Clinton LumberKings


The Clinton LumberKings are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the Class A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. They are located in Clinton, Iowa, and play their home games at NelsonCorp Field.

Clinton baseball history

After beginning play in 1895, Clinton had sporadic teams in various leagues over the next few decades, as the Great Depression, World War I and World War II affected many baseball franchises. However, Clinton joined the Midwest League in 1956 and is now the oldest franchise in the league. The team has had several different major league affiliations: the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Giants, Chicago Cubs, Pirates, White Sox, Pilots/Brewers, Tigers, Tigers/White Sox co-op, Dodgers, Giants, Padres, Reds, Expos, and Rangers, and Mariners. In September 2018, they entered into a two-year player development contract with the Miami Marlins.
Aside from its time as the C-Sox and the Pilots, the team used the parent major league team's nickname before adopting the LumberKings name for the 1994 season.
The 2010 LumberKings season is the subject of the 2013 book "Class A: Baseball in the Middle of Everywhere" by Lucas Mann.
In 2016, led by first year manager Mitch Canham, the LumberKings won 86 games to set the mark for most in a regular season by any team in Clinton franchise history. The squad went on to sweep the Peoria Chiefs in the first round of the playoffs before defeating the Cedar Rapids Kernels in a thrilling three game series. Game three of the Western Division final ended with a Ricky Eusebio walk off hit to win 1-0 in extra innings. The LumberKings would fall, however, in the Midwest League Championship in four games to the Great Lakes Loons.
In addition to playing host to the franchise record setting LumberKings, the LumberKings transformed their ballpark overnight following game two of the Midwest League Championship to become a football field. The LumberKings played host to Camanche High School Football in the inaugural "LumberBowl." Camanche hosted Williamsburg High School in the game on September 16, 2016. The Raiders of Williamsburg defeated the Indians 55-7.

Roster

NelsonCorp Field

The home park for the LumberKings is NelsonCorp Field in Clinton, Iowa. The stadium was built in 1937 as a Works Progress Administration project and named Riverview Stadium, due to its location on the banks of the Mississippi River. It was renamed Alliant Energy Field in 2002 and renovated in 2005–2006 to a capacity of 4,000. It was renamed to Ashford University Field in 2011 and NelsonCorp Field in 2019. The Dimensions are: LF – 330, CF – 401, RF – 325.

No-hitters

Clinton has tossed 25 no-hitters. The list includes the following no-hitters:
DatePitcherOpponentScore
Decatur6–0
Paris1–0
Quincy3–0
Fox Cities10–0
Quincy2–0
Quad City3–0
Quincy2–0
Waterloo2–1
Quad Cities2–0
Waterloo0–1
Wausau1–0
Wisconsin Rapids7–1
Wausau2–0
Burlington4–1
Danville9–0
Appleton2–0
, Chris FyeBurlington11–0
Peoria5–3
Burlington3–0
''Lansing7–0
Kane County4–0
West Michigan10–0
Lansing1–0
, Kody Kerski, Troy ScottCedar Rapids1–0
, Joey Strain, Lukas Schiraldi, Matt WalkerBeloit2–0

Playoffs

SeasonQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
1982---
1983---
1984---
1985---
1986---
1987-L, 2-1, Springfield-
1988---
1989---
1990---
1991-W, 2-0, BurlingtonW, 3-0, Madison
1992---
1993-W, 2-0, SpringfieldL, 3-1, South Bend
1994---
1995---
1996---
1997---
1998W, 2-1, Quad CitiesL, 2-0, West Michigan-
1999L, 2-1, Burlington--
2000L, 2-1, Beloit--
2001---
2002---
2003W, 2-1, Kane CountyL, 2-1, Beloit-
2004W, 2-0, Cedar RapidsL, 2-0, Kane County-
2005W, 2-0, Quad CitiesL, 2-0, Wisconsin-
2006---
2007W, 2-1, Cedar RapidsL, 2-0, Beloit-
2008L, 2-0, Cedar Rapids--
2009---
2010W, 2-1, Cedar RapidsW, 2-1, Kane CountyL, 3-2, Lake County
2011L, 2-0, Quad Cities--
2012W, 2-1, BeloitL, 2-0, Wisconsin-
2013L, 2-0, Beloit--
2014---
2015---
2016W, 2-0, PeoriaW, 2-1, Cedar RapidsL, 3-1, Great Lakes
2017---
2018---
2019W, 2-0, Kane CountyW, 2-1, Cedar RapidsL, 3-0, South Bend

Notable alumni