Bruce Meade is probably the most recognized slow pitch player of his generation, He also has many homers in his career, but was known more for his high batting averages. According to reliable sources, he has led the nation in batting an unprecedented 5 times. He started out his career in Florida playing for Copher Brothers and Warren Motors before moving on to Nelson’s Painting. He then went to play for such renowned teams as Dave Carroll’s, Jerry’s Caterers, Elite Coatings, Smythe Sox, Steele’s Sports, Ritch’s-Kirk’s and Starpath. Finally he came back home to play for Vernon’s. Meade has won three MVP awards on the national championship level (2 ASA’s and a USSSA). He has also had some of the greatest single seasons in history. Here are some of the seasonal stats in Bruce Meade’s career. He led the nation in batting five of these years. Meade was named to 25 All-World teams in his long glorious career. This figure will rise each year as he is also piling up many all world honors on the senior circuit these days. Meade was the first player in softball history elected to all four association’s Hall of Fames. He gained election into the USSSA Hall of Fame in 1989, the NSA Hall of Fame in 1992, the ASA Hall of Fame in 1999 and the ISA Hall of fame in 2003.
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1974 Manatee County Stars 1975 385 256 140 .641 Copher Brothers (74 games, 2.75 HRF) 1976 387 273 131 .705 Warren Motors (2.95 HRF) 1977 622 475 215 .764 Nelson's Painting (2.89 HRF) 1978 437 315 175 .720 Nelson's Painting (110 games, 2.5 HRF) 1979 460 319 198 .693 Nelson's Painting and Nelco Mfg. (110 games, 2.32 HRF) 1980 653 494 230 .757 Dave Carroll Sports (130 games, 2.84 HRF) 1981 636 488 247 .767 Dave Carroll's Skoal Bandits and Jerry's Caterers (2.57 HRF) 1982 308 217 104 .705 Jerry's Caterers (2.96 HRF) 1983 404 298 138 .738 Jerry's Caterers (2.73 HRF) 1984 625 435 229 .696 Jerry's Caterers and Steele's (125 games total, 2.73 HRF) 1985 487 363 200 .746 Elite Coatings (110 games, 2.44 HRF) 1986 466 338 175 .725 Smythe Sox (2.66 HRF) 1987 400 288 160 .720 Smythe Sox (2.50 HRF) 1988 162 120 80 .741 Smythe Sox (2.03 HRF) - team folded 110 71 33 .645 Steele's Sports (3.33 HRF) 272 191 113 .702 Season Total (2.41 HRF) 1989 393 279 150 .710 Ken Michael's (2.62 HRF) 1990 185 124 52 .670 Ritch's/Kirks (3.56 HRF) 1991 357 241 130 .675 Starpath (2.75 HRF) 1992 288 187 81 .649 Starpath (3.56 HRF) 1993 227 145 79 .638 Vernon's (2.87 HRF) 1994 -Retired, traveled doing HR exhibitions Totals 7945 5743 3014 .720 INCOMPLETE - (Estimated to have over 3000 HRs and a Batting Average of .735)
1999 - Senior Softball for Florida Crush (.772, 38 HR) - (Estimated to have over well over 3000 HR and a Batting Average of .735)
