Rancho Cordova Sports Hall of Fame

Hilton fell in love with baseball as a child in Michigan where he played high school ball well enough to get an invitation for a tryout with the Detroit Tigers. He played one year of college ball at Sonoma State, and coached baseball at Mills Jr. High and Cordova High. But Hilton distinguished himself as a player in Men’s Senior Baseball, playing the game into his 80s. He was inducted into the Sacramento Men’s Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009, accumulating nine championship rings from the Phoenix World Series and one from the Men’s Senior Baseball League Fall Classic.