Baseball in Belleville

Player Roster

Players who played for teams in Belleville, Illinois, during its tenure as an Illinois State League or Mississippi-Ohio Valley League city (both are Midwest League predecessors). This list includes all players I can identify, coaching staff members, and selected front office staff. There are almost certainly players missing from this list, as the available sources are known to be incomplete.

Players who played in Belleville for more than one season are listed for each season.

70 different players are listed on this page (6 of whom played in the majors), as are 8 non-playing personnel; some are listed more than once.

My intention is to include everyone who wore a Belleville uniform on an ISL or MOV diamond. While the information here is intended to be both complete and accurate, it's likely that there are omissions and the scale of the project guarantees errors; there's a lot of data here, from a variety of sources, all of which was originally in another format.

I will correct errors, or fill in missing birthdates and uniform numbers as I learn of them. Feel free to help; just drop me a line. Thanks.

There's more information about the MWL Roster project on my blog, A Dabbler's Journal.

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Socrates Anthony        0/0/1925        Browns          1947            
        Charles Asbury          0/0/1929        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Ted Birkeland           0/0/1928        Yankees         1949            
        Mike Blyzka             12/25/1928      Browns          1948            MLB
        Herb Bracken            0/0/1919        Yankees         1949            
        Clarence Brand          0/0/1927        Browns          1947            
        Adolph Brown            0/0/1928        Browns          1947            
        Dick Busby              0/0/1929        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Al Callo                0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            
        Joe Camacho             5/29/1928       Browns          1948            
        Bob Cherek              0/0/1925        Browns          1947            
        Dave Conrad             0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Bob Cruse               0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Herb Davis              0/0/1928        Yankees         1949            
        Walt DeFreitas          1/19/1918       Browns          1947    Manager 
        Shan Deniston           0/0/1919        Browns          1948    Manager 
        Ken Dickhens            0/0/1927        Yankees         1949            
        Barry Dosser            0/0/1928        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Harley Eaves            0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Dom Fontana             0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Bob Freels              0/0/1929        Browns          1947            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Gabler             10/2/1930       Yankees         1949            MLB
        Walt Gilbo              0/0/1929        Browns          1948            
        Bill Goodwin            0/0/1927        N/A             1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Gene Haley              0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Jim Hardcastle          0/0/0000        N/A             1949            
        Don Harman              0/0/1929        Yankees         1949            
        Don Hensiek             0/0/1927        Browns          1948            
        John Hitt               0/0/1928        Yankees         1949            
        C.C. Hoffman            0/0/0000        N/A             1947    GM/League VP    
        C.C. Hoffman            0/0/0000        N/A             1948    GM/League VP    
        John Howson             0/0/1927        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Weldon Idol             0/0/1926        Browns          1947            
        Ed Ittner               0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Harry Kelly             0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Pete Konyar             0/0/1929        Browns          1948            
        Alex Kozy               0/0/1930        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Howard Lavigne          0/0/1927        Browns          1948            
        Harry Lawrence          0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Ed Lubanski             0/0/1929        Browns          1947            
        Art Lucchesi            0/0/1923        Browns          1947            
        Charles Luebbers        0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Tom Mankey              0/0/1928        Browns          1947            
        Dick Martz              0/0/1928        Browns          1947            
        Bob Mather              0/0/1928        Browns          1947            
        Ambrose Medina          2/9/1924        Browns          1947            
        Ken Michael             0/0/1926        Browns          1947            
        Bunny Mick              2/28/1926       Yankees         1949            
        Malcolm Mick            2/28/1926       Yankees         1949    Manager 
        Bob Miskell             0/0/1930        Yankees         1949            
        Burl Moffitt            0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            
        Ron Moss                0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            
        Les Mueller             3/4/1919        Yankees         1949    Manager MLB

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Stan Nassif             0/0/1926        Browns          1948            
        Jerry Nemitz            0/0/1920        Browns          1948    Manager 
        Addie Nesbit            0/0/0000        N/A             1947    President       
        Addie Nesbit            0/0/0000        N/A             1948    President       
        Addie Nesbit            0/0/0000        N/A             1949    Manager/President/GM    

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Glenn Piland            3/23/1925       Yankees         1949            
        Bill Pilgram            0/0/1929        Browns          1947            
        Harry Poelker           0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            
        Charles Popovich        0/0/1928        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Frank Radosevich        0/0/0000        Browns          1948            
        Jim Rinehart            0/0/0000        Browns          1948            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Joe Sadowski            3/24/1924       Browns          1948            
        Frank Saucier           5/28/1926       Browns          1948            MLB
        Frank Scarpace          0/0/1928        Browns          1948            
        Clarence Schambon       0/0/1925        Browns          1947            
        Ken Schreiber           0/0/0000        Browns          1947            
        Quincy Smith            0/0/1921        Yankees         1949            
        Paul Stegman            0/0/1924        Browns          1947            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Hal Taylor              0/0/1927        Yankees         1949            
        Bud Thomas              3/10/1929       Browns          1947            MLB
        Omer Tolson             7/25/1926       Browns          1947            
        Bob Turley              9/19/1930       Browns          1948            MLB
        Ralph Turley            0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Jack Urban              12/5/1928       Yankees         1949            MLB

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        John Waltman            0/0/1928        Browns          1948            
        Howard Weiland          0/0/0000        Yankees         1949            
        Clarence Wheeler        0/0/1928        Yankees         1949            

 #      Name                    DOB             Organization    Year    Pos
        Joseph Yurkovich        0/0/0000        Yankees         1949    Manager 

If you can help fill the gaps in this information, please drop me a line. Thanks.

Sources

• Assorted Sporting News Baseball Guides and Registers.
• Assorted Baseball Blue Books and related publications.
• Belleville Yearbooks and scorecard inserts in my collection.
• Scorecard inserts.