John Greenleaf led the Cardinals to the McCabe-Waters Little League championship in 1971 and 72 and launched a baseball career that took him half way around the world. A graduate of Immanuel Lutheran School and Bristol Central, he honed his skills as a member of championship teams in Little League and the Bristol Pony League. In the 1972 City Series, he batted .700 and struck out 27 batters. He played baseball and basketball at Bristol Central and led the Bristol American Legion baseball team to three Zone 1 Championships. He was a three-time Zone 1 All-Star and was the leading hitter and MVP of the 1978 American Legion state tournament. He went on to play four years at Concordia College and was recruited to play for the Wembley Baseball Club in Western Australia in 1982. He played and managed in the Western Australia Baseball League for 16 years and was the MVP for the 1983 Wembley Baseball Club and the 1984 Wanneroo Baseball Club. He was the MVP of the Western Australia State Baseball League in 1993. In addition to coaching for both Wembley and Wanneroo, he has coached youth basketball and softball in Australia. He was inducted as a life member of the Wembley Athletic Club of West Australia in 2007 and currently serves as the Senior Events Manager at RAC Perth Arena in Perth, Western Australia.

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