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Pages in category "Baseball players from Springfield, Illinois" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. E.
The first season of the Springfield Cardinals began auspiciously as they won the Midwest League's Central Division with an 83–53 record, 13 + 1 ⁄ 2 games ahead of the second place Beloit Brewers. [12] The league championship was determined by a two-round, four-team playoff among the winners of the three divisions plus a wild-card team.
Kirk Wesley Rueter (/ ˈ r iː t ər / REE-ter; [1] born December 1, 1970), nicknamed "Woody", [2] is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 13 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), primarily for the San Francisco Giants. He also played for the Montreal Expos who had drafted him in 1991.
Knoedler was originally drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 41st round (1218th overall) in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft out of Springfield High School but did not sign with them. He was also taken in the 13th round (391st overall) of the 2000 MLB Draft (after playing at Lincoln Land Community College ) by the San Francisco Giants .
The Springfield Browns was a primary moniker of the minor league baseball teams based in Springfield, Illinois between 1931 and 1950. Springfield teams played as members of the Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1931–1932), Mississippi Valley League (1933), Central League (1934), Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League (1935, 1938–1942, 1946–1949) and Mississippi-Ohio Valley League (1950 ...
A season ago, Rochester lost to Champaign Central 4-2 in a run to the Class 3A Lincoln Sectional title game. Eli Carlson (2-0, 1.50 ERA, 25 strikeouts in 14 innings pitched) and Swaney (2-0, 1.79 ...
He spent the next several years coming up through the Cardinals minor league farm system with stops in Johnson City, Arkansas, and Springfield, Illinois. Ramsey eventually made his Major League debut with the Cardinals on September 4, 1978, and would play his final game with the Los Angeles Dodgers on May 30, 1985.
The Lincoln Land Community College baseball team has long championed a legacy of success. Over the last 55 years, the Loggers have sported just two head coaches: Claude Kracik and Ron Riggle.