(1927) Inducted, 1947 Notable alumni Bob Hartsfield (1974, MGR) Johnnie LeMaster (1974) Bob Knepper (1973) 2 x MLB All-Star John Montefusco (1973) MLB All-Star; 1975 NL Rookie of the Year Ed Halicki (1972) Butch Metzger (1972) 1976 NL Rookie of the Year John D'Acquisto (1971) 1974 NL Rookie Pitcher of the Year Ed Figueroa (1970) Gary Lavelle (1969) 2 x MLB All-Star Gary Matthews (1969) MLB All-Star; 1973 NL Rookie of the Year Elías Sosa (1969) Ron Bryant (1966) 1973 NL Wins Leader Tito Fuentes (1963) Ollie Brown (1962–63) Don Bryant (1961) Jim Northrup (1961) Johnny Groth (1961, MGR) Mickey Stanley (1961) 4 x Gold Glove Jim Rooker (1960) Jack Hamilton (1957) Jim Freeman (1952–54) First Black Decatur player Morrie Arnovich (1949–1950 MGR) MLB AS Bob Clear – 1947 Bud Byerly (1941) Dick Sisler (1941) MLB All-Star Max Surkont (1940) Buddy Blattner (1939) Inducted Missouri Sports Hall of Fame (1980) Oscar Judd (1939) MLB All-Star Emil Verban (1939) 2 x MLB All-Star Murry Dickson (1936–38) MLB All-Star Eddie Lake (1938) Bob Scheffing (1938) Jimmy Outlaw (1935) Frank McCormick (1935) 8 x MLB All-Star; 1939 NL Runs Batted In Leader; 1940 NL Most Valuable Player Dutch Leonard (1932) 4 x MLB All-Star Skeeter Newsome (1932) Claude Passeau (1932) 3 x MLB All-Star; 1939 AL Strikeouts Leader Odell Hale (1930) Rube Dessau (1928–1931 MGR) Hal McKain (1928) Ray Benge (1926) Pinky Whitney (1925–26) MLB All-Star Tom Oliver (1925) Denny Sothern (1925) Ben Dyer (1912–13) Heinie Groh (1911) Grover Hartley (1910) Grover Lowdermilk (1909–10) Charlie Case (1908) Beany Jacobson (1903, 1908–09) Memorable games May 30, 1909 – The Commodores win a 26-inning, 5-hour marathon over the Bloomington Bloomers 2–1. The 26 innings stays the record for the most innings in a completed professional game in the United States for 57 years. August 18, 1960 – 18-year-old, left-handed pitcher Bob Sprout of the Commodores pitched a no hitter against the Waterloo Hawks. In that game, Sprout struck out 22 hitters, which stands as the MWL single-game strikeout record. The Commies won by a 3–0 score. In fiction The Commodores appear in Harry Turtledove's Worldwar series, an alternate history in which aliens invade Earth in 1942 and the Second World War turns into an interplanetary war. Members of the team are on a train which is attacked by the aliens at the beginning of the invasion. One ball player is kidnapped by the invaders and