Tag: Richard Holtzman

1991 Quad City Angels Baseball Yearbook from the Midwest League

Quad City Angels (1985-1991)

December 17, 2023

The second edition of the Quad City Angels minor league baseball team played in the Illinois-Iowa border community from 1985 to 1991. The franchise fell on hard times in the mid-1980’s, including setting a Midwest League record for most losses in a season (91) in 1987. The ball club rebounded mightily in the late 80’s and early 90’s under new owner Rick Holtzman, winning the Midwest League crown in 1990 and setting new attendance records. The team changed its name to the Quad City River Bandits in 1992.

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1985 Midland Angels baseball yearbook from the Texas League

Midland Angels

April 24, 2022

The Midland Angels were a long-time Class AA farm club of the California/Anaheim Angels between 1985 and 1998. Though the club was consistently terrible on the field, posting nine straight losing seasons from 1990 through 1998, the organization was highly respected within Minor League Baseball. The Midland Angels earned Baseball American’s Bob Freitas Award as the nation’s most outstanding Class AA franchise for the 1995 season.

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1981 Tucson Toros baseball program from the Pacific Coast League

Tucson Toros

June 13, 2017

Pacific Coast League (1969-1997) Born: 1969 Re-Branded: 1998 (Tucson Sidewinders) First Game: Last Game: PCL Champions: 1991 & 1993 Hi Corbett Field Owners: 1969-1973: Roy Jackson 1974-1983: Bill

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1989 Rockford Lightning Program from the Continental Basketball Association

Rockford Lightning

January 21, 2016

The Rockford Lightning were a popular attraction in Illinois’ third-largest city from 1986 until 2006. The Lightning’s twenty-season run was unusually long by the standards of minor league basketball. The club played in the Continental Basketball Association championship series on four occasions but never managed to win a title.

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Albany Polecats South Atlantic League

Albany Polecats

February 21, 2014

When South Atlantic League franchise owner Richard Holtzman moved his Sumter Flyers ball club to Albany in late 1991 it marked the return of pro baseball to the Georgia city for the first time since 1958. Several future stars came through Albany during the Polecats era, particularly during the two seasons the club was part of the fertile Montreal Expos farm system. Cliff Floyd and Ugueth Urbina (1992) and Vladimir Guerrero (1995) all became future Major League All-Stars. Guerrero would develop into a Hall-of-Famer.

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