That first Prairie Dog team was a rough one. They would finish the season at 40-60
despite featuring 3 former Major Leaguers in Mark Bailey (22 2B, 9 HR, 53 RBI,
.287); Doug Piatt (4-6, 3.63) and Barry Jones who led the team in batting (.332),
Home Runs (10) and RBI's (80). That still wasn't enough to save this team
from being 7th in the 10 team league. That didn't stop Abilene from drawing 73,954
very enthusiastic baseball fans to this ballpark! Luckily more Major League
talent was waiting in the wings and they would turn this team from worst to 1st
by 1996. |