Frobel, Hoy, Kusiewicz, MacQuarrie make Ottawa-Nepean Canadians HOF
Former Ottawa-Nepean Canadians RHP Peter Hoy (Cardinal, Ont.) speaks to the crowd Friday night at the Ukranian Hall in Ottawa.
A total of 23 former Ottawa-Nepean Canadians players and coaches have had the opportunity to go on to the pro ranks.
Four of them were inducted into the Canadians Hall of Fame as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations.
Inducted on the weekend were:
_ The first Canadians player to ever go pro, RHP Dave MacQuarrie, who pitched in the Montreal Expos system.
_ The only former Canadian to make the majors in Doug Frobel, who took over for Dave Parker in right field with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
_ A former major leaguer, who retired after pitching on the Fenway Park mound and came home to pitch for the Canadians, RHP Peter Hoy. He learned under the legendary coaches Jack Giffin and Brian McRobie.
_ And lefty Mike Kusiewicz, who won the ERA title his first year in the Colorado Rockies system, at class-A Asheville.
The others to be elected were C Cam Pelton (Nepean, Ont.), who played more than a decade with the Canadians and spent four years with the LeMoyne Dolphins, founder Art Nielsen and long-time coach Don Campbell. Campbell also had his No. 17 retired.
Player Team Year Round
OF Demi Orimoloye, Orleans, Ont., Brewers 2015 4
INF Chris Bisson, Ottawa, Ont., Padres 2010 4
RHP Phillippe Aumont, Hull, Que., Mariners 2007 1
LHP Mike Lynch, Brockville, Ont., Blue Jays 2007 undrafted
OF Matt McCarney, Kanata, Ont., Rays 2006 23
OF Sebastien Boucher, Hull, Que. Mariners 2004 7
* RHP TJ Burton, Ottawa, Ont. Indians 2001 18
RHP Tanner Watson, Arnprior, Ont., Mariners 2000 19
1B Trevor Mosley, Nepean, Ont. Johnston-IND 2000 Undrafted
OF Felix Septimo La Victoria, Dominican Republic Blue Jays undrafted
Using all the lessons he learned from his brothers Brian, also known as Big Money and Jamie, LHP Mike Kusiewicz (Nepean, Ont.) was a Colorado Rockies draft in 1994.
* INF Tim Nelson, Calgary, Alta. Orioles 1998 7
LHP Marc-Andre Lagace, Montreal, Que. Dodgers 1998 39
RHP Jed Fuller, Renfrew, Ont. Astros 1996 31
LHP Mike Kusiewicz, Nepean, Ont. Rockies 1994 8
RHP Peter Hoy, Cardinal, Ont., Red Sox 1988 33
RHP Dave MacQuarrie (Ottawa, Ont.) impressed Montreal Expos’ scouting guru Mel Didier to be signed in 1974.
INF Phil Franko, Nepean, Ont., Twins 1981 Undrafted
OF Doug Frobel, Ottawa, Ont., Pirates, 1978 Undrafted
RHP Dave MacQuarrie, Ottawa, Ont. Expos 1974 Undrafted
(* Denotes those who coached with the Canadians after playing elsewhere)