1988 CMC Toledo Mud Hens

 Today is the Toledo Mud Hens.

In 1987, they went 70-70

In 1988, they were 58-84

So who was on this team of Tiger Mud Hens?

Benny Ruiz never made it out of the minors. 

He played from 1982-1989, spending all but 1989 with the Tigers organization. He finished with the Indians. 

Billy Bean played in the Majors for the Tigers (87-89), Dodgers (89), and Padres (93-95) 

Overall, he played for the Tigers (86-89), Dodgers (89-91), Angels (92), and Padres (93-95) organizations. He also spent part of 1992 in Japan.

Interestingly, he also seemed to be a teammate of Billy Beane in Toledo. 

Chris Hoiles played in the Majors for Baltimore from 1989-1998

He played for the Tigers from 1986-1988.

He was part of a trade to bring Fred Lynn to Detroit.  

Dave Beard played in the Majors for Oakland (80-83), Seattle (84), Chicago Cubs (85), and Detroit (89)

Overall, he played in the Athletics (77-83), Mariners (84), Cubs (85), Indians (85), Braves (86), and Tigers (88-89) organizations. 

Dave Cooper never made it out of the minor leagues

He played his entire career (85-90) in the Tigers system. 

Don Schulze played in the Majors for the Cubs (83-84), Indians (84-86), Mets (87), Yankees (89), and Padres (89)

Overall, he played for the Cubs (80-84), Indians (84-87), Mets (87), Tigers (88), Yankees (89), Padres (89) and Orioles (93) organizations. 

He also spent 1990-1992 in Japan. 

Donnie Rowland never made it out of the minors. 

He spent his entire career with the Tigers (85-89) 

Doug Strange played in the Majors for Detroit (89), Chicago Cubs (91-92), Texas (93-94), Seattle (95-96), Montreal (97), and Pittsburgh (98)

Overall, he played for the Tigers (85-89), Astros (90), Cubs (90-92), Rangers (93-94), Mariners (95-96), Expos (97), Pirates (98-99), and Braves (00) Organizations. 

Eric King played in the Majors for Detroit from 1986-1988, Chicago White Sox 1989-1990, Cleveland 1991, and Detroit in 1992. 

Overall, he played for the Giants (83-85), Tigers (86-88, 92), White Sox (89-90), and Indians (91) organizations. 

He also played in the Independent Western League in 1998

Jeff Reynolds never made it out of the minor leagues.

He played for the Yankees (80-82), Blue Jays (82-84), Expos (85-87), Tigers (88) and Reds (89) organizations.  

John Duffy did not make it out of the minor leagues.

He played for the Tigers (84-88) and Royals (89) organizations.

Mark Huismann played in the Majors for Kansas City (83-86), Seattle (86-87), Cleveland (87), Detroit (88), Baltimore (89) and Pittsburgh (90-91)

Overall, he played for the Royals (80-86, 91-92), Mariners (86-87), Indians (87), Tigers (88), Orioles (89), and Pirates (90-91) organizations.

Mike Brown played in the Majors for California (83-85, 88) and Pittsburgh (85-86)

Overall, he played for the Angels (80-85, 88-89), Pirates (85-86), Braves (87), White Sox (87), and Tigers (88) organizations. He also spent 1990 in Japan. 

Mike Trujillo played in the Majors for Boston (85-86), Seattle (86-87), and Detroit (88-89) 

Overall, he played for the White Sox (82-84), Red Sox (85-86), Mariners (86-87), Tigers (88-89) and Mets (89) organizations. 

Pat Corrales was the manager of this team. It was his only year managing in the minor leagues.

He spent time in a coaching or managerial capacity from 1976-2009, most notably as part of Bobby Cox' Braves in the 90s. 

Paul Cherry never made it out of the minors. 

He played for the Cardinals (81-87) and Tigers (88) organizations. 

Paul Felix never made it out of the minors. 

He played for the Twins (82-85) and Tigers (86-88) organizations

Pedro Chavez never made it out of the minors.. 

He spent his North American career with the Tigers (81-88)

He spent 1991-1992 in China. 

Pete Rice never made it out of the minors. 

He played for the Pirates (80-87), Tigers (87-88) and Brewers (88) organizations

Rey Palacios played in the Majors for Kansas City from 1988-1990

Overall, he played for the Tigers (83-88), Royals (88-90), Angels (92) and Orioles (93) organizations. 

Roman Pena played 8 games in the Majors for Detroit in 1989.

Overall, he played for the Pirates (80) and Tigers (84-89) organizations. 

Scott Lusader played in the Majors for Detroit from 1987-1990 and for the Yankees in 1991

Overall, he played for the Tigers (85-89, 90) Astros (89), and Yankees (91) organizations. 

Stan Clarke played in the Majors for Toronto (83-86), Seattle (87), Kansas City (89) and St Louis (90) 

Overall, he played for the Blue Jays (81-86), Mariners (87), Tigers (88), Royals (89), and Cardinals (90-91) organizations. 

Steve Searcy played in the Majors for Detroit from 1988-1991 and for Philadelphia from 1991-1992.

Overall, he played for the Tigers (85-91), Phillies (91-92), Dodgers (92) and Orioles (93) organizations. 

Tim Leiper did not make it out of the minor leagues. 

He played for the Tigers (85-90, 95), Mets (91, 96), Royals (92), and Pirates (93-94) organizations

He spent some time in Toronto as the First Base coach from 2014-2018

He also, according to Wikipedia, had a hand in Canada's World Baseball Classic teams and as part of the Baseball Canada team that won the Pan Am Gold. 

1988 CMC Columbus Clippers

 Today is another in the 1988 CMC line..

The Columbus Clippers. 

They were the 1987 Governor's Cup Champions. 

In 1988 they went 65-77

So who was on this team??

Alvaro Espinoza played in the Majors for Minnesota (84-86), The Yankees (88-91), Indians (93-96), Mets (96), and Mariners (97) 

Overall, he played for Houston (79-80), Minnesota (82-87), Yankees (88-91), Cleveland (92-96), Mets (96), and Seattle (97)

Berto Pena played in the Majors for Houston from 1981-1987

Overall, he spent time with Houston (77-87) and New York (88)

Bill Fulton played three games for the Yankees in 1987 as his only Major League Experience. 

He spent his entire career (83-89) in the Yankees organization. 

Bob Geren played in the Majors for the Yankees (88-91) and the Padres (93)

Overall, he played for the Padres (79-80, 93), Cardinals (81-85), Yankees (86-91), and Red Sox (92) organizations.

Casey Close never made it to the Majors.. (Close.. But no cigar??) 

He played for the Yankees (86-88) and Mariners (89-90) organizations. 

Chris Alvarez never made the Majors. 

He played for the White Sox (85), Yankees (86-89) and Tigers (89-90) organizations. He also spent 1991-1993 in Mexico. 

Clay Parker played in the Majors for the Yankees (89-90), Tigers (90), and Mariners (92)

Overall, he played for the Mariners (85-87), Yankees (88-90), Tigers (90), Athletics (91), Mariners (92) and Brewers (95) systems. 

Cliff Speck spent part of 1986 with the Braves in the Majors. 

Overall, he spent time in the Mets (74-77), Phillies (78-80), Orioles (81-83), White Sox (84-85), Braves (86-87), and Yankees (87-88) organizations. 

Eric Schmidt never made it out of the minors. 

He played for the White Sox (84-85) and Yankees (86-88) organizations

Hal Morris played in the Majors for the Yankees (88-89), Reds (90-97, 99, 00), Royals (98), and Tigers (00)

He made his way to the Reds in a trade for Tim Leary and Van Snider. 

Hipolito Pena spent parts of 1986 and 1987 with the Pirates and part of 1988 with the Yankees in the Majors. 

Overall, he played for the Brewers (81-83), Pirates (84-87), Yankees (88-91), Tigers (92), and Mets (92) organizations. He also spent 1995 and 1996 in the Independent leagues. 

Jamie Nelson played 40 games for the 1983 Seattle Mariners. That was his only MLB experience. 

Overall, he played for the Mets (78-80), Mariners (81-83), Brewers (84-85), Royals (87), Yankees (88), Angels (89), and Twins (90) organizations. He also played in the Independent Leagues in 1994. 

Jay Buhner spent parts of 1987 and 1988 in New York before being traded to the Mariners, where he played from 1988-2001. 

Jeff Moronko played parts of 1984 and 1987 in the Majors with Cleveland and New York respectively. 

He spent time with Cleveland (80-85), Texas (85-86) and New York (87-88)

Matt Harrison didn't make it out of the minors

He spent his entire career (84-88) with the Yankees 

Mike Kinnuenen played parts of 1980 (Minnesota) and 1986-1987 (Baltimore) in the Majors.

Overall, he played for Minnesota (79-81), St Louis (82), Montreal (83-84), Kansas City (85), Baltimore (86-87), New York (88), Los Angeles (89), and Milwaukee (89) organizations. 

Pat Clements played for California (85), Pittsburgh (85-86), New York (87-88), San Diego (89-92) and Balitmore (92) in the Majors

He spent his career (83-93) with these organizations. 

Pete Dalena played five games in the Majors for Cleveland in 1989.

Overall, he played for New York (82-88), Cleveland (89), Chicago (90), and Minnesota (90) organizations. 

Randy Velarde played in the Majors for the Yankees (87-95), Angels (96-99), Athletics (99-00), Texas (01), New York (01), and Athletics (02)

Overall, he played for the White Sox (85-86), Yankees (87-95, 01), Angels (96-99), Athletics (99-00, 02), and Rangers (01) organizations.   

Rick Langford actually was a part of the 1988 Clippers as a comeback, it seems. 

He played in the Majors for Pittsburgh (76) and Oakland (77-86) 

He was part of the Pirates organization from 1973-1976, The Athletics from 1977-1986, and showed up in the Clippers in 1988. 

Rob Lambert didn't make it out of the minors. 

He spent his entire career 1985-1988 with the Yankees organization

Scott Neilsen played for the Yankees (86, 88-89) and White Sox (87) in the Majors.

Overall, he spent time in the Mariners (83), Yankees (84-86, 88-89), White Sox (87) and Mets (89-90) organizations 

Steve Shields played in the Majors for Atlanta (85-86), Kansas City (86), Seattle (87), New York (88) and Minnesota (89)

Overall, he spent time in the Red Sox (77-83), Braves (84-86), Royals (86), Mariners (87), Yankees (88), and Twins (89) organizations. 

Turner Ward played in the Majors for Cleveland (90-91), Toronto( 91-93), Milwaukee (94-96), Pittsburgh (97-99) Arizona (99-00) and Philadelphia (01)

He was in the Yankees system from 1986-1988. 

Bucky Dent was the manager of this team. 

He played from 1970-1984 and is a curse in Boston to this day. 

He was a manager or coach from 1985-2007. 

Finally, here's a picture with the coaches and the Governor's Cup. 

You have Ken Rowe, Champ Summers and Kevin Rand here.