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50th Season All-Time Cubs - 1990-99

May 5, 2018

Fan voting for the All-Time Iowa Team continues with players from 1990-99. The six players with the most votes through Thursday, May 10 will be included in a 50th Anniversary Card Pack, to be given away at Principal Park on Thursday, June 21. Click here to vote. Presented by Coke. 

Fan voting for the All-Time Iowa Team continues with players from 1990-99. The six players with the most votes through Thursday, May 10 will be included in a 50th Anniversary Card Pack, to be given away at Principal Park on Thursday, June 21. Click here to vote. Presented by Coke. 

OF Derrick May (1990-1992)
Drafted ninth overall by the Chicago Cubs in the 1986 draft, Derrick May suited up for Iowa during the majority of the 1990 season and parts of the 1991 and 1992 seasons. The 1990 season saw May playing 119 games for the I-Cubs and posting a .296 average (136H/459AB). He continued the production into the 1991 and 1992 seasons hitting .297 (92H/310AB) and .367 (11H/30AB), respectively. Throughout his time with the I-Cubs, May played 156 games for Chicago and played the balance of the 1992 season with them. The outfielder hit .274/.306/.373/.679 during that span, and went on to play two more seasons with Chicago before being traded to Milwaukee in 1995. In May's 10 MLB seasons, he hit .271 (596H/2200AB) with 103 doubles, 52 home runs and 310 RBI.
RHP Heath Slocumb (1990-1993) 
In four seasons with Iowa, right-hander Heath Slocumb owned a 2.49 ERA in 94 innings of work. Used predominately as a closer, Slocumb had his most dominant season for Iowa in 1992, notching a 2.59 ERA (12ER/41.2IP) with seven saves and an average 10.2 strikeouts per nine innings. During a 10-year MLB career with eight teams, Slocumb was a 1995 All-Star selection and retired with a 4.08 ERA in 631.0 innings of work.
UTL Doug Strange (1990-1992)
En-route to a nine-year MLB career, with two spent with the Chicago Cubs, Doug Strange played parts of three seasons in Iowa. During 268 games, the utility man hit .301 (296H/990AB) and drove in 117 with 14 home runs. Strange owns an MLB career .233 batting average with 211 RBI and 31 home runs. Strange now works in the Pittsburg Pirates' front office.
INF Rey Sánchez (1991-1992, 1996)
Rey Sánchez suited up for the I-Cubs for parts of three seasons, with most of his playing time coming during the 1991 season. Prior to a 15-year MLB career, Sánchez lit up the American Association in his first stint with Iowa, ending the season with the sixth-best average on the '91 team at .290 (60R/46RBI/37BB/27SO). In 1,490 big league games, the middle infielder hit .272 with 32 triples, 15 home runs and 389 RBI.
CF Doug Glanville (1995-1996)
Drafted 12th-overall by the Chicago Cubs in the 1991 draft, Doug Glanville played a total of 202 games for Iowa during a 14-year professional career. As an Iowa career .289 hitter, the centerfielder notched 792 at-bats with 228 hits. During the 1996 season, Glanville scored 53 runs in just 90 games--good for second-best on the team behind Pedro Valdes (61R/103G). In nine MLB seasons, Glanville hit .277 (1100H/3964AB) with 166 doubles, 59 home runs, 333 RBI and 168 stolen bases.
RHP Kerry Wood (1997-1998, 2000, 2004-2006) 
The fourth-overall draft pick of the 1995 draft, right-hander Kerry Wood logged a 14-year MLB career with a 3.67 ERA (563ER/1380.0IP) and 1,582 strikeouts. Prior to his success at the Major League level, Wood spent parts of six seasons with Iowa, amassing a 6-3 win/loss record. The 1997 season marked his Triple-A debut, where he threw a total 57.2 innings with 30 earned runs for a 4.68 ERA. Wood would go on to spend the balance of 1998 and 2000 with Chicago-winning the 1998 Rookie of the Year. After the '97 season, his next five stints with the I-Cubs totaled 34.2 innings with a 1.82 ERA (7ER). Wood's career accolades include two All-Star selections and 2003 NL strikeout leader (266).
RHP Dave Swartzbaugh (1993-1998)
Dave Swartzbaugh spent the balance of six of 11 professional seasons with the I-Cubs. Over the span of his tenure, the righty ranks in the top of several categories, including: second-most career wins (38), third in career games (176), fifth-most innings pitched (543.0), most career strikeouts (430) and single-season wins (14). During Swartzbaugh's three MLB seasons, he amassed a 5.72 ERA (25ER/39.1IP).
MGR Terry Kennedy (1998-1999)
Kennedy managed the 1998 squad to a first-place Central Division standing with a .590 winning percentage (85-59). In his second and last season with the I-Cubs, Kennedy and the 1999 club won 65-76 to finish last in the Midwest Division with a .461 winning percentage.
MGR Marv Foley (1993)
Marv Foley managed the Iowa Cubs to its only championship in 1993 in his lone season as the manager. Foley played for the Oaks in 1977, 1979 and 1980 en-route to a five-year MLB career; in which he hit .224 (94H/419AB) with 51 RBI.
RHP Turk Wendell (1992-1994)
Turk Wendell suited up for the I-Cubs over the span of three seasons, amassing a 3.56 ERA (135ER/341.2IP) with 240 strikeouts. His best season came in 1994, when he threw 168 innings and notched a 2.95 ERA with 118 strikeouts and just 28 walks; leading to an Iowa Cub single-season second-best WHIP (100+IP) at 1.01. Wendell went on to spend parts of 11 seasons at the big league level, retiring with a 3.93 ERA (282ER/645.2IP) with 515 strikeouts and 324 walks.
UTL Eddie Zambrano (1993)
In his one season with the I-Cubs, Eddie Zambrano rose to the top in several all-time single-season categories, including: third-most home runs (32), fourth in extra-base hits (63), second in RBI (115), tied for fourth in total bases (271) and owns the second-most intentional walks (11). Zambrano played parts of two seasons at the Major League level, amassing a .263 average (35H/133AB) with six home runs and 20 RBI.
OF Tuffy Rhodes (1993)
Tuffy Rhodes played just one season with the I-Cubs, but made arguably one of the largest contributions to the organization. In a regular season in which he hit .320 (40H/125AB) with 20 RBI and 7 home runs, Rhodes is best known for his post-season heroics. In the bottom of the 11th of Game Seven of the AA finals, Rhodes launched a walk-off home run to propel the Iowa Cubs to their only championship in franchise history. The outfielder played parts of six seasons in the Majors-hitting .224 with 44 RBI and 13 home runs.
LF Roosevelt Brown (1998-1999, 2001)
Over three seasons with the I-Cubs, Roosevelt Brown secured himself atop several single-season and career categories, including wining the 2001 PCL batting crown with a .346 average-the only I-Cub to accomplish this feat. His 1999 .358 (96H/268AB) average is good for fourth-best all-time for a single season. During his tear, the left fielder drove in 79, with 25 doubles and 22 home runs. He sits in the top five in single-season hitting streaks (26), OPS (1.114) and slugging percentage (.713). Brown's Iowa career batting average is good for second-best on the list at .336. He also ranks in the top five in career doubles (92), extra-base hits (151) and OPS at 1.001. The Vicksburg, Miss. native spent four seasons in the Majors, hitting to a tune of .251 (111H/442AB) with 32 doubles, 11 home runs and 69 RBI.