The Quincy Gems are a collegiate summer league

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team located in

Quincy, Illinois Quincy ( ), known as Illinois's "Gem City", is a city in and the county seat of Adams County, Illinois, United States, located on the Mississippi River. The 2020 census counted a population of 39,463 in the city itself, down from 40,633 in 2010. ...

. The Gems were originally a part of the

Central Illinois Collegiate League The Central Illinois Collegiate League (CICL) was a collegiate wooden bat summer baseball league. It was composed of five teams from Illinois and Indiana. The CICL was founded in 1963 as a charter member of National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...

and joined the

Prospect League The Prospect League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate. So as to maintain their colleg ...

with several other CICL teams prior to the 2009 season. The team's original owners, the Quincy Civic Center Authority, sold the Gems to its current owners in September 2014 for $120,000. The Gems currently play in the Prospect League's Western Conference in the Great River Division along with the

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, and

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Stadium

The Gems play at QU Stadium, a 2,500 seat facility owned and operated by

Quincy University Quincy University (formerly known as St. Francis Solanus College, and today abbreviated as QU) is a private Franciscan university in Quincy, Illinois. It was founded in 1860 and enrolls about 1,100 students. History A small group of Franciscan ...

. The facility was built in 1938 and is located at 1800 Sycamore Street in Quincy.

Seasons

Roster

Notable alumni

* Adam Rosales (2003–2004) *

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(2002) *

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(2000) * Dan Meyer (2000) *

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(1999–2000) * Josh Rabe (1998–1999) *

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(1998–1999) *

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(2012)

References

External links

Quincy Gems
1996 establishments in Illinois Amateur baseball teams in Illinois Prospect League teams Sports teams in Quincy, Illinois Baseball teams established in 1996 {{AdamsCountyIL-geo-stub