Hall of Fame
He is a member of the class of 1995 and was the first Winthrop baseball player to reach the Major League level as a right handed pitcher. Following his junior year, he was drafted in the second round of the 1994 Major League draft as the 53rd overall pick and later played for the Oakland Athletics and the Milwaukee Brewers. Dale ranks among the Winthrop career pitching leaders in five categories—wins (22), games started (39), complete games (21), strikeouts (236), innings pitched (280.1).