The Phoenixville star who swung for the majors and hit it big caught the best pitch of his career this week when Major League Baseball sportswriters threw 365 votes at him and 437 at Ken Griffey Jr., putting the pair into the Hall of Fame.

In his fourth swing for the hall, Mike Piazza became the most unlikely Hall of Famer of all time, having been drafted with the 1,390th pick in the 62nd round of 1998 after graduating from the Phoenixville High School Class of 1986, according to an ESPN report.

But he made waves in the big leagues quickly, earning Rookie of the Year for the Los Angeles Dodgers and amassing many more awards playing for the Miami Marlins, New York Mets, San Diego Padres and Oakland A’s.

He was “widely considered one of the greatest catchers of his era,” a Phoenixville Patch report stated. “… Piazza was a 12-time All-Star and won the All-Star MVP Award in 1996. He also won the Silver Slugger Award — the best hitter at his position — 10 times throughout this career. But he may perhaps be best known for leading the Mets back to the playoffs, especially during the historic Subway Series of 2000 against the New York Yankees.”

“Incredibly special. Wow,” Piazza said of his election in the ESPN article. “I sat here with my mouth on the floor. … Yogi Berra had like four ballots. Joe DiMaggio had three ballots. And so myself being sort of a student of the history of the game, and having respect for the process, it was nail-biting at times, but I had a tremendous amount of support throughout my career from the writers and the fans.”

Read more about the Hall of Fame vote and Piazza’s storied career on Phoenixville Patch here and ESPN here.