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Nickname Affiliate Won Lost Pct (Rank)
Beloit Snappers Brewers 64 75 .460 (12)
Burlington Bees Reds 63 77 .450 (13)
Cedar Rapids Kernels Angels 71 69 .507 (8T)
Clinton LumberKings Padres 65 73 .471 (11)
Fort Wayne Wizards Twins 79 61 .564 (2T)
Kane County Cougars Marlins 69 71 .493 (10)
Lansing Lugnuts Royals 71 69 .507 (8T)
Michigan Battle Cats Red Sox 79 61 .564 (2T)
Peoria Chiefs Cardinals 72 68 .514 (6)
Quad City River Bandits Astros 77 62 .554 (4)
Rockford Cubbies Cubs 71 68 .511 (7)
South Bend Silver Hawks Diamondbacks 40 100 .286 (14)
West Michigan Whitecaps Tigers 83 57 .593 (1)
Wisconsin Timber Rattlers Mariners 72 65 .526 (5)
Western Division Central Division Eastern Division
Quad City 40 31 .563 --- Wisconsin 39 30 .565 --- West Michigan 43 29 .597 ---
Cedar Rapids 40 32 .556 0.5 Kane County 36 36 .500 4.5 Fort Wayne 41 31 .569 2.0
Burlington 36 36 .500 4.5 Beloit 35 36 .493 5.0 Lansing 37 35 .514 6.0
Clinton 30 40 .429 9.5 Peoria 34 38 .472 6.5 Michigan 36 36 .500 7.0
Rockford 32 39 .451 8.0 South Bend 21 51 .292 22.0
Western Division Central Division Eastern Division
Quad City 37 31 .544 --- Rockford 39 29 .574 --- Michigan 43 25 .632 ---
Clinton 35 33 .515 2.0 Peoria 38 30 .559 1.0 West Michigan 40 28 .588 3.0
Cedar Rapids 31 37 .456 6.0 Wisconsin 33 35 .485 6.0 Fort Wayne 38 30 .559 5.0
Burlington 27 41 .397 10.0 Kane County 33 35 .485 6.0 Lansing 34 34 .500 9.0
Beloit 29 39 .426 10.0 South Bend 19 49 .279 24.0
Round 1:
West Michigan d. Michigan, 2-1
Rockford d. Wisconsin, 2-1
Clinton d. Quad City, 2-1
Fort Wayne d. Peoria, 2-1
Round 2:
West Michigan d. Clinton, 2-0
Rockford d. Fort Wayne, 2-0
Championship:
West Michigan d. Rockford, 3-1
June 23 at Riverview Stadium
Western Teams, 7-4
WP: Tom Shearn, Quad City; LP: Matt Miller, West Michigan
MVP: Ross Gload, Kane County (3-1-1-2; double)
Games Barry Wesson, QC 138
At Bats Raul Franco, KC 551
Runs Pablo Ozuna, PEO 122
Hits Pablo Ozuna, PEO 192
Home Runs Bucky Jacobsen, BLT 27
Runs Batted In Bucky Jacobsen, BLT 100
Stolen Bases Quincy Foster,KC 73
On Base Pct Matt Erickson, KC .436
Slugging Pct Shea Hillenbrand, MCH .546
Batting Avg Pablo Ozuna, PEO .357
Games Joe Messman, QC 63
Complete Games Mark Corey, BUR 6
Josh Harris, BUR 6
Eric Ireland, QC 6
Shutouts several tied at 2
Innings Pitched Eric Ireland, QC 206
Strikeouts Alan Webb, WMI 202
Saves Gene Stechschulte, PEO 33
Won Joe Thomas, MCH/FTW 15
Earned Run Avg Jason Childers, BLT 1.92
Most Valuable Player Pablo Ozuna, Peoria
Prospect of the Year Pablo Ozuna, Peoria
Manager of the Year Billy Gardner, Jr., Michigan
Executive of the Year Mike Birling, Wisconsin
1998 League Information
President George Spelius Beloit, WI
Name Hometown
John Bullock North Hollywood, CA
Brian Cole
Stephen Cox Tulsa, OK
Brock Davidson Great Bend, KS
Kris Green York, PA
Scott Letendre Medford, OR
Ricardo Losoya Salinas, CA
Trey Nelson Lincoln, NE
Daniel Payne San Jose, CA
Troy Penrod Salem, OR
Brian Rayder Morristown, NJ
David Riley Indianapolis, IN
Chad Sexton Mt. Pleasant, MI
Raymond Villeneuve El Paso, TX
Pairings:
Green/Losoya
Letendre/Sexton
Payne/Rayder
Davidson/Villeneuve
Cox/Penrod
Nelson/Bullock
Riley/Cole
1998 Team Information
Joined
MWL President GM
Beloit 1982 Marcy Olsen Matt Harris
Burlington 1962 David Walker Kyle Fisher
Cedar Rapids 1962 Wally Krouse Jack Roeder
Clinton 1956 George Chaney Alfredo Portela
Fort Wayne 1993 Bret Staehling
Kane County 1991 Al Gordon Jeff Sedivy
Lansing 1996 Tom Dickson Tom Glick
Michigan 1995 Jerry Burkot
Peoria 1983 Pete Vonachen Rocky Vonachen
Rocky Vonachen
Quad City 1960 Rick Holtzman Tim Bawmann
Rockford 1988 Mark McGuire Bruce Keiter
South Bend 1988 Eric Haag
West Michigan 1994 Dennis Baxter Scott Lane
Wisconsin 1962 Kevin Doyle Mike Birling
Manager Coaches
Beloit Don Money Floyd Rayford Randy Kramer*
Burlington Phillip Wellman Derek Botelho*
Cedar Rapids Garry Templeton Tyrone Boykin Jim Bennett*
Clinton Tom LeVasseur Dan Simonds Tony Phillips*
Fort Wayne Jose Marzan Riccardo Ingram David Perez*
Kane County Juan Bustabad Steve Luebber* Matt Winters
Lansing Bob Herold Rodney McCray Larry Carter*
Michigan Billy Gardner Bill Madlock Larry Pierson*
Peoria Jeff Shireman Gary Buckles* Tony Diggs
Quad City Mike Rojas Sid Holland Bill Ballou*
Rockford Ruben Amaro Manny Trillo Stan Kyles*
South Bend Roly de Armas Rick Schu Mike Parrott* Jim Reinebold
West Michigan Bruce Fields Skeeter Barnes Steve McCatty*
Wisconsin Gary Varsho Omer Munoz Steve Peck*
*pitching coaches
Stadium Capacity Attendance
Beloit Harry Pohlman Field 3,501 61,108
Burlington Community Field 3,502 60,492
Cedar Rapids Veterans Memorial Stadium 6,000 128,742
Clinton Riverview Stadium 3,000 44,401
Fort Wayne Memorial Stadium 6,316 214,702
Kane County (Geneva, IL) Philip B Elfstrom Stadium 5,900 481,352
Lansing Oldsmobile Park 11,000 485,815
Michigan (Battle Creek) C.O. Brown Stadium 6,600 107,137
Peoria Pete Vonachen Stadium 5,200 154,910
Quad City (Davenport, IA) John O'Donnell Stadium 6,200 153,886
Rockford Marinelli Field 4,500 75,600
South Bend Stanley Coveleski Stadium 5,000 196,793
West Michigan (Grand Rapids) Old Kent Park 10,900 500,083
Wisconsin (Appleton) Fox Cities Stadium 5,500 227,306
MWL changes during the 1997-98 off-season
Franchise changes
- No team moves, name changes, or affiliation changes.
Other highlights
West Michigan's Old Kent Park added about 120 seats.
Wisconsin's Fox Cities Stadium added 888 seats.
Sources:
- 1998 Yearbooks for Battle Cats, Lugnuts
- 1998 NAPBL Orange Book
- The National Association's Baseball News
- USA Today Baseball Weekly
- Baseball America
- The Minor League Baseball website
- Assorted correspondents
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