Pekin Lettes History Site

A 51 Year Old Pekin Illinois Tradition

Pekin Lettes Record Holders !!!

 

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

American Softball Association Member Since 1933

 

Individual Player Records

Batting Averages to be Added Soon

 

At Bat - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Irene Kerwin - 2,469         

2.  Pauline Stauch - 2,118

3.  Elanor Rudolph - 2,065  

4.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 1,875

5.  Joan Nelson - 1,430           

6.  Lorene Ramsey - 1,315

7.  Marlys Taber - 1,105

8.  Ann Tindall - 955

9.  Beverly Brown - 911

10.  Lillian Goll - 922

 

Runs Scored - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Irene Kerwin - 530

2.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 458

3.  Elanor Rudolph - 394

4.  Pauline Stauch - 363

5.  Joan Nelson - 322  

6.  Marlys Taber - 241

7.  Ann Tindall - 207

8. Shirley Burch - 204

9.  Lorene Ramsey - 194

     Beverly Brown - 194

 

Base Hits - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Irene Kerwin - 716

2.  Elanor Rudolph - 588

3.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 561

4.  Pauline Stauch - 557

5.  Joan Nelson - 379

6.  Lorene Ramsey - 334

7.  Marlys Taber - 327

8.  Ann Tindall - 282

9.  Shirley Burch - 261

10.  Lillian Goll - 252

 

Two Base Hits - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 69

2.  Elanor Rudolph - 68

      Irene Kerwin - 68

4. Pauline Stauch - 53

5.  Joan Nelson - 50

     Lillian Goll - 50

7.  Ann Tindall - 27

8. Shirley Burch - 26

9.  Lorene Ramsey - 25

10. Norma Notzke - 22

 

Three Base Hits - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Elanor Rudolph - 53

2.  Irene Kerwin - 48

3.  Pauline Stauch - 34

4.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 29

5.  Lillian Goll - 25

6.  Joan Nelson - 23

7.  Ann Tindall - 19

8.  Shirley Burch - 18

9.  Lynn Hippensteel - 17

10.  Marilyn Bradley - 15

        Fran Seketa - 15

 

Home Runs - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 64

2.  Irene Kerwin - 34

3.  Ann Tindall - 27

4.  Shirley Burch - 22

     Lillian Goll - 22   

6.  Joan Nelson - 21

7.  Marilyn Bradley - 16

Elanor Rudolph - 16

9.  Gloria Bonali - 14

10.  Fran Seketa - 13

 

Runs Batted In - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Irene Kerwin - 365

2.  Elanor Rudolph - 361

3.  Pauline Stauch - 332

4.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 319

5.  Joan Nelson - 244

6.  Lillian Goll - 204

7.  Lorene Ramsey - 190

8.  Ann Tindall - 188

9.  Marilyn Bradley - 146

10.  Beverly Brown - 140

 

Stolen Bases - All Time Records - Top 10

1.  Irene Kerwin - 189

2.  Carolyn Thome Hart - 168

3.  Elanor Rudolph - 103

4.  Shirley Burch - 102

5.  Marlys Taber - 90

6.  Ann Tindall - 60

7.  Mickey Schallau - 59

8.  Lillian Goll - 55

9.  Sunne Bea Thomas - 47

10.  Beverly Brown - 42

 

 Newspaper Articles of Interest


Published on June 6, 2002, Peoria Journal Star, The

Lettes players 23-under, score is not --

Pekin institution pounds out 34 runs after renaming field

PEKIN - It was a memorable start Wednesday for the Pekin Lettes' 73rd women's

softball season at Mineral Springs Park for a variety of reasons.

The 22-1 and 12-0 wins over Schuyler County Vision added a nice touch to the
special night. Before the opening games, the field which has been home to so
many great former Pekin Lettes teams was officially named Lettes Field by the
Pekin Park District.
 

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Pekin Lettes earn Hall of Fame spot

PEKIN - Fred Reader remembers a time when the Pekin Lettes softball organization was

the hottest show around these parts during the summer, drawing anywhere from 4,000 to

5,000 spectators.

So it's only appropriate, he says, that the oldest continuously running softball franchise in

the nation would be inducted into the Amateur Softball Association's Hall of Fame during

a ceremony to be held Saturday in Pekin. 

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Published on April 3, 2005, Peoria Journal Star

Pekin team goes into state HOF -

Two generations of Lettes among those honored by amateur association

PEKIN - More than 125,000 fans watched the Pekin Lettes fast-pitch softball team play 20

home games in 1960.

Lettes teams of that area were so dominant they usually got to bypass the state tournament

and advance automatically to the national tournament. It's for that type of dynasty the Lettes

were one of the first teams inducted in the new category added this year by the Illinois

Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame.


Published on April 30, 2005, Peoria Journal Star

Crying Foul - Former Pekin Lettes softball players claim they didn't

get invites to team's Hall of Fame induction

PEKIN - Eleanor "Rudy" Rudolph and Mary Moak would have been there.

Even though she lives in Arizona, Lorene Ramsey said she would have tried to go. But the former Pekin Lettes claim they never received an official invitation to the team's induction into the Amateur Softball Association's Hall of Fame in Pekin earlier this month.

 

"I don't want to point the finger on anyone individually," said Rudolph

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Published on May 4, 2005, Peoria Journal Star

Pekin Lettes deserve better

The Pekin Lettes deserve better than they have gotten from central Illinois.

Recently the team was inducted into the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame.
A ceremony was held at the Dragon's Dome in Pekin on April 2. No Lettes showed up
because, they say, they never got invitations. Organizers for the event say they mailed
them. Won't be long before it will be the post office's fault. It does seem strange, though,
that nobody affiliated with the ASA

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Many More Records to be Up-Loaded Soon

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