The debut Muskies team had a league-best 87–52 record,[1] 6.5 games ahead of the Appleton Foxes in the North Division,[2] however, they lost the Midwest League championship to the Foxes 2 games to 1. Romano, a Muskies outfielder, was the Midwest League Most Valuable Player in 1982. In 1991, they made their second and last championship appearance, this time losing to the Clinton Giants 3 games to 0.[3]
The Muskies played their last home game in Madison against the Foxes in 1993. In a driving rainstorm, with Appleton leading 5–3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Foxes' pitcher slipped on the mound and his manager requested that the game be called. After a second slip, the umpire called the game, ending the Muskies' Madison tenure in anticlimactic fashion: Madison's final home game ended with one out in the bottom of the ninth, with the potential tying run coming to bat.
They finished their 12-year run in Madison with an 860–786 record, .522 winning percentage, including three division titles and four second-place finishes.[4]
madison, muskies, were, class, minor, league, baseball, team, that, played, midwest, league, from, 1982, 1993, madison, wisconsin, 1993, team, relocated, comstock, park, michigan, became, today, west, michigan, whitecaps, muskies, were, affiliate, oakland, ath. The Madison Muskies were a Class A minor league baseball team that played in the Midwest League from 1982 to 1993 in Madison Wisconsin In 1993 the team relocated to Comstock Park Michigan and became today s West Michigan Whitecaps The Muskies were an affiliate of the Oakland Athletics The team which was founded by former Rochester Red Wing GM and announcer of professional baseball s longest game Bob Drew and Linda Drew played at Breese Stevens Field and Warner Park Madison Muskies1982 1993Madison WisconsinMinor league affiliationsPrevious classesClass ALeagueMidwest LeagueDivisionNorth DivisionMajor league affiliationsPrevious teamsOakland AthleticsMinor league titlesDivision titles1982 1986 1991Team dataPrevious namesMadison MuskiesPrevious parksBreese Stevens Field Warner ParkBreese Stevens Field The debut Muskies team had a league best 87 52 record 1 6 5 games ahead of the Appleton Foxes in the North Division 2 however they lost the Midwest League championship to the Foxes 2 games to 1 Romano a Muskies outfielder was the Midwest League Most Valuable Player in 1982 In 1991 they made their second and last championship appearance this time losing to the Clinton Giants 3 games to 0 3 The Muskies played their last home game in Madison against the Foxes in 1993 In a driving rainstorm with Appleton leading 5 3 in the bottom of the ninth inning the Foxes pitcher slipped on the mound and his manager requested that the game be called After a second slip the umpire called the game ending the Muskies Madison tenure in anticlimactic fashion Madison s final home game ended with one out in the bottom of the ninth with the potential tying run coming to bat They finished their 12 year run in Madison with an 860 786 record 522 winning percentage including three division titles and four second place finishes 4 Notable Madison alumni EditTim Belcher 1984 Scott Brosius 1988 MLB All Star 1998 World Series Most Valuabale Player Jose Canseco 1983 6 MLB All Star 2 MLB home run leader 1988 1991 1986 AL Rookie of the Year 1988 AL Most Valuable Player Ron Coomer 1989 MLB All Star Rick Honeycutt 1991 2 x MLB All Star 1983 AL ERA LeaderTommy John 1985 4 x MLB All Star Luis Polonia 1984 Darren Lewis 1988 Terry Steinbach 1984 3 x MLB All Star Todd Van Poppel 1990 1990 1 Overall Draft Pick Walt Weiss 1986 MLB All Star 1988 AL Rookie of the Year Tommy John 2008References Edit 1982 Madison Muskies Statistics Baseball Reference com 1982 Midwest League Baseball Reference com Fighting Fish Madison Baseball History and the Madison Muskies Madison Mallards June 22 2006 Madison Wisconsin Encyclopedia Baseball Reference com This article about a baseball team in Wisconsin is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Madison Muskies amp oldid 1063645263, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
