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Lemont Quarrymen
Vintage Base Ball Club
sponsored by the Lemont Area Historical Society

In 2011, history buffs and baseball lovers united to form the Lemont Quarrymen, a vintage base ball team. This club, ranging in age from 16-72, showcases the way base ball was played in 1858. At matches, the Quarrymen tend their bases and scout the outfield without mitts, always hoping that the “onion” is knocked their way. While at bat, the ballists strike with their willows to knock the “apple out of the orchard” or “cut some daisies” in order to tally more aces than their opponents. For these Quarrymen winning is nice, but its pursuit never dims their gentlemanly characters.

News and Updates

Quarrymen Statistics

Click HERE to see Stats for the 2022 season.
Click HERE to see Stats for the 2021 season.
Click HERE to see Stats for the 2020 season.

Click HERE to see Stats for the 2019 season.
Click HERE to see Stats for the 2018 season.
Click HERE to see the Scores for the 2021 season.

Click HERE to see the Scores for the 2020 season.
Click HERE to see the Scores for the 2019 season.

6/13/2022 Quarrymen featured on Naperville Community Television
NCTV covered Naper Settlement's Hometown Picnic. Click here for the article and video.

7/2/2019 Quarrymen featured in the Daily Southtown!
The Daily Southtown covered the Quarrymen's recent match with the Blue Island Brewmasters. Read all about Lemont's 14-2 win by clicking here.

6/7/2019 Quarrymen in the Suburban Chicago Tribune!
Vintage baseball played with 1858 rules takes the field Sunday at Naper Settlement's Hometown Picnic. Read all about it in the Naperville Sun.
Feel like playing like a kid again but at a slower pace? The Quarrymen are looking for ballists that will strike the apple out of the orchard with their willows. Play baseball according to the rules of 1858. E-mail Jeff Turnbull at jeff.turnbull@comcast.net or call the Historical Society at 630-257-2972 if you would like more information about joining the team. You can see more photos and updates of the team on the team's Facebook page.

​Home Games at Mount Assisi Field
13900 Main St - Lemont, IL

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NEXT GAME:
August 13, 2022 - Danville, IL

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DATE
TIME(S)
OPPONENT(S)
SCORE
Place
May 1
2:15 pm
3:30 pm
Creston Regulators
Oregon Ganymedes

0-6
4-20
Creston, IL
May 15
12:00 pm
DuPage Plowboys
15-9
Wheaton, IL
May 22
12:00 pm
Valparaiso Lookouts
McLean County Prairie Chickens
25-5
7-12
HOME
June 4
1:00 pm
Milwaukee Grays
Cancelled
Milwaukee, WI
June 12
2:00 pm
McLean County Prairie Chickens
18-9
Naper Settlement
June 24-26
TBD
2022 Michigan Vintage Base Ball Festival - Detroit, Canton (MI), Flat Rock, Flint
15-2
4-19
3-17
6-5
Frankenmuth, MI
July 10
1:00 pm
Creston Regulators
Oregon Ganymedes

6-6
1-21
Oregon, IL
July 16
1:00 pm
Valparaiso Lookouts
Cancelled
Valparaiso, IN
July 23
11:00 am
DuPage Plowboys
Oregon Ganymedes

RAIN
HOME
July 30
2:00 pm
McHenry County Independents
24-8
Prairie Grove, IL
August 13
TBD
Vermilion Voles
Springfield Long Nine
Deep River Grinders
-
-
-
Danville, IL
August 21
12:00 pm
Creston Regulators
-
HOME
August 27
11:00 am
Chicago Salmon
Summit Station Signalmen
-
-
Des Plaines, IL
Record
6-6-1
Aces for, Aces against
128-139
2022
Vintage Base Ball is a pastime, with its beginnings and progressions mimicking those that occurred in America over 160 years ago. Teams competing today wear period reproduction uniforms, use period authentic equipment and follow baseball rules from the 19th century in order to accurately present the history of baseball to the public. Matches can be seen almost 12 months out of each year at open-air museums, living history villages, Civil War re-enactments and city parks and is played in over 20 states including Canada.

For more information about Vintage Base Ball, visit https://vbba.org

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We Would Love to Have You Visit Soon!

Hours of Operation (winter)
   Tuesday and Friday: 10 AM - 2 PM 
   Saturday: 10 AM - 1 PM
   Closed major holidays
​   (including Mother's Day and Father's Day)


Telephone

(630) 257-2972

Email

lemonthistorical@gmail.com