Craig Elliott is considered the greatest player in slow pitch softball history by a lot of people and they wouldn’t be far off by feeling that way. At the end of his career when all was said and done; Craig Elliott made the ASA all-american team from 1977-1987 (11 straight times), he made the USSSA all-world team 6 times between 1981 and 1988, the NSPC all-tournament team 4 times from 1979 through 1983. He was a member of the ISA and NSA national all-tournament team as well. He has also been named the MVP of the Smoky Mountain Classic on three occasions (playing for 3 different teams, 1980 for Jerry’s, 1982 for York-Sanders and 1983 for Elite). In the 1982 classic, Elliott was only 31-39, .795 average with 26 home runs and 48 RBIs. By the way, he did all that in only 6 games. That was the beauty of Craig Elliott, He compiled stats like this that just made people shake their head in amazement. He is a consensus all-time first team player in both the ASA and USSSA.
Year ABs Hits HRs Avg. Team 1973 35 Valley Merchants (7-16, .438, 5 HRs, 8 RBIs at ASA Nationals) 1974 117 Tom's Foods (75 games) 1975 125 .650 Ken Sander's Ford (80 games) 1976 131 .610 Tom's Foods (91 games) 1977 210 .675 Ken Sander's Ford 1978 197 .700 Ken Sander's Ford 1979 219 .718 Ken Sander's Ford 1980 190 .704 Jerry's Caterers 1981 226 .693 York Barbell/Ken Sander's 1982 193 .717 York Barbell/Ken Sander's 1983 753 576 390 .765 Elite Coatings (145 games) 1984 424 300 217 .708 Elite Coatings 1985 830 554 310 .667 Steele's Sports 1986 810 561 337 .693 Steele's Sports 1987 1559 1101 661 .706 Steele's Sports 1988 1801 1287 751 .715 Steele's Sports 1989 1087 694 382 .638 Steele's Sports 1990 397 272 132 .685 TOTAL 117 62 22 .533 Ritch's-Kirks 280 210 110 .750 Stewart's Lounge & Superior (70 games) 1991 DNP- retired 1992 DNP- retired 1993 DNP- retired 1994 DNP- retired 1995 231 153 76 .619 Steele's Hitmen (came out of retirement) 1996 23 14 7 .609 Converters Unlimited (played one tournament) 1997 DNP- retired 1998 DNP- retired 1999 26 16 10 .615 Kelly's Trucking (played one tournament) 2000 Craig's Hitmen/Nike (played a couple local tournaments) Totals 8289 5708 4913 .688
