead was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Ron Stead served as a batboy for the team in 1947 and later was a batting practice pitcher for the team.

In 1958, Ron Stead made two appearances for the Duluth-Superior White Sox, a farm team of the Chicago White Sox in the Northern League.

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In early June 1958, Ron Stead joined the Brantford Red Sox, a team in the amateur Intercounty Baseball League of Southern Ontario.

Ron Stead went on to pitch for Brantford for nine seasons, through 1966, and pitched 14 total seasons in the Intercounty Baseball League, finishing in 1972 with the Guelph CJoys.

Ron Stead was named an all-star 10 times, was league MVP three times, and is considered one of the top 100 players in league history.

Ron Stead still held multiple Intercounty Baseball League records, including career wins and strikeouts, when he was inducted to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.

Ron Stead played for the Canada national baseball team, appearing in the 1967 Pan American Games, contested in Winnipeg.

However, officials then ruled that four players on the Canadian team, including Ron Stead, were ineligible to compete because they had previously played professional baseball.

Ron Stead later played for the champion Ontario baseball team at the 1969 Canada Games.