Union University Sports Hall of Fame
David Pflasterer came to Union in 1961 from Elsberry, Missouri where he had been selected to the All-State teams in baseball and basketball. He continued to play both sports at Union, but it was on the baseball diamond that he shined most as a bulldog.
The second baseman helped lead the bulldogs to the 1963 NCAA Small College National Championship and a runner-up finish in 1964. His .525 batting average in 1965 still stands as the top batting average for a season.
At the end of his career with the bulldogs in 1965 he was drafted by the San Francisco Giants. He began that year with the Giants rookie league team, but was soon promoted to the farm team in Lexington, North Carolina. He played three more seasons in the Giants minor league system before he decided to “use my good mathematics degree from Union University instead.
David was voted “Most Popular” by his class mates his senior year.
He began working in the aerospace industry for McDonnell Douglas and Boeing in 1968 and continues that work today. He later completed a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Washington University in St. Louis.
