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Pekin Lettes Record Holders ........................ Official Records were kept starting in 1939 Includes Caterpillar Dieselettes - 1933 to 1955 Sunnyland Lettes - 1956 to 1958 Pekin Lettes - 1959 to the Present time Amatuer Softball Association Member Since 1933
**************************************** Lettes ~ Win - Loss Record - 1939 to 1972 Dieselettes 1939 - 8 & 4 / 1940 - 25 & 3 / 1941 - 37 & 6 / 1942 - 30 & 19 / 1943 - 25 & 6 / 1944 - 22 & 11 / 1945 - 16 & 10 / 1946 - 26 & 9 1947 - 34 & 6 / 1948 - 39 & 6 / 1949 - 37 & 9 / 1950 - 39 & 8 / 1951 - 39 & 10 / 1952 - 36 & 14 / 1953 - 34 & 4 / 1954 - 34 & 5 / 1955 - 37 & 3 / 1956 - 35 & 4 / Sunnyland Lettes 1957 - 30 & 9 / 1958 - 26 & 10 / Pekin Lettes 1959 - 27 & 10 / 1960 - 24 & 9 / 1961 - 27 & 10 / 1962 - 29 & 4 / 1963 - 30 & 8 / 1964 - 36 & 3 / 1965 - 41 & 4 / 1966 - 36 & 7 / 1967 - 27 & 8 / 1968 - 35 & 9 / 1969 - 43 & 7 / 1970 - 33 & 10 / 1971 - 42 & 11 / 1972 - 36 & 13 / 1973 - 37 & 13 / 1974 - 19 & 29 / 1975 - 43 & 18 / 1976 / 1977 / 1978 / 1979 / 1980 / 1981 / 1982 - 42 & 16 / 1983 / 1984 / 1985 / 1986 / 1987 / 1988 / 1989 / 1990 - 54 & 15 / 1991 / 1992 3 & 1 / 1993 18 & 27 / 1994 33 & 22 / 1995 - 31 & 21 / 1996 - 25 & 24 / 1997 - 9 & 20 / 1998 - 25 & 21 / 1999 - 25 & 16 / 2000 - 28 & 17 / 2001 - 28 & 15 / 2002 - 24 & 12 / 2003 - 22 & 16 / 2004 - 24 & 17 / 2005 - 11 & 17 / 2006 - 17 & 20 / 2007 - 20 & 19 **************************************** Lettes Won the Illinois State Championship Tourney : 1940 - 42 - 43 - 44 - 45 - 46 - 47 - 48 - 49 1950 - 51 - 52 - 53 - 54 - 55 - 57 1969 1977 - 1978 - 1979 1991 Lettes Did not Compete in State Tourney in 1953 or from 1958 through 1968 & 1970 through 1973. They were either Host City or Defending Champion for the West Central Regional. .................................................................................................. Lettes Won the West-Central Regional Championship Tourney : 1943 - 47 - 48 - 49 1950 - 51 - 52 - 55 - 58 - 59 1960 - 61 - 62 - 63 - 64 - 65 - 66 1970 - 71 - 72
**************************************** Nation-Wide Tournaments 1965 - 14th. Annual Houston Texas Invitational Tourney - Champions 1966 - 15th. Annual Houston Texas Invitational Tourney - 2nd. Place 1968 - 5th. Annual Omaha Nebraska Tourney - 2nd. Place 1969 - 6th. Annual Omaha Nebraska Tourney - 4th. Place 1971 - 21st. Annual Houston Texas Invitational Tourney - 2nd. Place 1973 - 10th. Annual Omaha Nebraska Tourney - Champions **************************************** A.S.A. National Tournament Record Years Participating in National Tourney : 1940 - 41 - 43 - 47 - 48 - 49 1950 - 51 - 52 - 55 - 59 1960 - 61 - 62 - 64 - 65 - 66 1970 - 71 - 72 Best Finishes in National Tourney : 1959 - 7th. Place at Stratford, Connecticut 1960 - 4th. Place at Stratford, Connecticut 1961 - 4th. Place at Portland, Oregon 1965 - 3rd. Place at Stratford, Connecticut 1966 - 7th. Place at Orlando, Florida 1970 - 5th. Place at Stratford, Connecticut 1971 - 7th. Place at Orlando, Florida **************************************** A.S.A. Womens Fastpitch First Team All Americans Pekin Lettes Honored Players Gloria Bonelli - UT - 1950 Marie Wadlow - P - 1950 Carolyn (Hart) Thome - OF - 1950, 1951, 1952 & 1959 Shirley Coney - 2B - 1950 & 1951 Sunne Bea Thomas - OF - 1960 Lorene Ramsey - P - 1960 & 1965 Ann Mullins - C - 1965 & 1970 Kelly Waldrup - DH - 1986 Wendy Smith - OF - 1986 Leanne Bonifas - DP - 1987 Linda Wells - C - 1988 Margie Wright - P - 1988 *************************************** 1966 Pekin Lettes Booster Club Erv Abel (V.P.) Lloyd Armstrong Leo Bennett Mel Burling Dick Evans Paul Hernan ( Co-Ordinator of Activities Guy Illuzi Paul King Devon McClain Charles McCord ( G.M. Treasure ) Jessie Milkereit Ron Riek ( V.P. Secretary ) Russ Strauman Tom Tull (President) - Lois Westrope Don Williams (V.P.) Honorary Members : Mayor J. Norman Shade - Arthur C. Allyn Jr. - Al Black - Bob Cain Tom Harris - Paul 'Bat' Lohmann - W. Dean McNaughton Bud More - Dr. Charles Nelson - Bob Paullin - Martin J. Pearlman Virgil W. Vogel - Al Weston - Leo Woith *********************************
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