1978 Quasqueton Carpsuckers
Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium
Mascots: "Sid Fishious & Nancy Spongeon" Uniform colors: Red / Yellow / White
Darrell Hanson vbgbaseball@gmail.com.net
Team Roster Team Schedule
Owner Bio
I will be 70 years old as of Aug. 2024 and live in Altoona, Iowa (a suburb of Des Moines) with my wife Janet.  We have two sons, a 40-year-old who teaches middle school math in a nearby school district, and a 37-year-old who also lives in the Des Moines area and is a trainer for a large insurance company.  We have 2 grandchildren, a girl and a boy.  Until 2008 I had lived almost all of my adult life in Manchester, a small town in northeast Iowa.  49 years ago I set out to become a high school social studies teacher but got sidetracked into politics and spent 16 years as a member of the Iowa House of Representatives, from 1979 through 1994. (This is when I met fellow VBG'ers Eric Borseth and Mike Coveyou when they joined my Ballpark Baseball league.) Since Iowa has a part-time legislature, I worked in a variety of other jobs during this time, first as a substitute teacher, then as a crop insurance adjuster, and finally teaching political science for the University of Northern Iowa, and economics and American history for Upper Iowa University. In 1994 I left the legislature (voluntarily), spent a year in a job working with city and county economic development programs in northeast Iowa, and then went to work for Iowa State University Extension as the director of the Delaware County Extension Service.  

Even though I thought I had left politics in 1994, I still got involved in public policy from time to time, including a term on the Manchester City Council and serving three terms as the chairman of the Iowa Environmental Protection Commission.  Then in late 2007 I was appointed to the Iowa Utilities Board, a 3-member quasi-judicial commission that regulates public electric, gas, water, and telephone utilities. (In most other states we would be called the Public Utility Commission or the Public Service Commission.)  This position is a full-time job, so I left northeast Iowa and moved to the Des Moines area.  My term ran until the end of April, 2013.  A different governor had taken office by then, and as usually happens, he wanted to appoint his own people to the Board and I was out of a job.  But thanks to the generosity of the state pension system I was able to retire to a life of semi-leisure.  I then worked part-time for a few years, first as a memger of an energy policy consulting group and then as a college instructor for the Des Moines Area Community College (political science) and the Arizona State University law school (Energy Law & Policy).  I am now fully retired.

I discovered baseball simulation games during my freshman year at the University of Kansas where I became addicted to a local tabletop game called Ballpark Baseball that at the time could only be played in The Ballpark, a Lawrence bar.  When Ballpark Baseball became availble as a commercial product separate from the Lawrence bar, I started a Ballpark league in Des Moines. It was through that league that I met current VBGers Mike Coveyou and Eric Borseth.  Thanks to Mike Coveyou I joined the VBG when it was formed in 2002.  I now belong to a pair of Rotisserie leagues with current VBGers Mike Coveyou, Tom Alberts, and former VBG'er Doug Stout, and used to include VBGers Eric and Brandon Borseth and my son Mark Hanson.  The Rotisserie leagues are a real challenge for someone like me who doesn't pay a lot of attention to current MLB.  An active SABR member, I still have a strong interest in the history of the game and have been marginally involved with SABR's BioProject. 

Other interests include history (especially American history in 1774-1800 and 1850-77), almost any kind of music, travel (especially to places of historical significance), and playing almost any kind of strategy game.
Franchise History
World Series Championships: 1928, 1930, 1938, 1946, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1975
League Pennant: 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1961, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1975
(Prior to 1937, the League Pennant was awarded to the Regular Season Champion. Since then, the League Pennant is awarded to the winner of the League Championship Series.)
Regular Season Championships: 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1946, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970
Single Season Batting Career Batting Single Season Pitching Career Pitching
Year Team Name Hometown Ballpark Owner W-L Record Finish Team MVP
1977 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 82-80
 4/10
 Ken Singleton
1976 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 92-70
 2/10
 Amos Otis
1975 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 90-72
 4/10
 Ken Singleton
1974 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 75-87
 7/10
 Davey Lopes
1973 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 82-80
 4/10
 Ken Singleton
1972 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 84-78
 4/10
 Richie Scheinblum
1971 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 80-82
 t5/10
 Amos Otis
1970 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 110-52
 1/10
 Amos Otis
1969 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 65-97
 10/10
 Mack Jones
1968 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 73-89
 8/10
 Ron Hunt
1967 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 110-52
 1/10
 Brooks Robinson
1966 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 84-78
 t5/10 Norm Cash
1965 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 98-64 1/10 Mack Jones
1964 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 107-55 1/10 Floyd Robinson
1963 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 85-77
 5/10 Vada Pinson
1962 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 78-84 6/10 Floyd Robinson
1961 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Metropolitan Stadium Darrell Hanson 104-58 1/9 Norm Cash
1960 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 58-96 8/8 Norm Cash
1959 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 105-49 1/8 Vada Pinson
1958 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 82-72 3/8 Harry Anderson
1957 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 67-87 8/8 Don Blasingame
1956 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 82-72 3/8 Ray Boone
1955 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 86-68 T-2/8 Larry Doby
1954 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 93-61 3/8 Hank Thompson
1953 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 102-52 1/8 Larry Doby
1952 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 91-63 1/8 Warren Spahn
1951 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 81-73 4/8 Larry Doby
1950 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 103-52 2/8 Larry Doby
1949 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 93-61 2/8 Vern Stephens
1948 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 97-57 1/8 Vern Stephens
1947 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 108-46 2/8 Warren Spahn
1946 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 99-55 1/8 Stan Spence
1945 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 55-99 7/8 Vern Stephens
1944 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 94-60 3/8 Stan Spence
1943 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 88-66 2/8 Stan Spence
1942 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 84-70 3/8 Stan Spence
1941 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 53-101 T-7/8 Max West
1940 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 48-106 7/8 Harlond Clift
1939 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 88-66 4/8 Bill Dickey
1938 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 102-52 1/8 Harlond Clift
1937 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 115-39 1/8 Bill Dickey
1936 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 121-33 1/8 Bill Dickey
1935 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 94-60 3/8 Wes Ferrell
1934 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 118-36 1/8 Lou Gehrig
1933 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 107-47 1/8 Chuck Klein
1932 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 121-33 1/8 Chuck Klein
1931 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 104-50 2/8 Lou Gehrig
1930 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 115-39 1/8 Joe Cronin
1929 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 86-68 3/8 Heinie Manush
1928 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 98-56 1/8 Lou Gehrig
1927 Quasqueton Carpsuckers Quasqueton, IA Griffith Stadium Darrell Hanson 57-97 8/8 Lou Gehrig