Four new gravesite pictures have been added to the website.  All four are courtesy of Jim Simmelink.

Charlie Dexter was a 5'7" infielder who played in the majors from 1896-1903.  Charlie was born in Evansville IN and attended the University of the South in Sewanee TN.  His final four seasons in the minor leagues were in Des Moines and presumably he settled in Des Moines after his playing career ended.

Pat Donahue, a catcher, spent three years (1908-1910) of a 13 year playing career in the major leagues.  Pat was born in 1884 in Springfield OH and died in Springfield in 1966.  Why he was buried in Des Moines remains a mystery.

In a baseball career that began in 1896 and ended in 1906, Jesse Hoffmeister played only 48 games in the major leagues.  During his minor league career he played for a number of Iowa teams including Ottumwa, Waterloo and Oskaloosa.  He died in Des Moines in 1933 and is buried in Glendale Cemetery in Des Moines.

Adrian Lynch was born in Laurens IA in 1897.  He attended Notre Dame and pitched in 5 games with the 1920 St. Louis Browns earning a 2-0 record with a 5.24 ERA.  He died in Davenport in 1934.

Three pictures of gravesites have been added to the list.  They include Dick Kenworthy, a native of Red Oak IA and third baseman who played 125 games for the White Sox in the 1960's.  Kenworthy is buried in Red Oak. 

Lynn King was an outfielder who played 240 games for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1935 to 1939.  King was born in Villisca IA and is buried there.

The third is Gil Paulsen who pitched two innings for the 1925 Cardinals in his first year in professional baseball.  Paulsen allowed no earned runs so he has a 0.00 ERA for his brief major league career.  He continued to pitch in the minor leagues until 1932 but never returned to the major leagues (There must be a story there somewhere).  Paulsen was born in 1902 in Graettinger IA, died in 1994 at the age of 92 in Harlan IA and is buried in Marne IA.

The pictures were taken by Jim Simmelink of Adair IA.  To view the pictures go to the list under the "Iowa" heading and click on "Iowa Baseball Gravesites.

Jim Simmelink of Adair IA is interested in Iowans who have played professional baseball.  He has created a website entitled "Iowa Professional Baseball Connection." 

www.iowaprobaseball.weebly.com

Please take a look and provide any feedback you may have to Jim.

It was an historic day at the official Field of Dreams Movie site - under the lights at the Field of Dreams, a game between the Dyersville Hogs and the O'Fallon Flying Tigers marked the first official game to be played on the entire field in 20 years! The event celebrated "Honor Flight", an organization that sends World War II veterans to their Memorial in Washington D.C. The National Anthem was performed by Claire Stillman; the colors were presented by American Legion Post 137.


For the first time since Denise Stillman came up with the idea to purchase the Field of Dreams Movie site and transform the surrounding area into All-Star Ballpark Heaven she was able to see the realization of her vision. Standing on the field were children, sitting in the stands were their families, all around were the positive experiences she had hoped to make happen.