Inductee #7 (2004)
	12 Lee McLaurine | P Hometown: Laverne, OK School: Laverne High School Played from 1969-71 College: None Pro: Minor Leagues (Astros) Notes: Owns record for lowest ERA in a single season (0.73). Signed professionally out of high school with the Astros.

You could pretty much mark a game down as a "W" when Lee McLaurine took the mound in a Traveler jersey. All he did was win.

McLaurine is considered by many to be the second best lefthanded Traveler pitcher of all-time, behind only Don Carman. The Laverne native was as close to an automatic victory as you could get, going a combined 20-1 in his final two summers (1970-71).

In fact, Lee set an amateur record in 1971 by winning 20 consecutive starts on the mound. It could have - and probably would have been - a longer streak, but the 20th straight win was the last game he ever pitched as an amateur. He signed a professional contract the next day with the Houston Astros and went off to begin his pro career.

McLaurine played 10 years in pro ball. He eventually was acquired by the Brewers organization where he pitched his final four seasons at the Triple-A level, never making it to the show.

Lee used an assortment of pitches to keep hitters off balance, and his best was a wicked curveball that rarely got hit hard. He used his savvy on the mound to put together the lowest ERA ever for a Traveler pitcher (minimum of 60 innings) at a microscopic 0.73 in 1970. It is a record that has stood for more than 35 years.

McLaurine's lone loss as a Traveler came in 1970 when future Kansas City Royals catcher Daryl Porter hit a ninth inning homerun for Oklahoma City Reynolds.

In addition to his great makeup and dominant curveball, Lee also had one of the best pick-off moves to first base that his legion coach Bob Ward can ever recall seeing. "When Lee was on the bump, the running game from first was non-existent," said Ward.

In one of the most comical moments of McLaurine's Traveler career (at a game at Burns Flat), Lee picked over to check a runner at first. When the first baseman caught the ball there was no runner to tag. The runner thought the ball had went to the plate and was shuffling towards second base. In the end, the first baseman had to walk out and tag the runner.

Lee now resides back in his hometown of Laverne and is still an avid fan of Traveler baseball.

The picture at the top of the page was featured in the Woodward newspaper and was taken the day before McLaurine left Laverne in pursuit of a pro career.