Herb Pennock Park - A History

Herb Pennock Park - A History. . , In 1971, Mr. John W. Manfredi approached the Kennett , Borough Council about building a baseball field on what , was a landfill in Kennett. He received approval and work , began in the summer of 1971. Later that summer, Mr. , Manfredi and his friends from the Italian American club and , Hewlett Packard started with 2 teams and played 5-6 games. , The following year, a league of 8 teams was formed. This , league turned into the Sam Tavoni Slow Pitch Softball , League. The league still plays today under the direction of , the Kennett Area Park and Recreation Board. The land Mr. , Manfredi and his friends turned into a baseball field has , evolved into Herb Pennock Park., The park is named after Herbert Jeffries Pennock. , Herb Pennock (Feb. 10, 1894 -Jan. 30, 1948) was born in , Kennett Square, PA and was a professional baseball pitcher. , He played major league baseball from 1912 through 1934. , Pennock played for the Philadelphia Athletics (1912-15); the , Boston Red Sox (1915-17, 1919-22, 1934); and the New York , Yankees (1923-33). As a pitcher, Mr. Pennock had 241 career , victories and was a 5-time World Series champion. He is a , member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.