Scott Spiezio - A View from The Abbey
Sun, Aug 30
|Ottawa Center: The Abbey
Spiezio played 12 seasons in the major leagues with the Oakland Athletics, Anaheim Angels,Seattle Mariners and St. Louis Cardinals, winning two World Series titles with the Angels and Cardinals. $10 Suggested Donation at the Door
Time & Location
Aug 30, 2026, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM CDT
Ottawa Center: The Abbey, 113 E Lafayette St, Ottawa, IL 61350, USA
About the event
Morris High School graduate Scott Spiezio was a 1993 All-American for the University of Illinois while also earning Third-Team and Second-Team All-Big Ten honors during his tenure at Illinois. A switch-hitter, he is the UI career home run record holder with 48.
Spiezio played 12 seasons in the major leagues with the Oakland Athletics, Anaheim Angels,Seattle Mariners and St. Louis Cardinals, winning two World Series titles with the Angels and Cardinals. Drafted out of Illinois in 1993 by Oakland, he was a career .255 hitter with 119 HR and 549 RBI during his MLB career. One of his career highlights was when he hit a three-run home run in Game Six of the 2002 World Series that sparked the Angels in a come-from-behind victory over the San Francisco Giants. He tied the MLB postseason record with 19 RBI’s in one postseason in 2002. A versatile player, the switch-hitting Spiezio made…