The Chattanooga Lookouts
are a minor league baseball team based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. They are named for nearby Lookout Mountain. The team, which plays in the Southern League, will be a Double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Dodgers major-league club for the 2009 season. The Lookouts play in AT&T Field, located in Chattanooga. Opened in 2000, the stadium seats 6,160 fans. From 1930-1999, the "Looks" played at historic Engel Stadium.
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History
During previous owner Joe Engel's tenure, the Lookouts won four championships - three with the
Southern Association and a fourth with the
South Atlantic League. For a time, Engel led the charge to own the Lookouts privately, with the help of several hundred fans as shareholders from 1938 to 1942. In 1939, as a privately owned franchise under coach
Kiki Cuyler, the Lookouts claimed a championship.
In 1931, the
New York Yankees played an exhibition game against the Lookouts. During the game, a 17 year old girl named
Jackie Mitchell pitched for the Lookouts and struck out Major League greats
Lou Gehrig and
Babe Ruth. A few days after the game, baseball commissioner
Kenesaw Mountain Landis voided Mitchell's contract, claiming that baseball was "too strenuous" for women.
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Notable former Lookouts players that have made it to the Major Leagues include Baseball Hall of Famers
Burleigh Grimes,
Harmon Killebrew, and
Ferguson Jenkins. Other notable former players include
Alvin Davis,
Mark Langston,
Deion Sanders, and
Pete Rose Jr. (son of
Pete Rose).
Ben Broussard (
New York Yankees),
Adam Dunn (
Washington Nationals),
Austin Kearns (
Washington Nationals),
Trevor Hoffman (
Milwaukee Brewers) and
Jason LaRue (
St. Louis Cardinals) currently play in the MLB.
2009 marks the teams' 124th season of play in Chattanooga.
The team, which plays in the
Southern League, is the Double-A affiliate of the major-league club.
From 1987-2008, the Lookouts were the Double-A affiliate
Cincinnati Reds. For the 2009-2010 seasons, the
Los Angeles Dodgers will be the parent club.
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Current roster
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Players
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Pitchers
- 45 James Adkins
- 54 Clayton Allison
- -- Marlon Arias †
- 15 Jesus Castillo (baseball)
- -- Zachary Hammes †
- 50 Brent Leach
- 7 Joshua Lindblom
- 37 Kieran Mattison
- 35 Jacobo Meque
- 40 Danny Muegge
- 41 Jesus Rodriguez (baseball)
- 30 Travis Schlichting
- 36 Anthony Tomey
- 38 Cody White
- -- Kyle Wilson †
† disabled list
‡ temporary inactive list
updated November 3 2008
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| Catchers
- 29 Kelly Gulledge
- 31 Gabriel Gutierrez
- 25 Lucas May
Infielders
- 11 Iván DeJesús, Jr.
- 8 Adolfo Gonzalez
- 9 Juan M. Gonzalez (baseball)
- 14 Russell Mitchell
Outfielders
- 23 Adam Godwin
- 34 Jamie Hoffmann
- 6 Andrew Lambo
- 16 Ryan Rogowski
- 6 James Tomlin †
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Coaches
- 3 Luis Salazar (hitting)
- 5 Glenn Dishman (pitching)
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Retired numbers
- 26
- Dernell Stenson, Outfield, 2003
References
- The Pinstripe Press : Jackie Mitchell - The Pride of the Yankees on Baseball Almanac
- Chattanooga Lookouts team up with Dodgers
- Dodgers change minor-league affiliates