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Eugene Church · 09-05-2011, 05:59 PM

The Islandian Times
Sunday, November 1, 2025

Bay St. Clair Buccaneers History
The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers are tied with Denton City Redbirds in the Tycobbian West with 8 playoff appearances and 6 division flags. The Bucs overall winning percentage is .522 (2006-1840), second best to Bayview and ranked 13th in the IPA. Bay St. Clair has been hot in recent years with 5 pennants in the last 11 seasons. Neither the Bucs, nor the Redbirds have salvaged a Pro Cup as of yet. Denton City has played in two Pro Cups in 2005 and 2008, while Bay St. Clair was in it in 2015.

Bay St. Clair Playoff Snapshot:
2002 - defeated by Rolling Hills 2-1 in Sweet 16 (second round)
2003 - defeated by Bayview 2-1 in First Round
2005 - defeated by Red Bluff of TU East 3-2 in Sweet 16
2015 - lost in Pro Cup Finals to Taranto of the RU North 4-1
2017 - lost in TU Final 4 to Turon of the TU South 4-0
2018 - lost again to Pro Cup champ Turon 4-2 in TU Final 4
2021 - defeated by Ozarka 4-3 in Elite 8
2023 - Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra of TU East swept Bucs in the Elite 8

Pitcher Denny Coulon (2001-2007) is the best borderline bet Bay St. Clair has for the HOF, although he was with them only 6 years, but he led the Bucs to three postseason appearances with a 114-79 record and a fine 2.75 ERA... Coulon has the second-best career Buccaneer ERA and is sixth in victories... Coulon was signed by Summerland in 2008 and he went on to spend 15 seasons with the Sunsets, retiring in 2002 with a lifetime 343-324 mark and an impressive 2.96 ERA, tied with Titus Bristow of Tuckanarra for third in all-time IPA wins... Coulon lost a lot of heartbreakers with the pathetic Sunsets, a poor ballclub for most of its IPA history.

In the short term, 26-year-old 1B Jerry Todd (2020-2025) is Bay St. Clair's best ballplayer with a .327 BA (1st), 190 homers (4th) and 633 RBIs (8th) in his 6 seasons... Todd is twice an All-Star and was the TU Rookie of the Year in 2020... 2B-SS Jimmy Sawyer (2005-2021) played 17 years for the Bucs and ranks high in most of the offensive categories... Sawyer, a 2-time All-Star, batted .285 in 2370 games (1st) with 1220 runs (2nd), 2351 hits (1st), 320 doubles (2nd), 61 triples (5th), 307 home runs (2nd) and 1285 RBIs (2nd)... 2-time All-Star and 2-time Gold Glove OF Todd Bryant (2003-2018) was a standout for 15 seasons and 2039 games, but batted only .262... however he was productive with 1227 runs (2nd), 1971 hits (4th), 245 doubles (3rd), 86 triples (1st-tied), 285 homers (3rd), 1095 RBIs (3rd) and 342 SB (2nd)... 2-time All-Star 1B Gerry Fields (2005-2018) is the top slugger in Buccaneer history and leads with 429 homers and 1355 runs batted in... Fields hit .296 (6th) in 2034 games (4th) with 1044 runs (4th), 2057 hits (3rd) and 291 doubles (4th),.. 4-time Gold Glover and 3-time All-Star 2B Bud Walker (2013-2025) has had a fine career and at age 32 has a few more years left... so far Walker has a .294 BA (7th) with 2209 hits (2nd) in 1895 games... he has 348 doubles (1st), 84 triples (2nd), 90 homers (9th), 699 RBIs (6th), 1100 walks (1st) and has stolen 377 bases (1st)... SS Ryan Sanders (2005-2020) was a steady fielder and solid bat, hitting .280 with 1947 hits (5th) in 2109 games (2nd)... Sanders contributed 956 runs (5th), 291 doubles (4th-tied), 65 triples (4th), 161 HRs (5th) and 834 RBIs (4th)... OF Bruno DiPirro (2010-2019) had 10 solid seasons with Bay St. Clair after being traded by Sugar Valley in 2009, elected to the All-Star team twice in 2012 and 2017... DiPirro is the Rattlers all-time leader with a .315 average in his 6 years with the club... in 1313 games (7th) for the Buccaneers DiPirro batted .309 (4th) with 1422 hits (7th), 759 runs (7th), 280 doubles (7th) and 59 triples (6th).

On the mound for Bay St. Clair Duke DeVree (2001-2020) excelled with the most all-time victories with a 265-234 record and a 3.62 ERA (6th)...DeVree was a 3-time All-Star and won a Golden Glove... 4-time All-Star Norm Gross (2001-2015) was both a starter and a closer at various times in his career... overall he was 159-139 and ranked second win wins and number one in saves with 121... Gross sported a 3.57 ERA (5th).

09-05-2011, 05:59 PM	#2706
Eugene Church Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 36,118	*The Islandian Times* Sunday, November 1, 2025 Bay St. Clair Buccaneers History The Bay St. Clair Buccaneers are tied with Denton City Redbirds in the Tycobbian West with 8 playoff appearances and 6 division flags. The Bucs overall winning percentage is .522 (2006-1840), second best to Bayview and ranked 13th in the IPA. Bay St. Clair has been hot in recent years with 5 pennants in the last 11 seasons. Neither the Bucs, nor the Redbirds have salvaged a Pro Cup as of yet. Denton City has played in two Pro Cups in 2005 and 2008, while Bay St. Clair was in it in 2015. Bay St. Clair Playoff Snapshot: 2002 - defeated by Rolling Hills 2-1 in Sweet 16 (second round) 2003 - defeated by Bayview 2-1 in First Round 2005 - defeated by Red Bluff of TU East 3-2 in Sweet 16 2015 - lost in Pro Cup Finals to Taranto of the RU North 4-1 2017 - lost in TU Final 4 to Turon of the TU South 4-0 2018 - lost again to Pro Cup champ Turon 4-2 in TU Final 4 2021 - defeated by Ozarka 4-3 in Elite 8 2023 - Pro Cup champ Tuckanarra of TU East swept Bucs in the Elite 8 Pitcher Denny Coulon (2001-2007) is the best borderline bet Bay St. Clair has for the HOF, although he was with them only 6 years, but he led the Bucs to three postseason appearances with a 114-79 record and a fine 2.75 ERA... Coulon has the second-best career Buccaneer ERA and is sixth in victories... Coulon was signed by Summerland in 2008 and he went on to spend 15 seasons with the Sunsets, retiring in 2002 with a lifetime 343-324 mark and an impressive 2.96 ERA, tied with Titus Bristow of Tuckanarra for third in all-time IPA wins... Coulon lost a lot of heartbreakers with the pathetic Sunsets, a poor ballclub for most of its IPA history. In the short term, 26-year-old 1B Jerry Todd (2020-2025) is Bay St. Clair's best ballplayer with a .327 BA (1st), 190 homers (4th) and 633 RBIs (8th) in his 6 seasons... Todd is twice an All-Star and was the TU Rookie of the Year in 2020... 2B-SS Jimmy Sawyer (2005-2021) played 17 years for the Bucs and ranks high in most of the offensive categories... Sawyer, a 2-time All-Star, batted .285 in 2370 games (1st) with 1220 runs (2nd), 2351 hits (1st), 320 doubles (2nd), 61 triples (5th), 307 home runs (2nd) and 1285 RBIs (2nd)... 2-time All-Star and 2-time Gold Glove OF Todd Bryant (2003-2018) was a standout for 15 seasons and 2039 games, but batted only .262... however he was productive with 1227 runs (2nd), 1971 hits (4th), 245 doubles (3rd), 86 triples (1st-tied), 285 homers (3rd), 1095 RBIs (3rd) and 342 SB (2nd)... 2-time All-Star 1B Gerry Fields (2005-2018) is the top slugger in Buccaneer history and leads with 429 homers and 1355 runs batted in... Fields hit .296 (6th) in 2034 games (4th) with 1044 runs (4th), 2057 hits (3rd) and 291 doubles (4th),.. 4-time Gold Glover and 3-time All-Star 2B Bud Walker (2013-2025) has had a fine career and at age 32 has a few more years left... so far Walker has a .294 BA (7th) with 2209 hits (2nd) in 1895 games... he has 348 doubles (1st), 84 triples (2nd), 90 homers (9th), 699 RBIs (6th), 1100 walks (1st) and has stolen 377 bases (1st)... SS Ryan Sanders (2005-2020) was a steady fielder and solid bat, hitting .280 with 1947 hits (5th) in 2109 games (2nd)... Sanders contributed 956 runs (5th), 291 doubles (4th-tied), 65 triples (4th), 161 HRs (5th) and 834 RBIs (4th)... OF Bruno DiPirro (2010-2019) had 10 solid seasons with Bay St. Clair after being traded by Sugar Valley in 2009, elected to the All-Star team twice in 2012 and 2017... DiPirro is the Rattlers all-time leader with a .315 average in his 6 years with the club... in 1313 games (7th) for the Buccaneers DiPirro batted .309 (4th) with 1422 hits (7th), 759 runs (7th), 280 doubles (7th) and 59 triples (6th). On the mound for Bay St. Clair Duke DeVree (2001-2020) excelled with the most all-time victories with a 265-234 record and a 3.62 ERA (6th)...DeVree was a 3-time All-Star and won a Golden Glove... 4-time All-Star Norm Gross (2001-2015) was both a starter and a closer at various times in his career... overall he was 159-139 and ranked second win wins and number one in saves with 121... Gross sported a 3.57 ERA (5th). Attached Images Last edited by Eugene Church; 09-16-2011 at 06:34 PM.