Illinois Baseball as of April 29, 2019

Illinois Baseball as of April 29, 2019
Vol 1 I 2 2019
Note: WHIP is not tracked for University Teams.

Bloomington Titans /  Illinois Wesleyan   | W 
Record
    18-15     .545
Leaders
    H      43 Shea, Garrett
    H      43 Fletcher, Dalton
    R      33 Ranneklev, Evan
    HR      6 Shea, Garrett
    RBI    29 Shea, Garrett
    AVG  .416 Figus, NicK
    OBP  .496 Figus, NicK

    ERA  1.61 Houghton, Jacob
    Wins    5 Brune, Nick  
    Wins    5 Gudaitis, Quinn   
    SO     57 Brune, Nick   

Chicago Cubs / MLB - National League   C 
Record
    14-12     .538
Leaders
    H      35 Baez, Javier     
    R      23 Baez, Javier 
    HR      9 Baez, Javier
    RBI    22 Baez, Javier
    AVG  .315 Baez, Javier
    OBP  .433 Heyward, Jason

    ERA  3.16 Hamels, Cole
    Wins    3 Hamels, Cold
    Wins    3 Quintana, José 
    WHIP 0.99 Hamels, Cole   
    SO     38 Quintana, José    


Chicago White Sox / MLB - American League SOX
Record
    12-14      .462
Leaders
    H      36 Anderson, Tim
    R      22 Moncada, Yoan
    HR      6 Moncada, Yoan
    RBI    24 Abreu, Jose
    AVG  .375 Anderson, Tim
    OBP  .400 McCann, James

    ERA  4.94 Rodon, Carlos
    Wins    3 Rodon, Carlos
    WHIP 1.39 Rodon, Carlos   
    SO     40 Rodon, Carlos   


Crestwood Windy City ThunderBolts / Frontier League 🗲 
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Danville Dans / Prospect League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Decatur Big Blue / Millikin University  M
Record
    19-16    .543
Leaders  - Waiting on update

Evanston WildCats / NorthWestern University N
Record
    18-22    .450
Leaders
    H     54 Erro, Alex
    R     36 Dunn, Jack
    HR     4 Erro, Alex
    RBI   29 Bourbon, Willie
    AVG .349 Dunn, Jack
    OBP .457 Dunn, Jack

    ERA 2.37 Paciorek, Nick
    Wins   3 Lavelle, Quinn
    Wins   3 Hanks, Parker
    Wins   3 Levy, Josh   
    SO    43 Lavelle, Quinn    

Joliet Slammers / Frontier League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Marion Miners / Frontier League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started
        
Normal Redbirds / Illinois State University ISU
Record
    27-17    .614
Leaders
    H     66 Aeilts, Joe
    R     35 Aeilts, Joe
    HR     9 Aeilts, Joe
    RBI   37 Aeilts, Joe
    AVG .359 Aeilts, Joe
    OBP .451 Libman, Jordan

    ERA 3.21 Johnson, Colton
    Wins   5 Headrick, Brent 
    SO    77 Headrick, Brent     

Normal Cornbelters / Prospect League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started
        
Peoria Braves / Bradley University B         
Record
    27-13      .675
Leaders
    H     56 Shadid, Luke
    R     39 Bolt, Dan
    HR     8 Bolt, Dan
    RBI   41 Shadid, Andy
    AVG .333 Shadid, Luke
    OBP .459 Rice, Keaton

    ERA 1.47 Janssen, Mitch
    Wins   4 Cook, Cole
    Wins   4 Gosswein, Brooks
    Wins   4 Moscot, Jed 
    SO    48 Janssen, Mitch    

Peoria Chiefs /  MiLB - Midwest League - Single A
Record
    8-13     .381
Leaders
    H      26 Gorman, Nolan 
    R      15 Gorman, Nolan
    HR      6 Gorman, Nolan
    RBI    20 Gorman, Nolan
    AVG  .235 Gorman, Nolan
    OBP  .500 Wilson, Alexis

    ERA  0.30 Parsons, Tommy
    Wins    3 Parsons, Tommy
    WHIP 0.35 Parsons, Tommy    
    SO     24 Seijas, Alvaro     

Rosemont Chicago Dogs             
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Sauget Gateway Grizzlies / Frontier League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Schaumburg Boomers / Frontier League 
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Springfield Sliders / Prospect League
Record
    0-0       .000  Season has not started

Urbana Fighting Illini / University of Illinois   I 
Record
     28-14     .667
Leaders
    H     52 Massey, Michael
    R     29 Taylor, Zac
    HR     7 Taylor, Zac
    RBI   22 Massey, Michael
    AVG .357 Van Scoy, Grant
    OBP .436 Van Scoy, Grant

    ERA 1.90 Acton, Garrett
    Wins   5 Fisher, Andy
    Wins   5 Leland, Sean
    SO    70 Fisher, Andy     

Cubs 1961 cards update

I had previously posted about my 1961 Cubs cards. https://elfstones69.blogspot.com/2018/02/1961-topps-cubs-cards.html I have since have added two new additions: My complete 1961 Cubs set is now:

Frank Thomas Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  382
Glen Hobbie Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  264


Jim Brewer Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  317
Sammy Taylor Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  253


Moe Thacker Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  012
Danny Murphy Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  214


Ron Santo Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  035
Billy Williams Topps Chi Cubs  1961 Standard  141

That is four Rookie cards I have for that year. Still missing Ernie Banks.

Cubs 21 games into the season

As promised, I was going to do a progress check on the Cubs at 21 games. For the most part, the Cubs have come together. There are problems that have been there from the beginning, KB....YD.... and although most players have stepped up the the plate, Baez and Heyward should not be carrying the team on offense.

   Player           G AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   AVG  OBP
1  Baez, J         21 89 19 28  6  1  7  18  5 27  .315 .351 
2  Heyward, J      19 59 14 20  1  0  4  11 14  9  .339 .461 
3  Contreras, W    20 59 14 19  5  0  6  16 12 19  .322 .467 
4  Bryant, K       20 77 13 17  7  0  1   8 11 19  .221 .341 
5  Descalso, D     18 55  9 17  5  0  1  10  7 13  .309 .387 
6  Rizzo, A        21 75 15 15  2  1  4  13 14 16  .200 .362 
7  Zobrist, B      18 60  7 15  0  0  0   5  9  9  .250 .343 
8  Bote, D         19 44  7 13  4  0  1   9  5 10  .295 .380 
9  Schwarber, K    18 66  8 13  1  0  3   6  6 21  .197 .264 
10  Almora Jr., A  20 52  4 10  0  0  0   4  5  9  .192 .263 
11  Caratini, V     6 14  4  8  3  0  1   5  3  4  .571 .647 
12  Zagunis, M     12 23  1  7  3  0  0   4  0  8  .304 .304  

Last post I said the Cubs needed to be near 500, and of tonight, they are better than 500. As of tonight with 11 wins and 10 losses for .524 and two games out. The biggest improvement is Cubs pitching. Everyone but Yu has been really doing their jobs well.