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 Quarrymen stats for the 2020 season.
Click HERE to see Quarrymen stats for the 2019 season.
Click HERE to see Quarrymen stats for the 2018 season.
Click HERE to see the Scores for the 2020 season.
Click HERE to see the Scores for the 2019 season.

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.

6/22/2019 Quarrymen's first home game of 2019.
The Quarrymen played their first home games of the year on the fields behind Mt. Assisi Academy on June 22, 2019. For more info check our Facebook Events page.

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 Rich at richardakurek@gmail.com 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

NEXT GAME:
May 2021 on a field near you.

DATE	TIME(S)	RIVAL TEAM(S)	SCORE	Place
May 3	2:15 pm 3:30 pm	Oregon Ganeymedes Creston Regulators	Cancelled	Creston, IL
May 17	1:00pm	Chicago Salmon	Cancelled	Des Plaines, IL
May 31	12:00pm	Milwaukee Cream Citys	Lost 7-14 Lost 5-17	West Allis, WI
June 14	12:00pm	​Sunset Hill Farm Colonels	Won 12-6 Lost 9-10	Valparaiso, IN
June 14	TBD	CANTIGNY RED OAK FEST DuPage Plowboys and others	Cancelled	Wheaton, IL
June 27	12:00 pm 2:45 pm	Sunset Hill Farm Colonels & McHenry County Independents	Cancelled	HOME
July 18	TBD	McLean Cnty Prairie Chickens Springfield Long Nine	Won 8-2 Won 6-4	Normal, IL
July 25	1:00 pm	Blue Island Brewmasters	Cancelled	HOME
August 15	TBD	MILWAUKEE FEST Teams TBD	Did Not Attend	​West Allis, WI
August 23	12:00pm 3:00pm	Creston Regulators Somonauk Blue Stockings	Tied 5-5 Lost 8-9	HOME
August 29	1:00 pm	Blue Island Brewmasters	Cancelled	Blue Island, IL
September 20	1:00pm	Somonauk Blue Stockings	Lost 15-16	Somonauk, IL
Record	3-5-1	Aces for 75, Aces against 83	2020

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