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IAL Hall of Fame

Since the IAL has a long history, we decided in 1995 to establish a Hall of Fame to distinguish those players who have placed themselves head and shoulders above the rest.  In 1996, we voted in the the charter members of the Illowa APBA League Hall of Fame.  We have since had an annual ballot.  Worthy players who have been retired for one year are eligible.

Below are the fourteen players and one manager who are current members of the IAL Hall of Fame.  Click on their name to see their lifetime Illowa APBA League statistics.

Latest News 

2006:  Reliever Doug Jones inducted into the Hall of Fame

2004:  Cal Ripken and Mark McGwire inducted into Hall of Fame

2003:  Commissioner and Manager Mike Bunch inducted

 

 

Inductee Year Inducted
Mike Schmidt 1996*

Steve Carlton

 1996*
Rod Carew 1997
Gary Carter 1997
Jim Rice 1997
Dwight Evans 1998
Lou Whitaker 1998
Andre Dawson 1999
Dave Stieb 1999
Dale Murphy 2001
Joe Carter 2001
Wade Boggs 2001
Orel Hershiser 2001
Paul Molitor 2001
Mike Bunch 2003
Mark McGwire 2004
Cal Ripken 2004
Doug Jones 2006

 

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Wade Boggs Thirdbaseman inducted 2001
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1983 MERCS 104 338 58 122 16 1 9 37 27 21 2 .361 .494 .408
1984 HTMN 151 579 96 198 43 4 5 73 90 47 0 .342 .456 .430
1985 HTMN 158 625 82 183 34 4 8 74 82 0 1 .293 .398 .375
1986 HTMN 161 619 105 214 47 3 6 75 106 50 0 .346 .460 .441
1987 HTMN 149 557 105 218 62 2 11 82 113 53 1 .391 .569 .494
1988 HTMN 147 547 122 203 31 6 25 98 113 80 1 .371 .587 .479
1989 HTMN 155 563 102 200 32 8 2 69 116 33 0 .355 .451 .465
1990 HTMN 156 585 103 191 51 7 5 90 102 56 0 .326 .463 .426
1991 HTMN 145 526 86 155 39 2 4 63 72 72 0 .295 .399 .380
1992 DRMTM 142 546 77 153 44 2 6 60 54 28 1 .280 .401 .345
1993 BMBRS 94 217 15 51 15 1 1 14 24 17 0 .235 .327 .311
1994 CARDS 143 560 73 183 36 0 2 60 57 0 1 .327 .402 .389
1995 CARDS 139 522 91 179 32 4 14 75 42 0 1 .343 .500 .392
1996 CARDS 136 518 87 171 24 5 3 74 71 0 2 .330 .413 .411
1997 CARDS 129 488 68 141 33 0 2 49 57 0 1 .289 .369 .363
1998 CARDS 99 150 8 30 9 0 0 6 20 13 0 .200 .260 .294
1999 CARDS 33 40 2 10 3 0 0 6 3 2 0 .250 .325 .302
2000 CARDS 84 207 23 66 13 1 5 36 29 24 0 .319 .464 .403
18 Total 2325 8187 1303 2668 564 50 108 1041 1178 496 11 .326 .447 .411

 

Boggs' .326 career batting average is second among all IAL hitters behind Nomar Garciaparra.  In 1987, he hit .391 (second highest season average) with the Northside Hitmen.  He is second all time in hits with 2668. 

 

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Mike Bunch Manager/League President inducted 2003
Year Team Won Lost PCT GB Place Finished  
1975 BMBRS 63 67 .485 11 7     
1976 BMBRS 67 94 .416 25 8     
1977 BMBRS 81 80 .503 11 5     
1978 BMBRS 71 90 .441 26 6     
1979 BMBRS 91 70 .565 8 3     
1980 BMBRS 83 78 .516 20 5     
1981 BMBRS 93 68 .578 0 1     
1982 BMBRS 82 79 .509 11 5     
1983 BMBRS 94 68 .580 0 1     
1984 BMBRS 88 74 .543 3 3     
1985 BMBRS 85 77 .525 30 4     
1986 BMBRS 75 86 .466 20 6     
1987 BMBRS 74 87 .460 28 6     
1988 BMBRS 74 87 .460 19 6     
1989 BMBRS 81 80 .503 18 5     
1990 BMBRS 78 83 .484 24 5     
1991 BMBRS 76 85 .472 18 7     
1992 BMBRS 69 92 .429 27 7     
1993 BMBRS 71 90 .441 34 3     
1994 BMBRS 89 72 .553 8 3    Illowa Champions
1995 BMBRS 85 76 .528 11 4     
1996 BMBRS 91 70 .565 0 1     
1997 BMBRS 91 71 .562 1 2    Illowa Champions
1998 BMBRS 75 87 .463 28 6     
1999 BMBRS 82 80 .506 22 4     
2000 BMBRS 75 87 .463 27 9     
2001 BMBRS 71 91 .438 32 7     
2002 BMBRS 61 101 .377 37 10     
2003 BMBRS 79 83 .488 11 5     
Total BMBRS 2315 2333 .498      

 

Mike Bunch accepting his Hall of Fame plaque.

Founding member of the Illowa APBA League and President for many years, Mike has had a direct impact on the IAL.  As President, his selfless devotion of his time, energy, and talents as well as his sense of fairness have made the IAL what it is today.  In addition, his baseball knowledge, amiability and good humor have made Mike a distinguished part of this League

 

[from Mike's Hall of Fame plaque]

 

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Rod Carew 2B-1B inducted 1997
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1975 NMBR5 120 502 86 152 11 1 2 55 0 0 43 .303 .341 .303
1976 NMBR5 141 536 104 173 30 2 9 60 0 0 45 .323 .437 .323
1977 SSTAR 156 589 113 206 31 12 14 61 0 0 52 .350 .514 .350
1978 HTMN 154 596 113 212 25 13 13 81 68 0 28 .356 .507 .422
1979 HTMN 145 563 107 167 25 10 3 46 67 41 43 .297 .393 .371
1980 HTMN 110 341 49 97 13 1 0 33 47 26 16 .284 .328 .371
1981 HTMN 139 540 96 168 34 8 1 54 64 39 23 .311 .409 .384
1982 HTMN 132 531 64 147 24 1 2 44 54 79 18 .277 .337 .344
1983 BMBRS 138 477 78 139 22 4 3 34 53 41 7 .291 .373 .362
1984 BMBRS 129 472 80 159 23 2 2 44 47 35 2 .337 .407 .397
1985 BMBRS 93 138 22 52 3 0 3 29 20 20 4 .377 .464 .456
1986 BMBRS 87 102 17 30 5 0 0 5 14 11 0 .294 .343 .379
12 Totals 1544 5387 929 1702 246 54 52 546 434 292 281 .316 .411 .367

 

Carew batted over .300 seven times including two phenomenal seasons when he batted .350 and .356 in 1977-1978.  He is sixth on the on the all time list with a .316 batting average.

 

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Steve Carlton Pitcher inducted 1996
YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1975 CARDS 30 30 20 260    213   89 102 204 16 12 0 3 3.08
1976 CARDS 34 34 7 224    263 152 128 99 180 11 17 0 1 5.14
1977 CARDS 35 35 11 252    250 141 128 95 201 11 16 0 2 4.57
1978 CARDS 36 36 17 283    160 84 71 114 216 24 8 0 4 2.26
1979 CARDS 34 34 13 245    182 100 90 90 156 24 10 0 5 3.31
1980 CARDS 35 35 9 247    214 122 113 113 178 20 10 0 1 4.12
1981 CARDS 38 38 26 300    197 114 105 123 294 18 16 0 5 3.15
1982 CARDS 36 36 19 288    154 78 54 92 266 24 9 0 6 1.69
1983 CARDS 38 38 21 295    185 113 84 103 266 22 14 0 6 2.56
1984 CARDS 37 37 14 282 1/3 263 139 123 118 230 16 16 0 3 3.92
1985 CARDS 33 33 8 226    231 111 102 62 160 17 8 0 2 4.06
1986 CARDS 16 16 0 92    83 51 46 49 51 6 3 0 0 4.50
1987 CARDS 36 36 2 138    180 103 86 82 104 5 9 0 1 5.61
13 Totals 438 438 167 3132 1/3 2575 1308 1219 1242 2506 214 148 0 39 3.50

 

A charter member of the Hall, Carlton has the stats to back it up.  His 214-148 record and 2506 strikeouts were IAL career records until recently.  His 39 shutouts are second only to Greg Maddux.  

 

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Gary Carter Catcher inducted 1997
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1976 FIRE 88 294 38 73 11 0 9 38 0 0 3 .248 .378 .248
1977 FIRE 59 80 4 14 2 0 1 5 0 0 0 .175 .238 .175
1978 CHAMP 143 506 101 145 42 5 41 134 51 107 6 .287 .632 .352
1979 CHAMP 154 535 93 126 28 0 28 92 76 64 2 .236 .445 .331
1980 CHAMP 134 495 66 133 26 7 20 71 41 68 0 .269 .471 .325
1981 CHAMP 135 549 72 133 22 6 36 112 46 88 0 .242 .501 .301
1982 CHAMP 143 523 50 106 26 1 17 65 38 68 0 .203 .354 .257
1983 CHAMP 145 514 86 164 30 4 23 93 80 73 0 .319 .527 .411
1984 CHAMP 145 531 62 153 44 2 22 85 33 37 0 .288 .503 .330
1985 CHAMP 159 587 67 155 35 0 24 77 68 67 0 .264 .446 .340
1986 CHAMP 145 525 80 135 14 0 48 111 67 65 0 .257 .558 .341
1987 CHAMP 131 430 55 104 12 0 19 56 70 58 0 .242 .402 .348
1988 CHAMP 139 490 54 115 16 5 19 52 47 94 0 .235 .404 .302
1989 CHAMP 122 409 30 105 23 2 10 62 31 60 0 .257 .396 .309
1990 CHAMP 36 100 11 24 8 0 2 8 6 12 0 .240 .380 .283
1991 CHAMP 62 157 16 38 6 0 7 20 14 28 0 .242 .414 .304
1992 CHAMP 51 115 13 30 7 0 6 13 6 11 4 .261 .478 .298
1993 12TRS 78 182 20 41 16 1 7 26 20 28 0 .225 .440 .302
18 Total 2069 7022 918 1794 368 33 339 1120 694 928 15 .255 .462 .322

 

Wearing the tools of ignorance did nothing to soften Carter's blow.  Gary managed to hit 339 dingers througout his 18 year career (20th all time).  He was a mainstay of the Chicago Champion dynasty and helped them to 4 World Championships.

 

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Joe Carter Outfield inducted 1997
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1985 CHAMP 66 213 34 70 7 0 16 37 8 54 0 .329 .587 .353
1986 CHAMP 131 489 72 127 31 0 22 50 42 88 31 .260 .458 .318
1987 CHAMP 161 663 118 196 22 14 36 120 29 134 33 .296 .534 .325
1988 CHAMP 149 588 123 171 24 1 50 125 35 124 40 .291 .590 .331
1989 CHAMP 150 502 75 125 28 7 22 73 30 76 18 .249 .464 .291
1990 CHAMP 161 612 79 148 33 6 39 105 36 111 7 .242 .507 .284
1991 CHAMP 161 619 73 123 31 1 22 54 39 114 19 .199 .359 .246
1992 CHAMP 161 613 89 155 33 4 26 100 43 123 21 .253 .447 .302
1993 CHAMP 157 605 87 138 30 2 29 78 42 130 14 .228 .428 .278
1994 CHAMP 143 480 51 88 15 7 18 62 35 120 5 .183 .356 .239
1995 CHAMP 153 552 98 164 37 5 35 121 42 81 17 .297 .572 .347
1996 POSSE 139 563 72 128 29 3 28 84 29 82 4 .227 .439 .265
1997 POSSE 143 541 77 125 23 6 36 91 30 100 8 .231 .495 .271
1998 POSSE 63 94 7 15 4 0 2 10 6 13 0 .160 .266 .210
1999 BMBRS 111 248 29 70 17 0 18 62 9 43 1 .282 .569 .307
15 Total 2049 7382 1084 1843 364 56 399 1172 455 1393 218 .250 .476 .293

 

Ninth on the all-time list with 399 homeruns, Joe Carter hit 50 in 1988.  He is one of fifteen hitters with 1000 runs and 1000 rbis.  

 

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Andre Dawson Outfield inducted 1999
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1978 HTMN 127 525 78 146 32 10 17 67 17 0 27 .278 .474 .301
1979 HTMN 150 607 69 129 21 11 22 60 32 146 27 .213 .392 .252
1980 HTMN 153 639 90 173 26 15 21 76 17 101 29 .271 .457 .290
1981 HTMN 143 568 78 156 37 8 20 86 42 82 35 .275 .474 .325
1982 HTMN 154 562 113 160 37 1 37 111 78 66 38 .285 .552 .372
1983 HTMN 147 604 100 174 41 7 25 83 33 95 36 .288 .503 .325
1984 MERCS 159 624 100 157 45 6 28 114 40 94 26 .252 .478 .297
1985 MERCS 134 479 47 93 21 2 11 48 45 92 10 .194 .315 .263
1986 CARDS 139 483 74 124 27 2 26 81 33 0 5 .257 .482 .304
1987 CARDS 130 494 101 147 39 4 27 105 51 0 27 .298 .557 .363
1988 MERCS 153 620 119 170 19 2 54 138 56 95 8 .274 .573 .334
1989 TCHIX 147 591 97 168 21 2 31 98 41 79 10 .284 .484 .331
1990 HTMN 102 301 52 66 12 3 19 43 73 66 1 .219 .468 .372
1991 HTMN 141 529 72 156 40 2 24 117 43 66 16 .295 .514 .348
1992 HTMN 146 560 57 117 25 0 30 86 18 88 0 .209 .414 .234
1993 HTMN 75 185 16 47 10 0 8 29 6 26 2 .254 .438 .277
1994 HTMN 74 157 15 38 7 0 2 19 6 14 0 .242 .325 .270
1995 HTMN 99 251 36 62 17 1 21 51 9 43 0 .247 .574 .273
1996 CHAMP 72 141 13 29 3 0 4 22 8 27 1 .206 .312 .248
1997 CHAMP 33 47 2 12 0 1 1 12 1 11 0 .255 .362 .271
20 Total 2478 8967 1329 2324 480 77 428 1446 649 1191 298 .259 .473 .309

 

Dawson was traded 6 times throughout his career but managed to put together an awesome 20-year career.  He is 7th all time with 428 homeruns and 5th in rbis with 1446.  An all-around player, he even stole 298 bases.

 

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Dwight Evans Outfield inducted 1998
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1975 RFIRE 81 282 42 72 14 9 5 31 0 0 0 .255 .422 .255
1976 RFIRE 109 353 52 87 29 7 9 45 0 0 2 .246 .445 .246
1977 RFIRE 108 394 45 76 25 2 12 50 0 0 8 .193 .358 .193
1978 RFIRE 68 245 29 57 7 0 12 39 0 0 3 .233 .408 .233
1979 RFIRE 114 389 60 83 18 0 15 47 48 75 3 .213 .375 .300
1980 RFIRE 133 463 92 145 31 1 25 75 0 0 5 .313 .546 .313
1981 RFIRE 117 465 75 129 43 7 27 95 41 99 0 .277 .574 .336
1982 STKYD 161 600 111 171 44 1 25 104 23 100 0 .285 .487 .311
1983 MERCS 161 608 110 176 51 9 38 139 73 108 0 .289 .590 .366
1984 MERCS 115 396 49 81 19 0 15 38 50 95 2 .205 .366 .294
1985 TCHIX 161 629 116 156 35 9 32 132 82 127 1 .248 .485 .335
1986 TCHIX 156 617 107 154 36 2 33 110 79 106 2 .250 .475 .335
1987 TCHIX 148 527 107 144 31 3 31 107 78 109 0 .273 .520 .367
1988 MERCS 153 537 104 140 38 2 29 86 99 114 0 .261 .501 .376
1989 CARDS 149 556 103 170 24 13 24 94 65 0 16 .306 .525 .378
1990 CARDS 146 509 83 141 24 8 22 71 97 0 3 .277 .485 .393
16 Totals 2080 7570 1285 1982 469 73 354 1263 735 933 45 .262 .483 .327

 

Evans always seemed to put in a solid year, EVERY year.  As a result, he is one seven IAL hitters to have 1200 runs and 1200 rbis.  His 354 homeruns rank 16th on the all time list.

 

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Orel Hershiser Pitcher inducted 2001
YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1985 CHAMP 33 20 8 189 2/3 131 51 48 43 164 13 4 0 1 2.28
1986 CHAMP 36 34 6 239    155 89 80 75 190 17 14 1 1 3.01
1987 CHAMP 35 35 9 230 2/3 191 89 72 71 181 22 7 0 4 2.81
1988 CHAMP 37 35 8 264 1/3 218 108 99 94 182 23 10 0 1 3.37
1989 CHAMP 35 34 12 266    151 79 77 83 223 21 10 0 1 2.61
1990 CHAMP 35 33 14 256 1/3 141 65 58 86 196 23 7 0 8 2.04
1992 CHAMP 21 21 0 112    121 73 63 37 83 7 6 0 0 5.06
1993 CHAMP 29 28 7 188 2/3 166 74 71 66 136 9 10 0 2 3.39
1994 CHAMP 31 31 5 215    184 96 83 68 161 18 7 0 3 3.47
1995 CHAMP 30 30 3 179 2/3 207 110 106 55 113 13 8 0 0 5.31
1996 CHAMP 29 29 5 185 1/3 166 104 93 72 149 13 8 0 1 4.52
1997 CHAMP 33 33 3 195 1/3 197 110 95 63 109 9 14 0 1 4.38
1998 CHAMP 32 32 4 185 2/3 181 101 94 80 109 11 9 0 2 4.56
1999 CHAMP 31 31 6 201 1/3 198 123 107 72 131 11 12 0 0 4.78
2000 CHAMP 30 30 6 179    164 94 77 74 114 10 9 0 2 3.87
15 Totals 477 456 96 3088    2571 1366 1223 1039 2241 220 135 1 27 3.56

 

Another Champion mainstay, Hershiser ranks 3rd in wins with 220.  He also ranks 9th on the ERA list with 3.56.  His 23-7 record in 1990 was a big reason the Chicago Champions were indeed the IAL Champions that year.

 

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Doug          Jones

 Pitcher inducted in 2006
YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1988 PHNX 40 0 0 80 2/3 74 49 46 24 62 7 4 24 0 5.13
1989 PHNX 45 0 0 83 1/3 54 41 36 27 81 9 13 17 0 3.89
1990 PHNX 50 0 0 80 2/3 39 16 16 28 71 6 2 28 0 1.79
1991 PHNX 43 0 0 77 1/3 41 28 28 29 65 6 8 7 0 3.26
1992 12TRS 42 15 3 126 2/3 145 82 74 48 75 9 7 0 2 5.26
1993 HTMN 64 0 0 107 2/3 67 25 25 26 86 5 3 51 0 2.09
1994 DRMTM 64 0 0 85 1/3 95 39 36 23 51 4 7 9 0 3.80
1995 CHAMPS 55 0 0 76    39 23 19 10 62 3 5 36 0 2.25
1996 CHAMPS 59 0 0 53    57 30 28 12 40 1 3 5 0 4.75
1997 CHAMPS 52 0 0 64    55 32 27 14 52 6 2 0 0 3.80
1998 GMBLRS 54 0 0 64 1/3 37 21 20 2 75 9 5 31 0 2.80
1999 GMBLRS 52 0 0 95 1/3 100 40 39 27 90 2 2 9 0 3.68
2000 GMBLRS 66 0 0 101 1/3 87 54 54 38 74 9 5 1 0 4.80
2001 HLNDRS 53 0 0 70 2/3 32 19 19 20 59 8 5 28 0 2.42
14 Totals 739 15 3 1166 1/3 922 499 467 328 943 84 71 246 2 3.60

 

A reliever for almost his whole career, Doug Jones currently places second on the all-time saves list with 246.  His best year was with the Northside Hitmen in 1993.  That year, he saved 51 games with a 2.09 ERA and helped the Hitmen to a 105 win season.

 

 

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Mark McGwire Firstbaseman inducted in 2004
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1988 TCHIX 151 554 122 174 25 2 54 166 85 122 0 .314 .659 .405
1989 TCHIX 150 549 73 131 19 5 28 87 62 122 0 .239 .444 .316
1990 TCHIX 138 483 59 84 22 0 26 64 66 93 0 .174 .381 .273
1991 TCHIX 154 520 88 120 20 1 44 106 102 116 0 .231 .527 .357
1992 TCHIX 151 483 54 93 26 0 23 63 95 120 0 .193 .389 .325
1993 TCHIX 136 467 85 110 14 2 41 107 69 109 0 .236 .537 .334
1994 TCHIX 26 84 23 23 3 0 10 18 22 24 0 .274 .667 .425
1995 TCHIX 66 67 5 14 4 0 3 6 13 23 0 .209 .403 .338
1996 TCHIX 112 319 83 81 8 0 43 92 99 84 0 .254 .683 .431
1997 TCHIX 126 423 100 135 20 0 53 125 91 101 0 .319 .742 .440
1998 TCHIX 155 548 99 140 25 0 56 131 83 149 0 .255 .608 .353
1999 TCHIX 155 508 138 144 23 0 70 174 152 148 1 .283 .742 .448
2000 TCHIX 146 518 113 149 19 0 71 159 104 127 0 .288 .736 .407
2001 TCHIX 85 234 72 77 11 0 39 81 75 77 0 .329 .876 .492
2002 TCHIX 91 279 52 64 2 0 30 57 44 117 0 .229 .559 .334
15 Totals 1842 6036 1166 1539 241 10 591 1436 1162 1532 1 .255 .592 .375

 

The one word to use to describe Mark McGwire’s career is magical.  Drafted by the Twin City Thunderchickens in 1988, Mark hit 54 homeruns (a rookie record) and drove in 166 runs in addition to hitting .314 and scoring 122 runs.     

      Mark McGwire’s most productive year was probably 1999 when everything seemed to go right.  McGwire had a monster year.  He entered the last game of the season tied with Rafael Palmeiro for the IAL single season record of homeruns with 69.  It wasn’t until McGwire’s last at-bat of the season did he break the record.  In addition, McGwire had career highs in runs (138), rbis (174), and walks (152). The Twin City Thunderchickens were spirited away to victory thanks to McGwire.  The T-chix placed second that year and went on to win the World Series.  

      It would seem difficult to repeat the excitement of 1999’s homerun race but McGwire didn’t disappoint in 2000.  Once again, he entered game 162 tied with the record he had set the year prior.  And once again, dramatics prevailed as he waited until his very last at-bat of the season to break his own record.  That record stands today.  McGwire also banged out 159 rbis to go with his 71 homeruns.  In 2002, McGwire hit a homerun in his last at-bat of his career.  

 Mark McGwire finished with 591 career homeruns, second all-time.  He collected 1436 rbis (6th), 1162 walks (4th) and finished with a .592 slugging percentage (3rd).    

 

 

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Paul Molitor 1B-2B inducted 2001
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1979 CARDS 125 510 80 126 17 4 7 32 13 0 36 .247 .337 .266
1980 CARDS 140 582 124 198 25 17 9 86 44 0 42 .340 .488 .387
1981 CARDS 111 450 83 130 25 3 7 39 29 0 27 .289 .404 .332
1982 CARDS 94 349 44 90 15 0 6 38 31 0 25 .258 .352 .318
1983 CARDS 160 656 124 207 26 6 19 95 49 0 53 .316 .460 .363
1984 CARDS 153 602 93 168 27 5 15 75 48 0 50 .279 .415 .332
1986 MERCS 140 461 66 134 17 1 5 44 36 37 28 .291 .364 .342
1987 12TRS 105 398 100 128 15 9 10 50 39 69 16 .322 .480 .382
1988 MERCS 118 459 96 154 39 6 21 70 73 64 49 .336 .584 .427
1989 12TRS 151 606 130 187 39 5 20 61 70 36 59 .309 .488 .380
1990 12TRS 150 606 100 187 22 3 16 74 57 56 43 .309 .434 .368
1991 12TRS 103 375 73 109 28 9 21 59 32 42 20 .291 .581 .346
1992 CHAMP 154 607 105 186 27 16 8 50 60 66 16 .306 .443 .369
1993 CHAMP 156 604 75 154 45 4 11 64 46 69 26 .255 .397 .308
1994 CHAMP 158 527 96 145 30 3 10 56 75 88 30 .275 .400 .365
1995 POSSE 129 482 88 160 36 4 16 87 70 48 14 .332 .523 .417
1996 CHAMP 123 185 28 43 9 1 5 14 26 27 4 .232 .373 .327
1997 CHAMP 142 167 27 45 9 1 3 14 10 23 3 .269 .389 .311
1998 CHAMP 125 129 20 41 9 0 0 18 12 20 2 .318 .388 .376
1999 CARDS 49 34 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .118 .118 .118
20 Totals 2586 8789 1567 2596 460 97 209 1026 820 649 544 .295 .441 .356

 

Another journeyman of sorts (traded 8 times), Molitor nevertheless had a great career.  In his 20 years, he garnered 2596 hits (3rd all time) and 1567 runs (2nd).  He scored more than 100 runs six times and stole 544 bases in his career.

 

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Dale Murphy Outfield inducted 2001
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1979 HTMN 108 289 30 73 7 0 12 37 20 80 9 .253 .401 .301
1980 HTMN 103 380 49 97 4 1 19 46 26 40 9 .255 .421 .303
1981 HTMN 147 568 87 152 24 2 33 127 52 120 4 .268 .491 .329
1982 HTMN 145 534 66 117 11 0 17 75 57 120 16 .219 .335 .294
1983 HTMN 162 596 122 165 23 2 35 111 77 130 20 .277 .498 .360
1984 HTMN 162 589 99 158 19 1 36 102 105 132 26 .268 .487 .379
1985 HTMN 162 606 99 163 17 10 37 110 69 0 19 .269 .513 .344
1986 HTMN 161 615 108 179 27 2 40 117 58 154 4 .291 .537 .352
1987 HTMN 160 611 93 153 25 2 31 118 75 161 4 .250 .450 .332
1988 HTMN 155 562 117 152 28 0 47 116 87 128 12 .270 .571 .368
1989 HTMN 122 336 41 66 14 4 19 48 40 85 0 .196 .432 .282
1990 HTMN 65 86 14 21 0 0 7 14 11 16 0 .244 .488 .330
1991 HTMN 72 98 13 26 3 0 4 12 3 19 0 .265 .418 .287
1992 HTMN 45 49 3 15 3 0 2 6 1 8 0 .306 .490 .320
14 Totals 1769 5919 941 1537 205 24 339 1039 681 1193 123 .260 .474 .336

 

A Hitmen throughout his career, Murphy hit more than 30 homeruns and 100 rbis for 6 straight years (1983-1988) and ended up with 339 for his career.  

 

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Jim Rice Outfield inducted 1997
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1976 CHAMP 128 474 58 140 26 0 12 57 0 0 5 .295 .426 .295
1977 CHAMP 140 520 65 132 12 2 22 76 25 112 5 .254 .412 .288
1978 CHAMP 156 601 122 191 37 6 35 126 61 101 9 .318 .574 .381
1979 CHAMP 161 643 129 175 15 6 66 125 55 137 7 .272 .622 .330
1980 CHAMP 156 615 108 193 31 4 42 133 54 109 9 .314 .582 .369
1981 CHAMP 124 484 74 133 19 0 37 86 34 96 4 .275 .543 .322
1982 CHAMP 161 644 85 174 26 2 28 109 40 97 0 .270 .447 .313
1983 CHAMP 140 525 63 145 21 0 21 70 44 80 0 .276 .436 .332
1984 CHAMP 155 619 139 196 22 0 59 154 52 82 3 .317 .638 .370
1985 CHAMP 158 581 63 125 17 5 22 62 42 88 0 .215 .375 .268
1986 CHAMP 121 359 28 85 10 2 17 44 39 47 0 .237 .418 .312
1987 CHAMP 155 617 96 185 33 1 32 127 56 89 0 .300 .512 .358
1988 CHAMP 105 98 6 33 2 0 5 11 10 20 0 .337 .510 .398
1989 CHAMP 67 62 5 16 2 0 4 7 3 14 0 .258 .484 .292
14 Totals 1927 6842 1041 1923 273 28 402 1187 515 1072 42 .281 .505 .331

 

Mr "66".  For years, Rice held the single season for homeruns when he hit 66 in 1979.  He also had 125 rbis and 129 runs that year.  He was partially responsible for the Chicago Champions' first place finish in 1984 when he hit 59 homeruns with an amazing 154 rbis with 139 runs scored.  

 

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Cal Ripken Shortstop inducted in 2004
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1983 CHAMP 157 581 64 141 25 2 38 88 48 90 0 .243 .489 .300
1984 CHAMP 162 618 84 164 34 3 23 103 40 99 3 .265 .442 .310
1985 CHAMP 162 634 95 191 35 10 33 92 72 98 1 .301 .544 .373
1986 CHAMP 161 615 71 155 24 0 34 88 52 52 1 .252 .457 .310
1987 CHAMP 161 596 101 166 28 2 38 107 69 75 0 .279 .523 .353
1988 CHAMP 161 610 97 154 25 3 41 115 77 77 0 .252 .505 .336
1989 CHAMP 161 572 86 134 25 1 33 82 79 94 1 .234 .455 .327
1990 CHAMP 161 593 73 138 26 0 30 80 61 103 0 .233 .428 .304
1991 CHAMP 161 582 75 137 31 1 20 70 58 62 2 .235 .395 .305
1992 CHAMP 161 650 102 181 31 1 28 114 48 58 7 .278 .458 .328
1993 CHAMP 161 607 56 158 41 0 9 61 41 55 0 .260 .372 .307
1994 CHAMP 161 589 64 140 20 2 23 73 58 55 0 .238 .396 .306
1995 CHAMP 161 606 77 196 31 4 14 96 55 47 0 .323 .457 .380
1996 CHAMP 161 610 74 157 39 1 22 92 36 66 0 .257 .433 .299
1997 CHAMP 162 629 80 163 42 2 29 125 48 79 0 .259 .471 .312
1998 CHAMP 162 582 59 152 41 0 16 89 51 83 1 .261 .414 .321
1999 CHAMP 161 564 67 149 26 0 14 68 54 74 0 .264 .385 .328
2000 CHAMP 86 330 37 114 27 0 16 68 12 24 0 .345 .573 .368
2001 CHAMP 64 201 24 43 10 1 7 40 16 23 0 .214 .378 .272
2002 CHAMP 48 53 5 10 1 0 0 1 4 9 0 .189 .208 .246
20 Totals 683 10822 1391 2843 562 33 468 1652 979 1323 16 .263 .450 .324

 

Cal “Iron Man” Ripken Jr. played every game and usually every inning from 1984 to 1999.  During this tenure, Ripken helped lead the Chicago Champions to six IAL World Championships.

Cal belied the image of a no-hit shortstop and hit over 30 homeruns in a season six times and drove in 100 runs five times.  He is the IAL all-time leader in hits (2843), rbis (1652), games played (2935), and at-bats (10,822).  He is 5th all-time in homeruns with 468, 2nd in doubles with 562 and 6th in runs with 1391.  

 

 

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Mike Schmidt Thirdbaseman inducted 1996
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1975 CHAMP 120 450 71 101 20 7 25 68 0 0 20 .224 .467 .224
1976 CHAMP 153 562 109 119 27 1 34 92 0 0 39 .212 .445 .212
1977 CHAMP 152 548 109 131 34 3 45 130 88 130 18 .239 .558 .344
1978 CHAMP 149 527 102 125 21 14 22 88 98 128 17 .237 .455 .357
1979 CHAMP 145 513 90 140 34 0 25 88 88 99 41 .273 .485 .379
1980 CHAMP 156 540 119 135 33 1 50 133 90 117 8 .250 .593 .357
1981 CHAMP 147 548 113 157 36 5 48 110 74 121 13 .286 .633 .371
1982 CHAMP 151 536 106 164 22 2 41 136 96 117 21 .306 .584 .411
1983 CHAMP 137 507 82 124 17 0 47 106 58 129 7 .245 .556 .322
1984 CHAMP 153 528 102 137 22 0 36 103 121 152 6 .259 .506 .398
1985 CHAMP 143 528 78 138 20 3 41 80 68 132 2 .261 .544 .346
1986 CHAMP 150 540 87 131 33 1 30 77 84 124 0 .243 .474 .345
1987 CHAMP 152 551 109 142 22 1 41 106 77 101 0 .258 .525 .349
1988 CHAMP 146 521 94 140 28 0 39 118 90 104 0 .269 .547 .376
1989 CHAMP 86 236 19 47 9 0 7 21 25 36 1 .199 .326 .276
1990 CHAMP 42 107 10 21 4 1 4 12 15 19 0 .196 .364 .295
16 Totals 2182 7742 1400 1952 382 39 535 1468 1072 1509 193 .252 .519 .343
 
If anyone epitomized the Chicago Champions and their dynasty, it was Mike Schmidt, a charter member of the Hall.  Until recently, Schmidt was the homerun king with 535 lifetime dingers.  He is 4th in runs scored with 1400 and 5th in rbis with 1468.  Schmidt was the backbone of the team that won 7 championships. 

 

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Dave Stieb Pitcher inducted 1999
YEAR CLUB G GS CG IP H R ER BB SO W L Sv ShO ERA
1980 CHAMP 18 7 3 104 1/3 149 106 97 52 52 4 0 0 0 8.37
1981 CHAMP 30 30 6 204    221 110 100 63 93 11 15 0 2 4.41
1982 CHAMP 38 38 14 280 2/3 216 97 94 78 116 20 9 0 4 3.01
1983 CHAMP 38 38 13 283 1/3 208 103 96 93 115 21 11 0 1 3.05
1984 CHAMP 36 36 15 278    229 94 90 77 179 19 12 0   2.91
1985 CHAMP 35 35 7 246    198 107 88 69 158 14 14 0 2 3.22
1986 MERCS 35 35 16 265    157 88 82 85 207 22 6 0 3 2.78
1987 MERCS 66 18 4 125    161 102 98 58 101 6 7 1 0 7.06
1988 MERCS 33 31 1 185    175 89 84 79 136 14 8 0 0 4.09
1989 CARDS 32 31 8 207    141 60 52 85 142 19 6 0 1 2.26
1990 CARDS 33 33 3 203    154 83 75 100 109 16 11 0 1 3.33
1991 CARDS 33 33 3 209    178 88 74 89 169 11 13 0 1 3.19
1992 CARDS 9 9 3 60    53 27 26 22 42 4 2 0 1 3.90
1993 HTMN 14 0 0 20    30 13 11 6 9 0 0 0 0 4.95
14 Totals 450 374 96 2670 1/3 2270 1167 1067 956 1628 181 114 1 16 3.60

 

Stieb is seventh in wins with a 181-114 record and a healthy 3.60 ERA.  He won 96 games in a span of 5 years with the Champions and Mercenaries (1982-1986).  A workhorse, he pitched over 240 innings for four of those years. 

 

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Lou Whitaker Secondbaseman inducted 1998
YEAR CLUB G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG SLG OBP
1979 RFIRE 135 473 64 137 16 4 3 62 59 52 5 .290 .359 .368
1980 RFIRE 115 385 66 105 13 8 4 25 0 0 24 .273 .379 .273
1981 RFIRE 62 160 15 33 8 0 2 12 23 20 2 .206 .294 .306
1982 STKYD 141 498 57 113 26 5 7 32 53 61 10 .227 .341 .301
1983 MERCS 147 560 87 168 25 8 19 72 47 39 5 .300 .475 .354
1984 MERCS 161 641 97 198 51 6 5 75 51 66 8 .309 .431 .360
1985 MERCS 143 549 79 157 30 0 17 72 74 73 1 .286 .434 .371
1986 TCHIX 152 595 115 162 35 6 20 74 73 66 5 .272 .452 .352
1987 BMBRS 143 584 96 146 25 2 15 53 61 82 9 .250 .377 .321
1988 BMBRS 148 559 90 158 42 8 13 57 62 128 17 .283 .456 .354
1989 BMBRS 114 403 54 109 15 1 15 51 69 57 0 .270 .424 .377
1990 BMBRS 142 503 72 106 23 0 27 78 67 62 8 .211 .417 .304
1991 BMBRS 115 227 45 55 22 0 12 32 49 46 3 .242 .498 .377
1992 CHAMP 138 466 70 110 16 1 21 59 71 63 3 .236 .410 .337
1993 CHAMP 128 438 76 117 24 2 23 68 81 57 4 .267 .489 .382
1994 CHAMP 114 383 56 103 34 0 6 50 50 64 1 .269 .405 .353
1995 DRMTM 130 453 80 122 32 1 18 60 52 56 0 .269 .464 .345
1996 DRMTM 86 280 54 84 16 1 22 55 22 42 7 .300 .600 .351
18 Totals 2314 8157 1273 2183 453 53 249 987 964 1034 112 .268 .428 .345

 

In addition to playing a difficult position like secondbase well, Whitaker put together some pretty good numbers.   Along with his 249 homeruns, he is 11th all time in runs scored and 9th in doubles with 453. 

 

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