Brilhirion Joins HOF Legends

Friday, October 27th, 2023: Hallalonn Brilhirion was a happy-go-lucky hurler that didn't seem to take baseball too seriously. But Brilhirion was good enough to chalked up 261 victories. Much to the dismay of his managers, the gifted pitcher was fond of making esoteric and philosophical observations like, "People are too hung up on winning. I can get off on a really good helmet throw."

Whether he believed that or not, the baseball writers took his accomplishments on the mound seriously and voted him into the prestigious Tolkien Baseball Hall of Fame.

At his induction today Brilhirion told the press, "I played the game for fun. That didn't mean I wasn't giving it my all. I wouldn't be here today, if I hadn't given it my all."

Brilhirion retired at age 39 and in his superb career compiled a fine ERA of 2.85 with 261 victories and 147 defeats and held opponents to a .342 batting average. All total he pitched in 538 games and struck out 3510 batters in 3780.2 innings.

The eccentric and irreverent pitcher closed out his speech in style: "Baseball's a very simple game. All you have to do is sit on your butt, spit tobacco and nod at the stupid things your manager says."

Little wonder that none of his managers were at the Hall of Fame today.

Posted at June 27, 2011 08:52 PM | more from Dunharrow, more from League News