Baseball in Burlington

Highlights

This page lists season and game highlights for the teams and players in Burlington, Iowa.

Notable Seasons

• 1963
  • Paul Lindblad (10 wins, 2 losses; .833)
  • Tommie Reynolds (.332, 88 RBI)
• 1964
  • Eusebio Rosas (111 runs)
  • Rene Lachemann (24 HR)
• 1965
  • Randall Schwartz (94 runs, 29 HR)
  • Tony Pierce (1.84 ERA)
  • Raul Medrano (12 wins, 1 loss; .923)
• 1966
  • Bob Clifton (144 hits)
  • Peter Koegel (4 grand slams)
• 1968
  • George Hendrick (.327)
  • Vida Blue (231 strikeouts)
• 1969
  • Alexis Corro (31 steals)
• 1970
  • Roger Cain (23 HR)
  • Charles Barnes (12 outfield double plays)
• 1971
  • Victor Harris (39 steals)
• 1973
  • Claudell Washington (92 runs scored)
  • Chet Lemon (88 RBI)
• 1977
  • Steve Splitt (97 runs batted in)
  • Jesus Vega (155 hits)
  • Steve Greene (69 steals)
• 1978
  • Bobby G Smith (.336, 172 hits)
  • Bill Foley (34 HR)
• 1979
  • Doug Jones (1.75 ERA)
  • William Lozado (689 total chances at SS)
• 1980
  • Bengie Biggus (2.27 ERA)
  • Kirk Downs (70 errors at SS)
  • Kurtis Kingsolver (122 catcher assists)
  • Team stole 319 bases
• 1983
  • Javier Ortiz (.352)
  • Barry Bass (1.68 ERA)
• 1987
  • Team hit 256 doubles
• 1988
  • Brian Hunter (22 HR)
• 1990
  • Glen Bardner (1418 total chances at 1B; 12 double plays)
• 1993
  • Ugueth Urbina (11 wins, 1 loss; .909)
  • Israel Alcantara (57 Es at 3B)
• 1994
  • Matt Raleigh (34 HR)
• 1995
  • Jesse Ibarra (.330, 34 HR, 96 RBI)
• 1996
  • Deivi Cruz (.980 fielding average at SS)
  • Mark Guseth (.997 fielding average at 1B)
  • Santos Hernandez (56 games finished in relief)
• 1997
  • Darron Ingram (29 HR, 97 RBI; 195 strikeouts[!])
  • Team had 423 extra-base hits (238 2B/42 3B/143 HR)
  • Team had 2006 total bases

Notable Games

• August 14, 1962
  • Charles Ling (no hitter; Keokuk, 6-0)
• July 6, 1963
  • Stanley Wojcik (10 outfield putouts)
• May 6, 1965
  • Don Pierce (no hitter; Fox Cities, 4-0)
• June 29, 1965
  • George Bosworth (no hitter; Cedar Rapids, 3-0)
• May 22, 1966
  • Art Groza (10 consecutive strikeouts, vs. Dubuque--but he lost the game, 3-2)
• June 4, 1966
  • Robert Clifton (18 total chances at second base--10 putouts, 8 assists)
• May 2, 1968
  • Garrett Coleman (4 errors at catcher)
• June 19, 1968
  • Vida Blue (no hitter; Appleton, 4-0 [7 innings])
• May 29 and 30, 1970
  • Gene Dusan (9 consecutive hits)
• May 30, 1970
  • Burlington and Clinton totalled 17 extra base hits; 71 total bases
• April 26, 1971
  • Dennis Meyers (17 strikeouts)
• May 3, 1971
  • Dennis Meyers (8 consecutive strikeouts, 18 total; vs. Quincy)
• July 29, 1972
  • William Daniels (6 wild pitches vs Decatur)
• August 2, 1972
  • Burlington won 1-0 with no hits (Cedar Rapids' Gary Trumbauer was the pitcher)
• August 19, 1972
  • Stanley Bockewitz (3 sacrifice bunts)
• July 8, 1974
  • Matt Keough (4 doubles)
• July 20, 1975
  • Abelino Pena (perfect game; 2-0 [7 innings])
• May 30, 1976
  • 22 inning game; beat Waterloo, 4-3
    • Team had 46 total bases
    • Ed Romero (19 total chances at shortstop; 9 putouts)
    • Teams totalled 66 putouts)
• August 20, 1976
  • Samuel Monteau received 4 intentional walks
• April 16, 1978
  • Team made 17 errors (15 inning game)
  • Manuel Betemit (5 errors at 2B)
• August 10, 1983
  • Burlington and Clinton played 21 innings
    • The teams stranded 37 baserunners
    • Jimmy Foit (11 assists by SS)
• June 20, 1984
  • Bradley Jones (3 double plays, catcher)
• July 1, 1985
  • Larry Klein (11 putouts at 2B)
• June 5, 1988
  • Team had 9 doubles
• July 27, 1991
  • Raymond Montgomery (11 outfield putouts & 1 OF assist)
• May 1, 1992 through July 28, 1993
  • Rich Schulte (111 games without an outfield error)
• June 25, 1992
  • David Wallace (6 errors at 2B)
• May 29, 1994
  • Tomas Perez (10 putouts at 2B)
• August 10, 1995
  • 4 consecutive home runs in 6th inning
    • by Don Denbow, Kevin Watson, Jeff Poor, & Raul Marval
• August 5, 1996
  • Jason Grote (no hitter; Clinton, 8-0)
• August 18 through 26, 1996
  • Team played 9 consecutive errorless games
• July 14, 1997
  • Team had 6 home runs (in a 7 inning game)
• July 18, 1997
  • Brady Clark (3 HR, double)
• May 6, 1998
  • Lance Davis & Dan Timm (no hitter; Quad City, 5-0)
• May 15, 1998
  • Benny Craig (home runs from both sides of the plate)
• July 24, 1998
  • Mark Corey (15 strikeouts)
• May 25, 1999
  • team hit 3 consecutive home runs
• September 13, 1999
  • Eric Battersby (4 home runs; vs. Kane County in a playoff game)

Otherwise Notable

• Triple Plays by Team: 6 (through 2000)