# Great Falls Voyagers

The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Great Falls, Montana, and play their home games at Centene Stadium.
The team has played continuously in the Pioneer League since 1969, and previously played in the league from 1948 to 1963. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an independent baseball league and granted status as an MLB Partner League, with Great Falls continuing as members. Prior to this, the Voyagers had been affiliated with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1952–1963), San Francisco Giants (1969–1983), Los Angeles Dodgers (1984–2002), and Chicago White Sox (2003–2020). The team was not affiliated with any MLB team from 1964 to 1968.

## Voyagers

The Voyagers name refers to the Mariana UFO incident in August 1950 when Nicholas "Nick" Mariana, the general manager of the Great Falls Electrics, saw two spinning objects approaching at a seemingly high speed. Mariana recorded 16 seconds of footage of the unidentified flying objects at Legion Park.

## Playoffs

* 2018: Defeated Billings 2-0 in semifinals; defeated Grand Junction 2-0 to win league championship.
* 2017: Defeated Missoula 2-0 in semifinals; lost to Ogden 2-1 in league championship.
* 2016: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals.
* 2014: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals.
* 2013: Lost to Helena 2-0 in semifinals.
* 2012: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals.
* 2011: Defeated Missoula 2-1 in semifinals; defeated Ogden 2-1 to win league championship.
* 2010: Lost to Helena 2-1 in semifinals.
* 2009: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals.
* 2008: Defeated Orem 2-1 to win league championship.
* 2007: Lost to Orem 2-0 in finals.
* 2002: Defeated Provo 2-1 to win league championship.
* 2000: Lost to Idaho Falls 2-0 in finals.
* 1997: Lost to Billings 2-0 in finals.

## Pete Rose Jr.

On December 18, 2012, Pete Rose Jr., the son of major league career hits leader Pete Rose, was named the Voyagers' manager. He replaced Ryan Newman. Under Rose Jr. the Voyagers held a 48-28 record and made it to the Pioneer League playoffs where they were eliminated by the Helena Brewers. On January 20, 2014, it was announced that then hitting coach Charlie Poe would manage the Voyagers for the 2014 season, ending Rose Jr.'s tenure as manager.

## Great Falls players with MLB experience
### Hall of Fame members

* Bobby Cox 1963
* Pedro Martinez 1990

### Notable alumni
#### 1948

    Jim Hughes, Bill White

#### 1951

    Bennie Daniels Jr, Dick Barone

#### 1953

    John Roseboro

#### 1954

    Larry Sherry

#### 1955

    Donald LeJohn

#### 1956

    Dick Scott

#### 1957

    Ed Palmquist, Jack Smith, Doug Camilli

#### 1958

    Larry Burright, Jim Duckworth

#### 1959

    Dick Smith, Bill Kunkel

#### 1960

    Nate Oliver, Rod Miller

#### 1961

    Gene Brabender

#### 1962

    Bob Griffith, Clarence Jones

#### 1963

    Bobby Cox, Angel Alcaraz

#### 1969

    Gary Thomasson, Elías Sosa, Ed Goodson, Horace Speed, Skip Pitlock, Steve Ontiveros, Mike Phillips

#### 1970

    Butch Metzger, Doug Capilla, John D'Acquisto

#### 1971

    Frank Riccelli, Willie Prall, Steven Stroughter, Gregg Thayer

#### 1972

    Ed Halicki, Bob Knepper, Gary Alexander, Rob Dressler, Reggie Walton, Fred Kuhaulua, Terry Cornutt

#### 1973

    Tommy Toms, Johnnie LeMaster, Jack Clark, Pete Falcone, Jeff Little, Ed Plank

#### 1974

    John Henry Johnson, Guy Sularz

#### 1975

    Alan Wirth, Jeff Yurak, Mike Rowland, Jose Barrios, Rick Murray

#### 1976

    Joe Strain Jr, Bob Brenly, Casey Parsons

#### 1977

    Phil Huffman, DeWayne Buice, Bob Kearney, Tom Runnells, Jeff Stember, Bob Tufts

#### 1978

    John Rabb, Rob Deer

#### 1979

    Scott Garrelts, Tom O'Malley, Frank Williams, Chris Brown, Randy Kutcher

#### 1980

    Alan Fowlkes, Randy Gomez, Jessie Reid, Mark Dempsey

#### 1981

    Matt Nokes, Mark Grant, Phil Ouellette

#### 1982

    Randy Bockus, Pat Larkin

#### 1983

    Eric King, Mike Aldrete, Charlie Hayes, John Burkett, Alonzo Powell, Ángel Escobar

#### 1984

    Darren Holmes, Tim Scott, Wayne Kirby, Luis Lopez, Jeff Nelson

#### 1985

    Mike Devereaux, Jack Savage, Mike Huff, John Wetteland

#### 1986

    Kevin Campbell, Dave Hansen, Mike Munoz

#### 1987

    Rafael Bournigal, Dennis Springer, Tony Barron, Zak Shinall

#### 1988

    Eric Karros, José Offerman, Mike James, Jeff Hartsock, Jerry Brooks, Eddie Pye

#### 1989

    Jamie McAndrew, Matt Howard, Tom Goodwin

#### 1990

    Pedro Martínez, Raúl Mondesí, Mike Mimbs, Garey Ingram

#### 1991

    Henry Blanco, Roberto Mejía, Juan Castro, José Parra, Rick Gorecki, Todd Williams, Ken Huckaby, Willis Otáñez

#### 1992

    Roger Cedeño, Félix Rodríguez, Chad Zerbe, Chris Latham

#### 1993

    Wilton Guerrero

#### 1994

    Dennys Reyes, Adam Riggs, Nate Bland, Ricky Stone

#### 1995

    Pedro Feliciano, Luke Prokopec, Ángel Peña

#### 1996

    Brad Thomas

#### 1997

    Víctor Álvarez, Luke Allen

#### 1998

    Jorge Piedra

#### 1999

    Shane Victorino, Jason Repko

#### 2000

    Ricardo Rodríguez, Willy Aybar, Reggie Abercrombie, Joel Hanrahan, Agustín Montero

#### 2002

    Jonathan Broxton, James Loney, Joel Guzmán, Eric Stults, Delwyn Young, Eric Hull, Arturo López

#### 2003

    Brandon McCarthy, Brian Anderson, Boone Logan, Sean Tracey, Chris Young, Ryan Sweeney, Fernando Hernández, Tom Jacquez

#### 2004

    Donny Lucy, Adam Russell, Jack Egbert, Jay Marshall

#### 2005

    Brandon Allen, Chris Getz, Clayton Richard, Carlos Torres

#### 2006

    Chris Carter

#### 2007

    John Ely, Aaron Poreda

#### 2008

    Eduardo Escobar, Daniel Hudson, Brent Morel

#### 2009

    Trayce Thompson

#### 2010

    David Holmberg, Addison Reed, Taylor Thompson, Andy Wilkins

#### 2011

    Chris Devenski, Erik Johnson, Kevan Smith, Scott Snodgress

#### 2012

    Chris Beck, Micah Johnson, Mike Marjama

#### 2013

    Adam Engel, Brad Goldberg, Jacob May

#### 2014

    Brandon Brennan, Aaron Bummer, Jace Fry, Zach Thompson

#### 2016

    Bernardo Flores Jr, Matt Foster

#### 2017

    Luis Gonzalez, Carlos Pérez

#### 2018

    Romy González, Codi Heuer, Davis Martin, Konnor Pilkington, Lenyn Sosa, Bennett Sousa, Jonathan Stiever, Steele Walker

#### 2019

    McKinley Moore, Sammy Peralta