Baseball in Clinton

Highlights

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

Notable Seasons

• 1954
  • David Jiminez (20 wins, 249 strikeouts; 9 games with less than 5 hits)
  • John Wrye (19 triples)
• 1955
  • Benjamin Rich (199 strikeouts)
  • Clement Yaskowitz (21 double plays at catcher)
• 1956
  • Arturo Miro (22 wins [19 consecutive wins])
  • Thomas Huber (.345 BA)
  • Stan Wentzel (116 runs batted in)
• 1957
  • Dick Lines (1.80 ERA)
• 1961
  • Dick Kenworthy (22 home runs)
• 1963
  • Ed Stroud (116 runs scored)
  • Jerome Rozmus (1.44 ERA)
• 1965
  • team batting average was .211
  • team scored only 376 runs in 117 games
• 1968
  • Lorenzo Lanier (99 runs scored, 132 hits)
• 1970
  • Wilbur Howard (142 hits)
• 1972
  • Fred Bruntrager (1.67 ERA)
• 1973
  • Gerald Tyler (168 strikeouts, 2.17 ERA)
• 1975
  • team allowed only 26 home runs
• 1977
  • Dave Stewart (17 wins)
• 1979
  • Mitch Webster (.326, 154 hits)
• 1980
  • Scott Garrelts (159 strikeouts)
• 1982
  • Mark Grant (16 wins, 243 strikeouts)
    • 13 games with 10 or more strikeouts
• 1985
  • Keith Silver (17 wins, 2.24 ERA)
• 1987
  • Clinton pitchers truck out 1188 opposing hitters
  • Bryan Hickerson (11 wins, no losses)
  • Paul McClellan (209 strikeouts)
  • Trevor Wilson (2.01)
  • Gregg Ritchie (.337)
  • Tod Ronson (44 doubles)
• 1988
  • Mark Dewey (1.43 ERA)
• 1989
  • Joel Estes (pitcher; surrendered 14 intentional walks)
• 1990
  • Roger Miller (.996 fielding average at catcher)
  • Jason McFarlin (73 stolen bases)
• 1991
  • Salomon Torres (16 wins, 214 strikeouts, 1.41 ERA)
  • Dan Carlson (16 wins)
  • Rod Huffman (35 saves)
• 1996
  • Brandon Kolb (16 wins)
• 1993
  • team had 52 saves
• 1997
  • Rodney Lindsey (70 stolen bases)
• 2000
  • Francisco Rios (21 game hitting streak)

Notable Games

• July 27, 1955
  • Stanley Malec (hit by pitch 3 times)
• August 20, 1957
  • Dick Lines (no hitter; Decatur, 6-0 [7 innings])
• May 11 through 25, 1958
  • team lost 15 consecutive games
• May 22, 1958
  • 12 team errors in 10-6 loss to Michigan City
• June 2, 1959
  • Thomas Fisher (no hitter; Paris, 1-0)
• June 13, 1959
  • Bobby Lee Smith (4 homers, 10 runs batted in)
• June 19, 1960
  • Scott Seger (no hitter; Quincy, 3-0 [7 innings])
• July 4, 1960
  • James Evans (surrendered 18 hits)
• May 16, 1961
  • Tony Gonzales (hit by pitch 3 times)
• August 18, 1961
  • team had 21 hits and surrendered 21 hits to Kokomo
• May 23, 1963
  • Bill Dawson (no hitter; Fox Cities, 10-0 [7 innings])
• June 23, 1964
  • Norbert Rodgers (no hitter; Quincy, 2-0 [7 innings])
• June 11, 1967
  • John Lamb (no hitter; Quad City, 3-0 [7 innings])
• June 22, 1967
  • Joe Barnett (no hitter; Quincy, 2-0 [7 innings])
• July 19, 1967
  • Bill Laxton (permitted 5 sacrifice bunts)
• August 25, 1967
  • Bill Laxton (no hitter; Waterloo, 2-1 [7 innings])
• August 7, 1970
  • John Conzatti (no hitter; Quad Cities, 2-0 [6 innings])
• May 3, 1972
  • Larry Bracco (no hitter; Waterloo won game, 0-1 [7 innings])
• April 24, 1974
  • Esteban Vasquez (4 third base double plays)
• May 15, 1978
  • Russell McDonald (no hitter; Wausau, 1-0 [7 innings])
• July 16, 1978
  • Jim Nobles (no hitter; Wisconsin Rapids, 7-1 [7 innings])
• August 10 through 12. 1979
  • team had 4 consecutive shutout wins
• June 4, 1980
  • Jerry Stovall (no hitter; Wausau, 2-0 [7 innings])
• April 20, 1981
  • Greg Bangert (no hitter; Burlington, 4-1 [7 innings])
• July 23 through August 17, 1982
  • Mark Grant (42 consecutive shutout innings)
• August 12, 1982
  • Mark Grant (no hitter; Danville, 9-0)
• May 9, 1983
  • Ramon Bautista (no hitter; Appleton, 2-0 [7 innings])
• August 10, 1983
  • Ed Stewart (8 putouts at third base [21 inning game])
  • Clinton stranded 20 baserunners in this game
• May 14, 1987
  • William Mijares (14 chances at SS)
• April 22, 1989
  • Steven Gray (5 errors at second base)
• July 6, 1989 [completed August 17, 1989]
  • the MWL's longest game (25 innings; 7:37)
    • Waterloo 4, Clinton 3
    • Clinton had 88 at bats, stranded 21 baserunners, stole 8 bases
    • Clinton struck out 31 Waterloo batters
    • Eddie Tucker & Rueben Smiley each had 11 ABs
    • Anthony Michalak (18 chances [12 putouts] at third base)
    • team had 101 total fielding chances (72 putouts/26 assists/3 errors)
• April 17 through June 28, 1990
  • Roger Miller (62 consecutive games at catcher w/o errors)
• August 13, 1990
  • Richard Huisman (8 consecutive strikeouts [vs Springfield])
• April 27 through May 16, 1991
  • Rodney Huffman (9 consecutive save conversions)
• June 28 through August 10, 1991
  • Ricky Ward (41 consecutive third base games without an error)
• May 14, 1992
  • Chuck Wanke (no hitter; Peoria, 5-3)
• June 16, 1993
  • team had 17 hits and surrendered 25 hits to Burlington
• May 7 through 10, 1994
  • Benji Simonton reached base 14 consecutive times
• August 4, 1996
  • Jim Sak & Todd Buzza (no hitter; Burlington, 3-0)
• August 16, 1998
  • Brent Horsman (2 outfield double plays)
• May 19, 1999
  • Clinton 3, Quad City 2 (21 innings; 5:49)
• May 23, 2000
  • Bobby Cripps (6 runs batted in)
• July 19, 2000
  • Josh Spoerl (hit for cycle)
• August 3, 2000
  • Scott Dunn (perfect game; Lansing, 7-0)

Otherwise Notable

• Triple Plays by Team: 9 (through 1999)