Full Text of HR0520 96th General Assembly
HR0520 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Schaive of Springfield, who passed away on May 11, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, John Schaive was born on February 25, 1934 in | 6 |
| Springfield; he was a graduate of Lanphier High School; and
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| WHEREAS, John Schaive had a long and distinguished baseball | 8 |
| career; he began his career when he signed with the Chicago | 9 |
| White Sox in 1952; he was then released from the White Sox and | 10 |
| became a minor league terror; in 1955, he led a Class D league | 11 |
| in four offensive categories; the following season, he was in | 12 |
| spring training with the big club, an opportunity cut short | 13 |
| when he entered the military; and
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| WHEREAS, After spending two seasons in military service, | 15 |
| John Schaive returned to baseball; he spent five seasons in the | 16 |
| big leagues, from 1958 to 1960 with the original Senators (who | 17 |
| became the Minnesota Twins in 1961) and from 1962 to 1963 with | 18 |
| the expansion Washington Senators; his best major league season | 19 |
| came in 1962, when he played 82 games and batted .253 with 6 | 20 |
| home runs and 29 runs batted in; in the course of his major | 21 |
| league career, he batted .232 in 114 games; and |
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| WHEREAS, John Schaive's Major League career, while | 2 |
| fruitful, consisted of more sitting than playing; at one point | 3 |
| in his career, he went to Senators manager Mickey Vernon and | 4 |
| made a request to go back to the minor leagues; and
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| WHEREAS, John Schaive played for 12 seasons in the minor | 6 |
| leagues; throughout his minor league career, he was a career | 7 |
| .291 hitter in more than 1,100 minor league games; he also hit | 8 |
| .293 on the Class AA level and .282 in five Triple-A seasons; | 9 |
| he even had his hand in some pitching, going 2-3 in 13 | 10 |
| appearances for Decatur of the Mississippi-Ohio League in 1954 | 11 |
| and 2-1 in eight appearances with York of the Class AA Eastern | 12 |
| League in 1963; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, John Schaive ended his career in 1966 as a | 14 |
| player-manager in Monterrey, Mexico following a long battle | 15 |
| with various sports injuries, including a hurt knee and a | 16 |
| dislocated elbow; and
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| WHEREAS, Following his retirement, John Schaive came back | 18 |
| to Springfield, where he helped raise his family; he also | 19 |
| coached the Springfield Caps of the Central Illinois Collegiate | 20 |
| League in the 1970s and served as coach when Sangamon State | 21 |
| University fielded a baseball team; although he never | 22 |
| officially worked as a scout for any professional organization, | 23 |
| he served as an area scout for his many friends in baseball; he |
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| played a role in getting professional baseball contracts for | 2 |
| local players such as Roger Erickson, Mike Mathiot, Jerry Fry, | 3 |
| Dan Callahan, Myron Hunter, Loren White, and Bill Lamkey; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, John Schaive was one of the founding fathers of | 5 |
| the Springfield Sports Hall of Fame; he was also a charter | 6 |
| member of the organization in 1991; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, John Schaive served as a model of hard work, | 8 |
| integrity, and dedication for the people of the State of | 9 |
| Illinois; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | 13 |
| Schaive; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of John Schaive as an expression of our | 16 |
| sympathy.
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