It may not be the greatest history but the Mid-Missouri Mavericks had a decent run
despite the poor performance on the field. Their first season would become their
best season, as the novelty of the professional baseball drew fans from all
over the area to see the new Mavericks play. Even with "bad weather" as Tim Perry
of the Frontier League History Pages explained (http://flhistory. gofreeserve.com/)... the team drew 75,000 fans...45k more than the 30,000 they had |
drawn at Canton Ohioe previous season. The inaugural team wasn't a very good
one (and neither were any subsequent teams), but they did feature a few noteworthy
players... Blake Blaise led the team in home runs (21 2B, 10 HR, .240), and
Bill Greenwell's (21 2B, 6 HR, 78 RBI, .300) 78 RBI led the entire league. Speedster
Jake Whitesides (23 2B, 11 3B, 4 HR .298) tacked on an impressive 11 Triples,
also leading the Frontier League. As for the pitching it was pretty awful.
The best record was owned by Grant Dorn (6-7, 3.74 ERA). The rest of the staff
was in the high 4.00's to the mid 5.00's in ERA. Closer Dan Moellering was
the only bright star of the franchise with a 2-1-3 record and an ERA of 0.95. The
Mavericks finished with a |