Midwest League 1999

All-Star Game

West 4, East 0
played at Lansing, June 22, 1999

The 1999 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at Lansing's Oldsmobile Park on Tuesday, June 22. The West won; 14 pitchers threw a one-hitter at the Eastern hitters. This was a remarkable, amazing, and delightful game.

Quad City Catcher Jon Schaeffer, playing DH for the night, was selected Howe SportsData Star of Stars.

Oldsmobile Park, Lansing, Michigan
June 22, 1999

WEST                         EAST 

                  ab r h bi                   ab r h bi 
W. Hill KNC cf     3 0 1 0   Miles MIC 2b      4 0 1 0 
Aguila KNC lf      2 0 0 0   Turnquist MIC 3b  1 0 0 0 
Rodriguez QUA 2b   2 0 1 0   Burroughs FTW 3b  1 0 0 0 
Goudie BEL 2b      2 0 0 0   Kelton LAN 3b     1 0 0 0 
Burress ROC lf-cf  4 0 1 0   Patterson LAN cf  2 0 0 0 
Battersby BUR 1b   2 0 0 0   Meadows LAN lf    1 0 0 0
Leatherman QUA 1b  1 0 0 0   McNeal MIC 1b     2 0 0 0 
Restovich QUA rf   4 0 1 0   Kirby BEL 1b      1 0 0 0 
Christensen CED 3b 2 0 0 0   Goldbach LAN c    2 0 0 0 
Larson ROC 3b      2 0 0 0   Chapman MIC c     1 0 0 0 
Schaeffer QUA dh   3 2 2 0   Loggins FTW rf    2 0 0 0 
J. Hill CED c      2 1 1 1   Porter MIC rf     1 0 0 0 
Miller ROC c       2 0 1 0   Nicholson MIC dh  3 0 0 0 
Wilson PEO ss      1 1 1 1   Beatriz BEL lf-cf 3 0 0 0 
Alvarez QUA ss     1 0 0 1   Alfaro MIC ss     2 0 0 0 
                             Berroa FTW ss     1 0 0 0 
Totals            33 4 9 3   Totals           28 0 1 0

West All-Stars  000 030 001  4
East All-Stars  000 000 000  0

E--Berroa. DP--East 2. LOB--West 7, East 1.. 2B--Schaeffer.
3B--Hill. SF--Alvarez. SB--Schaeffer. 

          IP H R ER BB SO 

West All-Stars 
Therneau ROC   1 0 0  0  0  0 
Averette ROC   1 0 0  0  0  0 
Merrell CLI    1 0 0  0  0  1 
Rincon QUA    .2 1 0  0  0  1 
Griffin PEO   .1 0 0  0  0  0  (Win)
Duarte CED    .2 0 0  0  0  1 
Walrond PEO   .1 0 0  0  0  0 
Hoard QUA     .2 0 0  0  0  1 
Brunette PEO  .1 0 0  0  0  1 
Noyce KNC     .2 0 0  0  0  1 
Rivera QUA    .1 0 0  0  0  0 
Clackum KNC   .2 0 0  0  0  0 
Puffer CLI    .1 0 0  0  0  1 
Meyer ROC      1 0 0  0  0  1 

East All-Stars 
Mears WIS      1 0 0  0  0  1 
Santana MIC    1 0 0  0  0  0 
Redding MIC    1 0 0  0  2  1 
Poe BEL        1 2 0  0  1  0 
Koplove SBD    1 5 3  3  1  0  (Loss)
Torres WIS     1 0 0  0  0  2 
Heams WMI      1 0 0  0  0  0 
Bloomer SBD    1 0 0  0  0  1 
Condrey FTW    1 2 1  1  0  0 

Umpires:
  Home: David Falkavage
  1st:  Troy Penrod
  2nd:  Brice Fielder
  3rd:  Ryan West
  RF:   Chris Hubler
  LF:   Paul Chandler

Attendance: 10,234
Time: 2:09

Box score based on my scorecard for the game.

Team Roster

These players were selected by the Midwest League managers to appear in the 1999 MWL All-Star game. Balloting was conducted in late May.

You may wish to compare these teams with my late-May "Best Player" selections, or with the post-season All-Star team....

Starters

East                       West
c  Jeff Goldbach, LAN         Jason Hill, CR
1b Aaron McNeal, MIC          Eric Battersby, BUR
2b Aaron Miles, MIC           Luis Rodriguez, QC
3b Tyler Turnquist, MIC       Mike Christensen, CR
ss Jason Alfaro, MIC          Jack Wilson, PEO
of Josh Loggins, FTW          Mike Restovich, QC
of Ramy Beatriz, BEL          Andy Burress, ROC
of Corey Patterson, LAN       Willy Hill, KC
dh Derek Nicholson, MIC       Dave Marciniak, QC

Reserves

East                       West
c  Scott Chapman, MIC         Corky Miller, ROC
                              Jon Schaeffer, QC
if Sean Burroughs, FTW        Dan Leatherman, QC
if David Kelton, LAN          Jamie Goudie, CLI
if Scott Kirby, BEL           Brandon Larson, ROC
if Christian Berroa, FTW      Jimmy Alvarez, QC
of Tydus Meadows, LAN         Chris Aguila, KC
of Colin Porter, MIC

Pitchers

East                       West
   J.M. Gold, BEL             Renny Duarte, CR
   Ryan Poe, BEL              Greg Jones, CR
   Clay Condrey, FTW          Phil Merrell, CLI
   Ben Howard, FTW            Brandon Puffer, CLI
   John Blackmore, MIC        Scott Clackum, KC
   Tim Redding, MIC           David Noyce, KC
   Johan Santana, MIC         Justin Brunette, PEO
   Chris Bloomer, SB          Kirk Griffin, PEO
   Mike Koplove, SB           Robert Smith, PEO
   Shane Heams, WM            Les Walrond, PEO
   Aaron Looper, WIS          Brent Hoard, QC
   Chris Mears, WIS           Juan Rincon, QC
   Melqui Torres, WIS         Saul Rivera, QC
   Enmanuel Ulloa, WIS        Robert Averette, ROC
                              Dave Therneau, ROC

• The East team included 10 Michigan Battle Cats; the West team included 9 Quad City River Bandits.
• For the purposes of this game, the Eastern Division included teams in Michigan, Indiana, and Wisconsin; the Western Division included teams in Iowa and Illinois.
• Peoria's Robert (Bud) Smith was promoted before the game and did not appear.