Baseball in Decatur

Highlights

This page lists season and game highlights for the teams and players in Decatur, Illinois.

Notable Seasons

• 1952
  • Carlos Paula (.334, 91 RBI)
• 1953
  • Luis Herrera (17-9, 2.87)
  • Gonzalo Chenard (105 runs scored)
  • James Freeman (.286, 10 HR, 106 RBI)
  • Juan Garcia (18 wins)
• 1954
  • John Lucadello (.362, 74 RBI)
  • John Bumgarner (22 wins, 2.67)
    • 92 fielding chances at pitcher; 73 assists
• 1955
  • Richard Hicks (pitcher; allowed/victim of 21 sacrifice hits)
• 1956
  • Lincoln Duncan (.349)
• 1957
  • team had 71 complete games
  • Bill Garcia (3.02 ERA)
    • 58 fielding chances at pitcher w/o an error
  • Al Sanders (2.85 ERA)
  • Galen Williams (.324)
  • Bob Moegle (13 HR, 105 RBI)
• 1958
  • Cliff Adams (16-8)
• 1959
  • Joel McDaniel (22-9, 212 strikeouts, 26 CG, 9 shutouts)
• 1960
  • Bob Sprout (15-7, 2.61, 264 strikeouts)
    • 9 games with less than 4 hits
• 1962
  • John Price (.312, 22 HR, 88 RBI)
• 1963
  • Nick DeMatteis (14-6, 1.95, 237 strikeouts)
  • team had 142 wild pitches
• 1964
  • Clarence Stanley (15 HR, 93 RBI)
  • Joseph McKirahan (208 strikeouts)
  • DeGold Francis (47 passed balls)
  • team had 83 passed balls
• 1965
  • Nestor Chavez (2.15 ERA)
• 1967
  • Bob DeLong (15-6, 1.97, 191 strikeouts; 9 shutouts)
• 1968
  • Roe Skidmore (27 HR, 94 RBI)
  • Steve Sibley (2.01 ERA)
• 1969
  • Leo Mazzone (15-10, 2.52)
• 1971
  • Larry Milbourne (156 hits)
  • John D'Aquisto (244 strikeouts)
• 1972
  • Ricardo Guerra (21 HR)

Notable Games

• May 31, 1952
  • Edward Garrett (no hitter; Mt Vernon, 5-1)
• July 28, 1954
  • John Bumgarner (no hitter; Clinton, 1-0)
• August 3, 1958
  • Gerald Fields (no hitter; Clinton, 5-0)
• May 19, 1959
  • Joel McDaniel (no walks to Waterloo in 12 inning game)
• August 18, 1960
  • Bob Sprout (no hitter; Waterloo, 3-0--with 22 strikeouts!)
• June 20, 1961
  • Vern Orndorff (perfect game; Clinton, 3-0 [7 innings])
• August 26, 1962
  • Michael Roberts (6 HR surrendered to Dubuque)
• July 5, 1963
  • Decatur scored 15 runs in 1st inning (beat QC, 16-3)
• August 13, 1963
  • Ollie Brown (no hitter; Wisconsin Rapids, 8-0)
• May 9, 1965
  • Quincy 25, Decatur 0 (7 innings!)
• May 27 through August 18, 1965
  • Nestor Chavez (17 consecutive complete games)
• June 7, 1966
  • Jesse Huggins (no hitter; Wisconsin Rapids, 1-0 [7 innings])
• June 29, 1969
  • Eugene Cook (12 third base assists--7 inning game)
• August 15, 1969
  • Gary Lavelle (no hitter; Clinton, 4-0 [7 innings])
• May 31, 1972
  • Doug Capilla (no hitter; Appleton, 1-0 [7 innings])
• June 12, 1974
  • Jeff Little (no hitter; Dubuque, 1-0 [7 innings])

Otherwise Notable

• May 10, 1954
  • 7 Decatur players were overcome by carbon monoxide returning from a Danville game
    • all recovered quickly

• Triple Plays by Team: 3