2006 National Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee BRUCE SUTTER played for the Class-A Quincy Cubs of the Midwest League in 1973.

Sutter appeared in 40 games, all in relief, compiling a 3-3 record, five saves, a 4.13 ERA, and 76 strikeouts with only 27 walks in 85 innings pitched.

 

Baseball Hall of Famer & Minnesota Twins great KIRBY PUCKETT passed away on March 6, 2006. Puckett played for the Quincy Rivermen of the Central Illinois Collegiate League.

During the Rivermen's 1981 season, Kirby Puckett was a CICL All-Star, and lead the league in hitting.

 

Quincy University (QU) Stadium was built under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for the Quincy Public Schools in 1939, which was obtained from quarries located along the Mississippi River bluff.
  • Home to the Quincy Gems, Three-I League (1946-56); Quincy Giants (1960-61), Jets (1962-63), Gems (1964), Cubs (1965-73), Midwest League;
  • Quincy University Hawks, Great Lakes Valley Conference
  • Quincy Gems, Central Illinois Collegiate League
Learn more about the history of baseball in Quincy, QU Stadium, and the Quincy Gems at www.quincygems.com
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While on a barnstorming tour two weeks before the 1907 World Series, the Chicago Cubs made a stop in Quincy. The Buds were part of the I-I League (the "Illinois-Iowa" League), and were a .500 team. The Cubs were just coming off a 116-36 season in 1906, and a 107-45 season in 1907. The 116 wins in the 1906 season was only matched by the 2001 Seattle Mariners (116-46). The '07 Cubs were considered one of the greatest baseball clubs ever assembled, with the legendary Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance combo patrolling the infield, and the most dominating pitching staff in the league with multiple 20 game winners. They would go on to sweep the Detroit Tigers in the World Series two weeks after the game in Quincy. That same Cubs team would also repeat as World Champs in 1908. As for this game against the Buds, on that September day in Quincy, the mighty Chicago Cubs lost, 5-2. Had it not been for 2 costly Quincy errors, the Cubs could have been shut out.

Read two 1907 articles from the Quincy Daily Herald


Quincy vs. Chicago, at Sportsman's Park, 1907

Sportsman's Park was betweeen 17th and 18th, Cherry and Cedar.



1907 Chicago Cubs


1907 Quincy Buds


Quincy Daily Herald

 
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A so-called "handicap" never slowed down this major league baseball player. Former major league outfielder and long time Quincy resident Dick Sipek passed away in July 2005, at the age of 82. A lifetime .244 hitter Sipek played in 82 games for the 1945 Cincinnati Reds. But he'll mostly be remembered for being just the third deaf man in history to play Major League Baseball. Sipek was born January 16, 1923 in Chicago. He attended school at the Illinois School for the Deaf in Jacksonville. He retired to Quincy after his baseball career. He is survived by his wife Betty, a son and two daughters.

Read the Quincy Herald-Whig article by Matt Shuckman


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1945 Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds 1945 team photo. Dick Sipek is seated 4th from the right.

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