When it comes to the Amateur Softball Association Pa. Hall of Fame, Butler resident Ron Wissinger has been there, done that.

But now he’s getting some company.

The entire Maroadi Transfer team, with which 2013 HOF inductee Wissinger was a first baseman, will be inducted at the HOF’s annual banquet Saturday in Grantville.

Ken Wissinger of Saxonburg was a pitcher-third baseman for Maroadi Transfer while Bob Babcock of West Sunbury was the team’s catcher. Babcock pitched for parts of three seasons with the Texas Rangers.

The team, based out of Western Pennsylvania, won six consecutive age 45-over national championships from 1997 through 2002.

“We’re excited about this,” team manager Joe Baney said. “There will be 25 of those guys on hand to be inducted and every one of them deserves it.

“We went six years without losing a game in world championship play. There was a 10-run (mercy) rule and we beat every team that way.”

Maroadi Transfer actually won eight national titles in 10 years, winning two and finishing national runner-up twice in the 40-under division.

“Our team was older than most of the ones we played at 40-over,” Ron Wissinger pointed out. “Once we bumped up to 45-over, we dominated.”

The team’s batting average was approximately .650 and it averaged 28 runs per game while allowing 10 to 15 runs per contest.

“Defense is what set us apart,” Wissinger said. “We had speed and great fielders at every position. In slow-pitch softball, everyone can hit, so it was a feat to hold the opposition to what we did.

“With our speed in the outfield, we were able to play a fifth infielder, a rover wherever we needed him, and that took away a lot of hits.”

In the 45-over division, a team is only allowed to hit three home runs per game.

Baney said 80 percent of the players on the team had already played softball for him at some point. The other 20 percent were players he had seen in action.

“They were good enough to play for me and they came on board,” Baney said. “I built a team around defense, speed and good base-hitters. My power hitters were good enough to adapt to getting base-hits once our allotted home runs were used up.”

Ken Wissinger lauded Baney’s efforts in putting the team together.

“A lot of that team came about through word of mouth,” he said. “Joe heard about a good player, he’d watch him and pick him up.

“Everybody on the team knew his job and did it. Those were enjoyable years.”

ASA Pa. Commissioner Guy Demaio nominated Maroadi Transfer for induction.

“A lot of those guys played ball together all the way, from 35-over, 40-over, etc,” Demaio said. “They just got better and better with each year.

“They weren’t really big guys, but some of them could hit a softball a country mile. Winning all of those national titles was something all of Western Pennsylvania could be proud of. I never saw a team better than that one.”

The team won national tournaments in Alabama, Oklahoma, Arizona, Washington and Texas. It played against younger teams in a West Mifflin League “and won the games there most of the time,” Ron Wissinger said.

At ages 64 and 66, respectively, Ron and Ken Wissinger still play competitive softball. Both of their teams won the Tournament of Champions title in their age divisions last month in Tampa, Fla.

The ASA Pa. Hall of Fame has more than 150 individual members and has existed since 1974. Maroadi Transfer will be the third team to be inducted, joining the New Castle-based Iron Dukes (2012) and Reading Rising Suns (2010).