Midwest League 1980

All-Star Game

North 6, South 1

Davenport (Quad Cities), Iowa, Saturday, June 21, 1980

The 1980 Midwest League All-Star Game was played at John O'Donnell Stadium in Davenport on June 21, 1980. Two teams of the league's best players, as selected by the circuit's managers, faced off for league supremacy.

The Southern Stars scored first, then let the game get away in the fifth as the Northerners scored four runs. Four batters got two hits apiece for the North. Ed Nunez of Wausau was the winning pitcher; Quad City's Rick Renwick was tagged with the loss.

Box Score

NORTH                            AB R  H BI      SOUTH                           AB R H BI
Ricky Baker (WAT/CLE) CF          5 2  2 0       Stan Levi (BUR/MIL) CF           2 1 1 0
Von Hayes (WAT/CLE) 3B-SS         5 0  1 1        Randy Kutcher (CLI/SF) 3B       2 0 0 0
Greg Walker (APP/CWS) 1B          5 1  2 1       Craig Kornfield (QC/CHC) 2B      4 0 1 0
Ron Kittle (APP/CWS) CF           5 0  2 1       Jeff Jones (CR/CIN) RF           4 0 0 0
Kevin King (WAU/SEA) RF           3 0  0 0       Carmelo Martinez (QC/CHC) DH     2 0 0 0
 Joe Kubit (WR/MIN) RF            1 0  0 0        Rich DeLoach (QC/CHC) DH        2 0 0 0
Kent Hrbek (WR/MIN) DH            4 0  2 0       Jack Upton (QC/CHC) 1B           3 0 0 0
Gary Gaetti (WR/MIN) SS           3 1  1 0       Kurtis Kingsolver (BUR/MIL) C    2 0 0 0
 Bob Bohnet (WAT/CLE) 3B          1 0  0 0        Mike Diaz (QC/CHC) C            1 0 0 0
 Jim Presley (WAU/SEA) 3B         0 0  0 0       Curt Watanabe (BUR/MIL) 3B       0 0 0 0
Jim Christensen (WR/MIN) 2B       4 1  1 0       Jose Mota (CR/CIN) LF            2 0 1 0
Everett Rey (WAT/CLE) C           3 1  1 2       Eski Viltz (CR/CIN) SS           3 0 0 0
 Rick Austin (WR/MIN) C           1 0  1 0        Mike Kelley (QC/CHC) CF         2 0 0 0
Larry White (WAT/CLE) P           0 0  0 0       Carlos Gil (QC/CHC) P            0 0 0 0
 Edwin Nunez (WAU/SEA) P          0 0  0 0        Dennis Rathjen (CLI/SF) P       0 0 0 0
 Larry May (WR/MIN) P             0 0  0 0        Rick Renwick (QC/CHC) P         0 0 0 0
 Bob Konopa (WR/MIN) P            0 0  0 0        Jesse Vasquez (BUR/MIL) P       0 0 0 0
 Alan Willis (WAT/CLE) P          0 0  0 0        Tim Millner (QC/CHC) P          0 0 0 0
 Dane Anthony (WAT/CLE) P         0 0  0 0        Frank DeJuilio (CR/CiN) P       0 0 0 0
 Mark Cahill (WAU/SEA) P          0 0  0 0        Ed Moore (QC/CHC) P             0 0 0 0
 Ken Francingues (WR/MIN) P       0 0  0 0        Ray Soff (QC/CHC) P             0 0 0 0
 John Bohnet (WAT/CLE) P          0 0  0 0
 TOTALS                          40 6 13 5                                       29 1 3 0

North             000 140 100 - 6 13 ?
South             100 000 000 - 1  3 ?


 SB - Kornfield.

NORTH             IP H R ER BB SO
White            2.0 2 1  0  1  2
Nunez (W)        2.0 0 0  0  0  1
May              1.0 0 0  0  0  1
Konopa           1.0 0 0  0  0  2
Willis           1.0 0 0  0  0  2
Anthony          0.2 1 0  0  0  0
Cahill           0.1 0 0  0  0  0
Franchingues     0.2 0 0  0  0  0
J. Bohnet        0.1 0 0  0  0  0

ALL-STARS         IP H R ER BB SO
Gil              2.0 0 0  0  0  1
Rathjen          2.0 1 1  0  0  2
Renwick (L)      0.2 7 4  4  0  0
Vasquez          1.1 1 0  0  0  0
Millner          1.0 2 1  1  0  0
DeJulio          1.0 2 0  0  0  1
Moore            0.2 0 0  0  0  0
Soff             0.1 0 0  0  0  0

 WP - White. 



Attendance: 7,413

Notes, Issues, Sources, and Mysteries

• Based on the box score in the 1995 Midwest League Yearbook, with slight help from perfunctory game accounts in the June 23, 1980, edition of the Burlington Hawk-Eye and the July 19 edition of The Sporting News--neither of which contained a box score. The team selections were published in the June 6 edition of the Hawk-Eye.
• Waterloo manager Cal Emery led the North squad, while Quad City's Jim Napier was the Southern skipper. The game accounts didn't mention coaches.
• No official game MVP was selected.
• Selected, but did not play: Mike Kripner (C, Cedar Rapids), Rob Cummings (C, Clinton), Larry Buckle (P, Cedar Rapids), Benjie Biggus (P, Burlington), Chris Henry (C, Wausau), Jeff Vuksan (C, Appleton), Bruce Chaney (SS, Waterloo), Arnie McCrary (OF, Wausau), Dennis Vasquez (P, Appleton), and Larry Hrynko (P, Waterloo). None of these players were at the game, as both managers used every player on the bench.