Hall of Fame
Frank Spizuoco, a 1965 graduate, is being inducted into the Peru State College Hall of Fame as a student-athlete.
An outstanding right-hander, Spizuoco was considered one of the best pitchers in the early days of Bobcat baseball, having played from 1961-65. His time on the mound included a no-hitter against Hastings on April 27, 1965, resulting in a 7-0 win for the Bobcats.
When Spizuoco was first nominated in 2001, he was listed in the top ten of eight career- or single-season categories at Peru State. Five of those marks are still in the top ten with the other three still in the top twenty in the Bobcat baseball record book.
His best mark is his 1.35 single-season earned run average in 1965 which is still second among the best baseball records. In addition, some of Spizuoco’s other top single-season marks at that time were seventh in earned run average of 1.89 in 1964 and ninth in single-season strikeouts with 59.
Spizuoco’s top career marks at the end of his career were fourth in earned run average at 2.97 (still sixth-best as of 2020), fourth in career strikeouts with 161, and fourth in career victories with 18.
Following graduation, Frank Spizuoco served his country in many roles which started with a stint in the United States Air Force. He went on to work for nearly 40 years with several different federal agencies.
