Joliet, IL

Joliet is located in northeastern Illinois, 20 miles southeast of Chicago, IL. For almost a century and a half, it was the site of the Illinois State Penitentiary.

Teams that have played here

• Joliet Stone Citys, Illinois-Indiana League (1892)
• Joliet Standards, Three-I League (1903)
• Joliet Jolly-ites, Northern Association (1910)
• Joliet JackHammers, Northern League (2002-2010)
• Joliet Slammers, Frontier League (2011-2019, 2021-)
• Joliet Slammers, City of Champions Cup 2020

Persons who were born here

• Sweetbreads Bailey, pitcher
• Rylan Bannon, infielder
• Jesse Barfield, outfielder
• Elmer Bell, minor leaguer and college coach
• Sean Bergman, pitcher
• Bobby Burke, pitcher
• Kevin Cameron, pitcher
• Johnny Cardenas, minor league catcher
• Mark Carlson, umpire
• Rick Colbert, minor league catcher and manager
• Kelly Dransfeldt, infielder
• Brian Dubois, pitcher
• Don Dwyer, minor league infielder
• Terry Gannon, broadcaster
• Mike Grace, pitcher
• Larry Gura, pitcher
• Bill Haller, umpire
• Brent Headrick, pitcher
• Jack Hendricks, outfielder; manager
• Ethan Hollingsworth, pitcher
• Ed Lagger, pitcher
• Mark Leiter, pitcher
• Chris Michalak, pitcher
• Bill Moran, catcher
• Ed Murphy, infielder
• Steve Parris, pitcher
• Jack Perconte, infielder
• Chris Priest, minor league outfielder
• Rich Ramos, minor league pitcher
• Jeff Reed, catcher
• John Ruettiger, minor league outfielder
• Tanner Roark, pitcher
• Brandon Sing, minor league infielder
• Ed Spiezio, infielder
• Scott Spiezio, infielder
• Bill Sudakis, infielder
• Virginia Tezak, AAGPBL player

Persons who died here

• Sweetbreads Bailey, pitcher
• Elmer Bell, minor leaguer and college coach
• Joe Burg, infielder
• Bobby Burke, pitcher
• Don Dwyer, minor league infielder
• Gordie Gillespie, college coach
• Jack Himes, outfielder
• Ed Lagger, pitcher
• Bill Moran, catcher
• Ed Murphy, infielder
• George Pearce, pitcher
• Virginia Tezak, AAGPBL player

Educational institutions located here

• Joliet Catholic Academy
• Joliet Central High School
• Joliet East High School
• Joliet Junior College
• Joliet Township High School
• Joliet West High School
• Plainfield South High School
• University of St. Francis