The accomplishments of the three previous Hall of Famers can be found here, and we'll add David's accomplishments to this page very soon: http://nfbc.stats.com/baseball/hall_of_fame.asp
David first joined the NFBC in 2005, our second year of existence, thanks to the recommendation of a close friend and immediately made a name for himself. David won the debut NFBC Ultimate League in 2005 and he also finished 3rd in his first Main Event League. In 2006, DiDonato won the $100,000 grand prize and his league title, while finishing 3rd in the Ultimate League. The next year he again won his Main Event League title and finished third in the Ultimate League.
During his 10 seasons in the NFBC, DiDonato has won $310,050, currently the third best winning total in NFBC history. He has entered 36 different leagues during that time, winning 8 league titles, including 3 Main Event League titles, 2 Ultimate League titles (more than anyone else) and 1 Primetime League title. Along with winning the Main Event overall title, he's finished as high as 4th overall in the Draft Champions format in 2013, and 7th (2012) and 9th overall in the NFBC XII (2013). He's won in national contests, he's won in high-dollar private leagues, he's won in 15-team formats and he's won in 12-team formats. It's a resume that is very impressive with plenty of time to add to it.
Congratulations David. You were definitely worthy of this honor before this year, but we're happy to be honoring you now and look forward to the official induction in Las Vegas on Saturday, March 28th at the Bellagio before the Main Event. We know you are a man of few words, so keep the speech under 30 minutes!!
This is a very select class of honorees through 11 seasons of competition, but we know there are several other owners who are very deserving and could easily be added in the next year. We wish everyone the very best this year and we look forward to adding more people to the NFBC Hall of Fame in 2016. We'll celebrate David's accomplishments first, though.
Here's a look at David DiDonato's historical record in the NFBC through 10 years of participation
David DiDonato
Smithfield, Rhode Island
NFBC FACTS:
Entered: 36 leagues since 2005
Won: 8 league titles (22.2%)
2nd: 3 times (30.6% in Top 2)
3rd: 6 times (47.2% in Top 3)
4th: 4 times
5th: 4 times
6th: 2 times
7th: 3 times (30 of 36 in top half of his leagues, 83.3%)
Other finishes: 8th, 10th (3), 13th, 15th
Main Events: 13
1st Place - 3 league titles (plus overall title in 2006)
2nd Place - 1 (30.8% Top 2 finishes)
3rd Place - 2 (46.2% cashed in Main Event)
4th Place - 3
5th Place - 1
7th Place - 1
10th Place - 1
15th Place - 1
David has 7 Top 70 overall finishes in the Main Event. Here is a look at where he has finished through the years in the Main Event overall competition: 1st, 38th, 41st, 53rd, 64th, 65th, 70th, 97th, 117th, 119th, 157th, 231st and 345th.
He is the only NFBC owner to win two Ultimate Draft League titles, and he finished 2nd in our debut Diamond League and 3rd in our debut Platinum League.
Here is David's resume in the NFBC:
2005: 3rd Main Event, 1st Ultimate League
2006: 1st Main Event, 3rd Ultimate League
2007: 1st Main Event, 3rd Ultimate League
2008: 4th Main Event, 1st Ultimate League
2009: 7th Main Event, 6th Online Championship, 5th Ultiamte, 8th, $250 Satellite League
2010: 4th Main Event, 2nd Diamond League, 7th Live Double Play
2011: 3rd Main Event, 3rd Diamond League, 4th Live Double Play
2012: 5th Main Event, 10th Main Event, 2nd NFBC XII, 6th NFBC Diamond, 7th Online Championship
2013: 1st Main Event, 2nd Main Event, 1st NFBC XII, 1st $150 Draft Champions, 5th Online Championship, 13th Diamond League
2014: 4th Main Event, 15th Main Event, 3rd Platinum, 1st Online Championship, 5th Primetime, 10th Online Championship, 10th Draft Champions League
That's a very impressive resume. Please join me in congratulating David DiDonato, our newest NFBC Hall of Famer!!!
it certainly is an honor to be included with Lindy, Steve and Shawn. Looking forward to another fun year!!!! Thank you again. 
