Chattanooga Lookouts
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| Chattanooga Lookouts Founded in 1885 Chattanooga, Tennessee |
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| League titles | 1932, 1939, 1952, 1961, 1988 | ||
| Division titles | 1988, 1992 | ||
| Owner(s)/Operated by: Frank Burke, Daniel Burke, and Charles Eshbach | |||
| Manager: Mike Goff | |||
| General Manager: Frank Burke | |||
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, is the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds major-league club. 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.
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.
Notable former Lookouts players that have made it to the Major Leagues include Baseball Hall of Famers Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Burleigh Grimes, Harmon Killebrew, and Ferguson Jenkins. Also, Ben Broussard (New York Yankees), Adam Dunn (Cincinnati Reds), Austin Kearns (Washington Nationals), and Jason LaRue (St. Louis Cardinals) currently play in the MLB. Other notable former players include Alvin Davis, Mark Langston, Deion Sanders, and Pete Rose Jr. (son of Pete Rose).
2008 will mark the teams' 123rd season of play in Chattanooga.
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 [1].
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Chattanooga Lookouts roster
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[edit] Retired numbers
- 26 - Dernell Stenson, Outfield, 2003
[edit] References
2. The Chattanooga Lookouts & 100 Seasons of Scenic City Baseball -- Martini, Stephen. Dry Ice Publishing / 2006.
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