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Pittsfield Cubs
The Pittsfield Cubs, located in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, were a minor league baseball team that played in the Eastern League (1938–2020), Eastern League from 1985 to 1988. They played their home games at Wahconah Park and were affiliated with the Chicago Cubs. History The Cubs were founded in 1985 after an investment group acquired the Double-A (baseball), Double-A franchise rights for $350,000 from the Buffalo Bisons. On the field, the Cubs were successful, making the playoffs in three of four years. In 1987, the team finished first during the regular season, although they failed to win the championship. In addition to Eastern League all-star selections, the team had two Eastern League Most Valuable Players, Rafael Palmeiro in 1986 and Mark Grace in 1987. The team also had two no-hitters during their existence. On August 1, 1985, Johnny Abrego threw a no-hitter against the Harrisburg Senators, Nashua Pirates winning by a 1-0 score. On July 18, 1988, Kris Roth pitched a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Capel
Michael Lee Capel (born October 13, 1961) is an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, the Milwaukee Brewers, and the Houston Astros. In 49 career games, Capel pitched innings, struck out 43 batters, and had a career win–loss record of 3–4 with a 4.62 earned run average (ERA). While he played in MLB, Capel stood at and weighed . A starting pitcher in college and parts of his Minor League Baseball career, he converted to relief pitching while in Chicago's minor league system. The Philadelphia Phillies chose Capel in the 24th round of the 1980 MLB draft, but the 18-year-old did not sign with the team; instead, he opted to attend the University of Texas. Capel played on the 1982 USA College All-Star Team, which competed in the Amateur World Series in Seoul and placed third. The next year, Capel and the Texas Longhorns won the College World Series. After he was drafted by the Cubs, Capel left Texas and signed to p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolando Roomes
Rolando Audley Roomes (born February 15, 1962) is a former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball primarily as an outfielder from 1988 to 1990. He played for the Chicago Cubs, Cincinnati Reds, and Montreal Expos. Early life Roomes was born in Kingston, Jamaica to Vincent and Enid Roomes. He has three brothers. Roomes played cricket as a child, then graduated to baseball after his family relocated to Bushwick, in Brooklyn, New York. He went to Beach Channel High School in Rockaway Park, where he was signed by the Chicago Cubs (on July 14, 1980) as an amateur free agent. His minor league career featured high batting average and strikeout totals. In 1987, Roomes played for the AA Pittsfield Cubs and had a .308 batting average with 135 strikeouts, and followed that up in 1988 with a .301 batting average and 134 strikeouts for the AAA Iowa Cubs. Major league career Roomes remained in the minor leagues for 8 seasons until he made his Major league debu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Palmeiro
Rafael Palmeiro Corrales (born September 24, 1964) is a Cuban-American former Major League Baseball first baseman and left fielder. Palmeiro was an All-American at Mississippi State University before being drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1985. He played for the Cubs (1986–1988), Texas Rangers (1989–1993, 1999–2003), and the Baltimore Orioles (1994–1998, 2004–2005). He was named to the MLB All-Star Team four times, and won the Gold Glove three times. He is one of only seven players in MLB history to be a member of both the 500 home run club and the 3,000 hit club. Days after recording his 3,000th hit, Palmeiro received a 10-game suspension for testing positive for an anabolic steroid. Early life Palmeiro was born in Havana, Cuba but moved to the United States at the age of seven. He graduated from Miami Jackson High School in Miami, Florida. Although he was drafted by the New York Mets in the 8th round of the 1982 draft, he did not sign. College career Palmeiro wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Noce
Paul David Noce (born December 16, 1959) is an American former professional baseball player who played for the Chicago Cubs and the Cincinnati Reds of the Major League Baseball (MLB). He debuted on June 1, 1987, against the Houston Astros. He played in 70 games that year at second base, shortstop, and third base. He didn't appear in the majors again until 1990 with the Cincinnati Reds. He had only one at bat that season, in which he singled. Career Noce attended Washington State University, where he played college baseball for the Cougars from 1979 to 1981. Coaching career Noce served as a coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1992 and 1993. He also coached for the Taepyungyang Dolphins of the KBO in 1993. He also served as the head baseball coach at Hillsdale College in Michigan from 1994 to 2013, stepping down after his 20th season. He notched his 300th win as coach in 2010. In 2016 and 2017, he was the manager for the Eastside Diamond Hoppers of the United Shore Professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Martin (catcher)
Joseph Michael Martin (born December 3, 1958) is an American former professional baseball catcher. He played eight games for the Chicago Cubs of the Major League Baseball(MLB) in , getting just one hit, a double in 13 at bats. He holds the distinction of catching the final out of Greg Maddux Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams. Maddux is best known for his accomplishments while playing for the Atlanta Braves ...'s first win, a complete-game victory over Cincinnati on September 7, having initially entered the game as a pinch-runner for Jody Davis. 1986 was Martin's last professional season after nine years in minor league baseball. External links 1958 births Living people Amarillo Gold Sox players American expatriate baseball players in Canada Baseball players from Portland, Oregon Beaumont Golden Gators players Chicago Cubs players Las Vega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Maddux
Gregory Alan Maddux (born April 14, 1966) is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams. Maddux is best known for his accomplishments while playing for the Atlanta Braves and the Chicago Cubs. With the Braves, he won the 1995 World Series over the Cleveland Indians. The first to achieve a number of feats and records, he was the first pitcher in major league history to win the Cy Young Award four consecutive years (1992–1995), matched by only one other pitcher, Randy Johnson. During those four seasons, Maddux had a 75–29 record with a 1.98 earned run average (ERA), while allowing less than one baserunner per inning. Maddux is the only pitcher in MLB history to win at least 15 games for 17 straight seasons. In addition, he holds the record for most Gold Gloves by any player with 18, and most putouts by a pitcher with 546, including a tied live-ball-era record of 39 putouts in a season (1990, 1991, 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Lancaster
Lester Wayne (Les) Lancaster (born April 21, 1962) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1987–1993 and later managed in the minor leagues. Along with fellow reliever Mitch Williams, Lancaster helped lead the Chicago Cubs to a surprise 1989 National League East division title. Lancaster played college baseball for the Arkansas Razorbacks and Dallas Baptist University. In 703.2 innings of work, Lancaster was 41-28, a winning percentage of .594 with an ERA An era is a span of time defined for the purposes of chronology or historiography, as in the regnal eras in the history of a given monarchy, a calendar era used for a given calendar, or the geological eras defined for the history of Earth. Comp ... of 4.05. He was a good fielding pitcher, committing only one error in 139 total chances for a .993 fielding percentage. External links 1962 births Adirondack Lumberjacks players American expatriate baseball players in Mexico Ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drew Hall
Andrew Clark "Drew" Hall is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs (–), Texas Rangers () and Montreal Expos (). He was born in Louisville, Kentucky, but grew up in Ashland, Kentucky and attended Paul G. Blazer High School. He then attended Morehead State University. He is most famous for being involved in the Rafael Palmeiro and Mitch Williams trade in 1988. He was used primarily as a relief pitcher and spot starter. In 1984, Hall was a member of the 30-man Olympic baseball roster. While at training camp for the Olympic team, he signed a contract to play professionally for the Chicago Cubs. The contract allowed him to remain as amateur status until the conclusion of the Olympics. He is still the highest draft pick by a Major League Baseball team in the state of Kentucky. In the majors, he went 9-12 with a 5.21 earned run average with 148 strikeouts. Hall returned to his alma mater, Morehead State University Morehead State University (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damon Berryhill
Damon Scott Berryhill (born December 3, 1963) is an American former professional baseball catcher and former manager of the AAA Gwinnett Stripers. He played ten seasons for the Chicago Cubs, the Atlanta Braves, the Boston Red Sox, the Cincinnati Reds, and the San Francisco Giants of the Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1987 to 1997. He threw right and was a switch hitter. Berryhill went to high school at Laguna Beach High School where he was MVP of the baseball team, and went to college at Orange Coast Community College. Career Chicago Cubs He was originally drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 13th round of the January 1983 amateur draft, but did not sign with them. He played another year at Orange Coast and was drafted in 1984 by the Chicago Cubs with the 4th pick of the 1984 MLB Draft, January 1984 amateur draft. He signed with the Cubs on June 2 and began his professional career. Berryhill began his minor league career in 1984 with the Quad City Cubs, and played 62 games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Amaral
Richard Louis Amaral (born April 1, 1962) is a former Utility player#Baseball, utility player in Major League Baseball who played with the Seattle Mariners (-), and Baltimore Orioles (-). He batted and threw right-handed. He has been a Scout (sport), scout with the Orioles since the middle of the 2018 Baltimore Orioles season, 2018 season. Drafted by the 1983 Chicago Cubs season, Chicago Cubs in 1983, Amaral was claimed by the 1988 Chicago White Sox season, Chicago White Sox in the 1988 Rule 5 Draft. After becoming a free agent after the 1990 season, he signed with the Seattle Mariners and made his major league debut on May 27, 1991. Amaral played with the Mariners through 1998, and signed as a free agent with the 1999 Baltimore Orioles season, Orioles on December 21, 1998. Released by the Orioles on July 28, 2000 Baltimore Orioles season, 2000, he signed with the 2000 Atlanta Braves season, Atlanta Braves on August 25, 2000. Amaral played seven games for their Triple-A (baseball), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gary Varsho
Gary Andrew Varsho (born June 20, 1961) is an American former professional baseball outfielder, manager, and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, and Philadelphia Phillies. Baseball career As player Varsho was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the fifth round (107th overall) of the 1982 June draft as a second baseman and made his MLB debut with the Cubs on July 9, 1988. His first major league hit came off Ed Whitson on July 9, 1988 against the San Diego Padres. After being traded to the Pirates, Varsho connected off the Cubs’ Shawn Boskie for his first big league home run on July 2, 1992, at Wrigley Field. Varsho appeared for the Pirates in the 1991 and 1992 National League Championship Series; in three postseason games (all as a pinch hitter), he singled twice in three at bats, and spent one defensive inning in right field. Primarily an outfielder, Varsho played 14 years of pro baseball, incl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
