Illowa APBA League

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	42