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Florida State League

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The **Florida State League** is a Minor League Baseball league based in the state of Florida. It is one of three leagues currently classified as Single-A, the third highest classification of minor leagues. Each team in the league is affiliated with a Major League Baseball team, and most play in their affiliate's spring training facility.

The league was founded in 1919, and has continued almost entirely uninterrupted to the present day.

## History

The league originated in 1919 with teams in Bartow, Bradenton, Lakeland, Orlando, Sanford, and Tampa, Florida. The league closed down in 1928 and resumed play in 1936. It has continued uninterrupted, except for a four-year (1942–1945) suspension during World War II.

In 2009, the Florida State League established a Hall of Fame commemorating the league's great players, managers, owners, and umpires. The awards and ceremonies for the inaugural class will take place at the FSL's winter meetings in Daytona Beach in November.

The championship series' first cancellation was in 2001, when playoffs were canceled after the September 11 attacks. Afterwards, the 2004 playoffs were canceled due to the threat of Hurricane Ivan. Years later, the 2017 FSL Championship finals were canceled on September 5, due to the threat of Hurricane Irma. The winners of the division series playoff games were named co-champions. This marked the third time since 2000 that the championship series game was canceled. In 2019, the end of the season and playoffs were cancelled due to the threat of Hurricane Dorian.
Omaha Storm Chasers

**Omaha Storm Chasers**

The **Omaha Storm Chasers** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals. They are located in Papillion, Nebraska, a suburb southwest of Omaha, and play their home games at Werner Park which opened in 2011. The team previously played at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium, home to the College World Series, from 1969 to 2010.

The team has been the only Triple-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals since their inception in the 1969 Major League Baseball expansion. They were originally known as the **Omaha Royals** when they were established as a member of the Triple-A American Association in 1969. They joined the PCL in 1998, and were briefly known as the **Omaha Golden Spikes** (1999–2001) before reverting to their Royals moniker. They rebranded as the Storm Chasers in 2011.

Omaha has won seven league championships. Most recently, they won back-to-back PCL championships in 2013 and 2014. They previously won the PCL title in 2011. They also won the American Association championship in 1969, 1970, 1978, and 1990. They went on to win the Triple-A Classic in 1990 and the Triple-A National Championship Game in 2013 and 2014.

In 2016, *Forbes* listed the Storm Chasers as the 29th-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $27 million.
Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field

**Muncy Bank Ballpark at Historic Bowman Field** is a minor league baseball stadium in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is home to the Williamsport Crosscutters, a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. The official seating capacity is 2,366. Opened in 1926, Bowman Field is the second-oldest ballpark in minor league baseball. Bowman Field was also the home field for the Wildcats of the Pennsylvania College of Technology for more than a decade through the 2021 baseball season.

Since 2017, Bowman Field has been used for a regular-season Major League Baseball (MLB) game, the MLB Little League Classic, held each August during the Little League World Series.

In 2012, Airmen Pond, an outdoor ice hockey rink, was built at Bowman Field. It served as home ice for the Williamsport Outlaws of the Federal Hockey League until the team folded in January 2013.
Mississippi Braves

**Mississippi Braves**

The **Mississippi Braves**, or **M-Braves** as they are referred to locally, are a Minor League Baseball team based in Pearl, Mississippi, a suburb of Jackson. The team is the Double-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves, and plays in the Southern League. The team is owned and operated by Liberty Media, which also owns the Atlanta Braves. Liberty purchased the Braves from Time Warner's Turner Broadcasting unit in 2007. The team currently play their home games at Trustmark Park.
Joseph L. Bruno Stadium

**Joseph Bruno Stadium** is a stadium located on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, New York. It is the home field of the Tri-City ValleyCats minor league baseball team of the independent Frontier League and previously the New York–Penn League. Located in the center of the tri-city area of New York's Capital Region (Albany, Schenectady and Troy), it was named after former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who helped secure the funds for the ballpark.
Hudson Valley Renegades

**Hudson Valley Renegades**

The **Hudson Valley Renegades** are a Minor League Baseball team and the High-A affiliate of the New York Yankees and are in the South Atlantic League. The Renegades play their home games at Dutchess Stadium in Wappingers Falls, New York. From 1994 to 2020, the team competed in the Class A Short Season New York–Penn League.

In 1994, the Erie Sailors, affiliates of the Texas Rangers, moved to the Hudson Valley, becoming the Renegades. They became an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays organization in 1996. They will become an affiliate of the New York Yankees beginning in 2021.

The Renegades won three New York–Penn League championships (1999, 2012, and 2017). The organization has produced major leaguers such as Scott Podsednik, Jorge Cantu, Ryan Dempster, Joe Kennedy, Craig Monroe, Matt Diaz, Evan Longoria, Josh Hamilton, John Jaso, Wade Davis, and Toby Hall. Doug Waechter threw the only no-hitter in Renegades history on August 10, 2000, against the Pittsfield Mets. Scott Podsednik became the first former Renegade to win a World Series with the Chicago White Sox defeating a Houston Astros club which included former Renegades Brandon Backe and Dan Wheeler. On August 14, 2007, The Renegades hosted the third annual New York–Penn League All-Star Game at Dutchess Stadium.

Team promotions include a "Fun Team" that promotes between-inning entertainment. Marvin Goldklang is the team's majority owner. Goldklang also has stakes in several other minor league baseball teams, including the Charleston RiverDogs and St. Paul Saints. Ex-manager Matt Quatraro coined the name *Gades* in 2000. Their mascots are raccoons: Rookie (the Renegade) Raccoon, Rookie's wife Rene Gade, Rascal (Rookie & Rene's son), and occasionally, Rookie's father Roofus.

In conjunction with Major League Baseball's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Renegades were organized into the 12-team High-A East.
Frisco RoughRiders

**Frisco RoughRiders**

The **Frisco RoughRiders** (often shortened to '**Riders**) are a Minor League Baseball team of the Texas League and the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. They are located in Frisco, Texas, and are named for the 1st U.S. Volunteer Cavalry Regiment during the Spanish–American War, headed by future American President Theodore Roosevelt, nicknamed "The Rough Riders" by the American press. They play their home games at Riders Field, which opened in 2003 and seats 10,316 people.

The RoughRiders have served as an affiliate of the Rangers since their establishment in 2003 as members of the Texas League. Through the 2019 season, the team has played in 2,375 regular season games and compiled a win–loss record of 1,217–1,158. Frisco has reached the postseason on seven occasions. They have won four division titles and one league championship. Their lone Texas League title was won in 2004. The team has an overall postseason record of 23–23.

In 2016, *Forbes* listed the RoughRiders as the tenth-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $37 million.
Low-A East

The **Low-A East** was a 12-team Minor League Baseball league that will begin operating in the United States in 2021. Along with the Low-A Southeast and Low-A West, it is one of three leagues playing at the Low-A level, which is four grades below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league, which will later receive a formal name, was created in 2021 in conjunction with MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues. The league is made up of seven current members of the Single-A Carolina League and five of the High-A South Atlantic League.

## Former teams

#### Central Division

* Carolina Mudcats
* Down East Wood Ducks
* Fayetteville Woodpeckers
* Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

#### North Division

* Delmarva Shorebirds
* Fredericksburg Nationals
* Lynchburg Hillcats
* Salem Red Sox

#### South Division

* Augusta GreenJackets
* Charleston RiverDogs
* Columbia Fireflies
* Myrtle Beach Pelicans
Historic Bosse Field

**Bosse Field** is a baseball stadium located in Evansville, Indiana. Opened in 1915, it was the first municipally owned sports stadium in the United States and is the third-oldest ballpark still in regular use for professional baseball, surpassed only by Fenway Park (1912) in Boston and Wrigley Field (1914) in Chicago.

It is the home field for the professional Evansville Otters of the independent Frontier League, as well as high school and American Legion games, and in the past hosted spring training for the Detroit Tigers, college baseball, high school, college, and NFL football, college soccer, and concerts. Six Baseball Hall of Fame members played for Evansville teams at Bosse Field during their minor league careers, including Chuck Klein, Hank Greenberg, Warren Spahn, Bob Uecker, Bert Blyleven and Jack Morris. The historic stadium was also used in 1991 by Columbia Pictures for filming numerous game scenes in the 1992 comedy-drama, ***A League of Their Own***.
L. P. Frans Stadium

**L.P. Frans Stadium** is a stadium in Hickory, North Carolina. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Hickory Crawdads Minor League Baseball team of the South Atlantic League. It was built in 1993 and has a fixed seating capacity of roughly 4,000.

## Location

The Stadium is located three miles (4.8 km) from I-40 in Winkler Park. It was built on land donated by Elmer Winkler in 1993 and named after the local Pepsi-Cola bottler who partially funded the stadium's construction.

## Improvements

Improvements made to the stadium after the 2013 season brought a brand new VIP section, a picnic pavilion, and three outdoor party patios. A completely renovated Crawdads Cafe, suites, and concourse were also a part of the improvements. Following the 2017 season, another round of renovations was announced. The renovations included a new HD video board, a new playing surface, renovated dugouts, replacing the outfield walls, and removing the support poles holding up the protective netting to improve sightlines.
Lehigh Valley IronPigs

**Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs**

The **Lehigh Valley IronPigs** are a professional Minor League Baseball team and are the Triple-A affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. The team plays their home games at Coca-Cola Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Coca-Cola Park, which opened for the start of the IronPigs' first season in 2008, seats up to 8,100, with a capacity of 10,000, and cost $50.25 million to complete.[1] In 2016, *Forbes* listed the IronPigs as the fourth-most valuable Minor League Baseball team with a value of $43 million.

The IronPigs name is a reference to pig iron, used in the manufacturing of steel, for which the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania is world-renowned.
Mexican League/Teams

## Former Teams

Algodoneros de Unión LagunaBravos de LeónDiablos Rojos del MéxicoGenerales de DurangoGuerreros de OaxacaLeones de YucatánOlmecas de TabascoPericos de PueblaPiratas de CampecheRieleros de AguascalientesSaraperos de SaltilloSultanes de MonterreyTecolotes de los Dos LaredosTigres de Quintana RooToros de Tijuana
LMCU Ballpark

**LMCU Ballpark** is a baseball stadium located in Comstock Park, Michigan, just north of Grand Rapids. Established as **Old Kent Park** in 1994, the stadium hosts a minor league baseball team, the West Michigan Whitecaps, and other sporting events. The ballpark's Fifth Third Burger was featured on an episode of Man v. Food. A fire damaged some of the first base side of the stadium on January 3, 2014, but the stadium re-opened in time to host the Whitecaps for the 2014 season.
Jackson Field

**Jackson Field** is a baseball stadium in Lansing, Michigan, home field of the Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball team. The Michigan State Spartans college baseball team also plays select home games at Jackson Field. The stadium is situated in downtown Lansing in the Stadium District on a relatively narrow strip of land between and below Larch and Cedar streets.

It is primarily used for baseball, though it has also hosted an ice skating rink, an outdoor movie theater, a haunted house, and served as a concert venue for the annual Common Ground Music Festival. Due to the dimensions of the city block in which the stadium was constructed, the right and left field fences 'notch' sharply into distances of 305 feet (93 m) at each foul pole.
Low-A Southeast

The **Low-A Southeast** was an ten-team Minor League Baseball league that will begin operating in Florida in 2021. Along with the Low-A East and Low-A West, it is one of three leagues playing at the Low-A level, which is four grades below Major League Baseball (MLB). The league, which will later receive a formal name, was created in 2021 in conjunction with MLB's reorganization of the minor leagues. The league is made up of ten former members of the Class A-Advanced Florida State League.

## Former teams

### East Division

* Daytona Tortugas
* Jupiter Hammerheads
* Palm Beach Cardinals
* St. Lucie Mets

### West Division

* Bradenton Marauders
* Clearwater Threshers
* Dunedin Blue Jays
* Fort Myers Mighty Mussels
* Lakeland Flying Tigers
* Tampa Tarpons
John Thurman Field

**John Thurman Field** is a stadium in Modesto, California. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Modesto Nuts minor league baseball team of the California League. It was built in 1955 and holds 4,000 people. It was later named for California State Assemblyman John E. Thurman, from Modesto.
Montgomery Biscuits

**Montgomery Biscuits**

The **Montgomery Biscuits** are a Minor League Baseball team based in Montgomery, Alabama. They are the Double-A affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays and play in the Southern League. The team was founded in Orlando, Florida, in 1973 as the Orlando Twins, an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins in the Southern League. After remaining in the Minnesota minor league organization for 20 seasons, the team became an affiliate of the Chicago Cubs for four seasons and then the Seattle Mariners for one. In 1999, the team became an affiliate of the Tampa Bay Rays, and they have remained in the organization ever since. They became members of the Double-A South in 2021.

Over the years, the club changed names several times. They were the Orlando Twins for 17 seasons, then were known as the SunRays, Cubs, and Rays. The club became known as the Biscuits when it moved from the Orlando area to Montgomery in 2004.

The club played at Tinker Field near downtown Orlando from 1973 until 2000, when they moved to Champion Stadium in nearby Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Since moving to Montgomery in 2004, the Biscuits have played at Montgomery Riverwalk Stadium, a 7,000-seat facility which was built for the club in the downtown area.
Lake Erie Crushers

**Lake Erie Crushers**

The **Lake Erie Crushers** are a professional baseball team based in Avon, Ohio, a city on the southern shore of Lake Erie. They are members of the Can-Am Division of the Frontier League, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Crushers won the 2009 Frontier League championship in their inaugural season. They defeated the River City Rascals, three games to two, after losing the first two games of the series. The Crushers play their home games at Mercy Health Stadium.
Jackson Rockabillys

**Jackson Rockabillys**

The **Jackson Rockabillys** are a professional baseball team located in Jackson, Tennessee. They play their home games at Jackson Baseball Stadium, which opened in 1998. They are part of the Prospect League in 2023.

From 1998 to 2020, they were a part of Minor League Baseball's Southern League (SL) as the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs (1998–2006), Seattle Mariners (2007–2016), and Arizona Diamondbacks (2017–2020). Known as the **West Tenn Diamond Jaxx** from 1998 to 2010 and as the **Jackson Generals** from 2011 to 2020, the team borrowed its Generals moniker from the original Jackson Generals in 2011.

Jackson served as a farm club for three Major League Baseball franchises. Over 22 years of competition, the Generals have played in 3,053 regular season games and compiled a 1,553–1,500 win–loss record. They have qualified for the postseason on 10 occasions, winning 7 division titles and 4 Southern League championships. The team's first came in 2000 as the Double-A affiliate of the Chicago Cubs. They won a second in 2016 while affiliated with the Seattle Mariners. Their two most-recent titles were won back-to-back in 2018 and 2019 with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Jackson has a postseason record of 39–31. Combining all 3,123 regular season and postseason games, the Generals have an all-time record of 1,592–1,531.
Northern Colorado Owlz

**Northern Colorado Owlz**

The **Northern Colorado Owlz** are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, an MLB Partner League, who are scheduled to begin play in 2022. They will be located in Windsor, Colorado, and play their home games at Future Legends Complex.

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. The league's Orem Owlz of Orem, Utah, relocated to Windsor concurrent with this change to the league.

With the addition of the Boise Hawks from the former Northwest League, the Pioneer League was left with nine teams for the 2021 season, though this problem was solved when the Owlz elected to sit out the 2021 season to allow for construction of their new ballpark to be completed.
Lexington Counter Clocks

**Lexington Counter Clocks**

The **Lexington Counter Clocks** (formerly known as **Lexington Legends**) are an American professional baseball team based in Lexington, Kentucky. They are a member of the South Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Counter Clocks have played their home games at Wild Health Field since 2001.
Ottawa Lynx

The **Ottawa Lynx** were a Minor League Baseball team that competed in the Triple-A International League (IL) from 1993 to 2007. The team's home field was Lynx Stadium in Ottawa, Ontario. Over 15 seasons, the team was an affiliate of the Montreal Expos (1993–2002), Baltimore Orioles (2003–2006), and Philadelphia Phillies (2007). At the time, it was the only IL franchise in Canada.

In late August 2006, the league approved the conditions to negotiate the sale of the team. The new owners moved the team to Allentown, Pennsylvania, beginning with the 2008 season, where it became known as the Lehigh Valley IronPigs.
New York Boulders

**New York Boulders**

The **New York Boulders** are an American independent professional baseball team playing in the Frontier League based in Pomona, Rockland County, New York. The team was founded as a member of the Can-Am League, beginning play in the 2011 season as the **Rockland Boulders**. The Boulders and the rest of the teams in the Can-Am League (except for the Ottawa Champions, who were not invited) were absorbed into the Frontier League when the two leagues merged following the 2019 season.

The "Boulders" name refers to Rockland County's plethora of boulders in its landscape. The team's primary color, blue, alludes to the former Brooklyn Dodgers (now Los Angeles Dodgers), which used Bear Mountain State Park for spring training during World War II. The red honors the neighboring Rockland County Fire Training Center. Boulder Bird is the official team mascot and "Disco" Seth Cantor is the team's play-by-play announcer.
Pacific Coast League

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The **Pacific Coast League** (**PCL**) is a Minor League Baseball league which operated in the Western, Midwestern, and Southeastern United States. Along with the International League and the Mexican League, it is one of three leagues playing at the Triple-A level, which is one grade below Major League Baseball. It is officially named the Pacific Coast League of Professional Baseball Clubs, Inc. Its headquarters are in Round Rock, Texas.

Upon its founding in 1903, the Pacific Coast League fielded six teams from the Pacific States of California, Oregon, and Washington. Today, the league is composed of 16 teams across 12 states stretching from Sacramento, California, to Nashville, Tennessee, and from Tacoma, Washington, to New Orleans, Louisiana.

The PCL was one of the premier regional baseball leagues in the first half of the 20th century. Although it was never recognized as a true major league, to which it aspired, its quality of play was considered very high. A number of top stars of the era, including Joe DiMaggio and Ted Williams, were products of the league.

In 1958, with the arrival of major league teams on the west coast and the availability of televised major league games, the PCL's modern era began with each team signing Player Development Contracts to become farm teamsof major league clubs.

A league champion is determined at the end of every season. The San Francisco Seals won 14 Pacific Coast League titles, the most in the league's history, followed by the Los Angeles Angels (12) and the Albuquerque Dukes and Portland Beavers (8). After the season, the PCL champion plays in the Triple-A National Championship Game against the International League champion to determine an overall champion of Triple-A baseball. The Omaha Storm Chasers and Sacramento River Cats have each won two national championships, more than any other PCL teams.
Idaho Falls Chukars

**Idaho Falls Chukars**

The **Idaho Falls Chukars** 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 Idaho Falls, Idaho, and play their home games at Melaleuca Field.

They adopted the name the Chukars following a fan vote when the major league affiliation changed after the 2003 season. A chukar is a game bird found in the region. The Chukars are the only professional sports team in Eastern Idaho.

In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League, of which the Chukars have been members since 1940, was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an independent baseball league and granted status as an MLB Partner League, with Idaho Falls continuing as members.
Florida Complex League Twins

The **Florida Complex League Twins** are the Rookie Level Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Minnesota Twins. The team plays in Fort Myers, Florida, at the Lee County Sports Complex.The team is composed mainly of players who are in their first year of professional baseball either as draftees or non-drafted free agents from the United States, Canada, Dominican Republic, Venezuela and other countries.

Gulf Coast League team rosters are thirty players, and cannot have more than twelve players over twenty years old, and no more than four players over 21. No player can have more than two years of prior service, excluding Rookie leagues outside the United States and Canada.

In 1965, the team first played in the league's direct predecessor, the Florida Rookie League, as the **Florida Rookie League Twins**. The team suspended operations after the 1971 season, but returned to the GCL in 1989.

The GCL Twins compete in the GCL's Southern Division. In 2009, the GCL Twins won the South with a 34-21 record under manager Jake Mauer, who is the older brother of the Minnesota Twins AL MVP catcher Joe Mauer. They lost 1-0 in twelve innings to the wild card winning GCL Nationals in the one game playoff. Following the season, Mauer was promoted to manager of the Florida State League Fort Myers Miracle, and Chris Heintz took the reins for the GCL Twins. Like Mauer, Heintz was also a player in the Twins organization. He coached with the Beloit Snappers the final two months of the 2009 season. In addition to managing the GCL club, Heintz will also run the Twins' extended Spring Training.

On July 25, 2010, it was announced that Tom Brunansky, member of the 1987 Twin's championship team, accepted a job to be the hitting coach for the GCL Twins and had started working early this July.
Lawrence–Dumont Stadium

**Lawrence–Dumont Stadium**, previously known as **Lawrence Stadium**, was a baseball stadium in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It was located on the northwest corner of McLean Boulevard and Maple Street, along the west bank of the Arkansas River, in the Delano neighborhood of downtown Wichita. The stadium held 6,400 fans and most recently was the home field of the **Wichita Wingnuts** independent baseball team from 2008 until 2018, and was home to the annual National Baseball Congress World Series from 1935 until 2018.

The city of Wichita tore down Lawrence-Dumont Stadium to build a new stadium for the Wichita Wind Surge, who relocated from New Orleans in 2020. The new stadium is named Riverfront Stadium.
Palm Beach Cardinals

**Palm Beach Cardinals**

The **Palm Beach Cardinals** are a Minor League Baseball team of the Florida State League and the Single-A affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. They are located in the town of Jupiter in Palm Beach County, Florida, and play their home games at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Opened in 1998, the park seats 6,871 people. They share the facility with the Jupiter Hammerheads, also of the Florida State League.
Lancaster Barnstormers

**Lancaster Barnstormers**

The **Lancaster Barnstormers** are an American professional baseball team based in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, a "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Barnstormers have played their home games at Clipper Magazine Stadium in the city's Northwest Corridor since 2005.

The team's name, selected in a fan ballot, refers to the tradition of "barnstorming," which means to travel around an area appearing in exhibition sports events, especially baseball games. The term was used to describe Lancaster's baseball teams as early as 1906 when the *Lancaster Daily Intelligencer* reported, "There was a crowd of between seven and eight hundred persons out on Friday to see the Lancaster barnstormers play the Philadelphia Giants." Their original primary logo incorporated the colors red, navy blue, and khaki previously used by the Lancaster Red Roses of affiliated Minor League Baseball from 1940 to 1961. The name and logo also allude to Lancaster's Pennsylvania Dutch agricultural heritage.
Ottawa Titans

**Ottawa Titans**

The **Ottawa Titans** are a professional baseball team based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. They play their home games at Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton Park. They became the city's sixth professional baseball franchise succeeding the International League's Ottawa Giants, Ottawa Athletics and Ottawa Lynx, the Can Am League's Ottawa Rapidz and Ottawa Champions as well as and the Intercounty Baseball League's Ottawa Fat Cats.
Grand Junction Jackalopes

**Grand Junction Jackalopes**

The **Grand Junction Jackalopes** 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 Grand Junction, Colorado, and play their home games at Suplizio Field. They were formerly named the Rockies, after the Colorado Rockies, who were their major league affiliate from 2001 to 2020 prior to the league becoming independent.
Louisville Bats

**Louisville Bats**

The **Louisville Bats** are a professional Minor League Baseball team based in Louisville, Kentucky. They play as the Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. The Bats play their home games at Louisville Slugger Field which opened in 2000. The team previously played at Old Cardinal Stadium from 1982 to 1999.

The Bats began play as the **Louisville Redbirds** as members of the Triple-A American Association in 1982. They became the **Louisville RiverBats** when they joined the International League in 1998. Louisville won the American Association championship in 1984, 1985, and 1995 as the top affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. Their lone International League championship was won in 2001 with Cincinnati.
Greater Nevada Field

**Greater Nevada Field** is a Minor League Baseball venue in the Western United States, located in Reno, Nevada. Opened in 2009, it is the home of the Reno Aces of the Pacific Coast League and Reno 1868 FC of the USL Championship. Greater Nevada Field is on the north bank of the Truckee River and welcomes over 500,000 ticketed fans per year.
Midland RockHounds

**Midland RockHounds**

The **Midland RockHounds** are a Minor League Baseball team based in Midland, Texas. The team, which plays in the Texas League, is the Double-A affiliate of the Oakland Athletics major league club. The RockHounds play in Momentum Bank Ballpark, which opened in 2002 and seats 6,669 fans. The RockHounds arre members of the Texas League from 1972 to present and won seven Texas League championships: in 1975 (co-champions with the Lafayette Drillers), 2005, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
LoanMart Field

**LoanMart Field** (previously known as the **City of Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter Entertainment & Sports Complex**, or The **Rancho Cucamonga Epicenter** for short) is a stadium in Rancho Cucamonga, California. It is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes minor league baseball team. It was opened on April 3, 1993, with the nickname The Epicenter, and has a seating capacity of 6,588 people. While playing home games at the stadium since 1993, the Quakes have broken a number of stadium attendance records.
Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium

**Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium** is the home of the Aberdeen IronBirds, an affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles in the High-A South Atlantic League. The stadium is located in Aberdeen, Maryland. The 6,300-seat Ripken Stadium held its first game on June 18, 2002. As of 2011 the team had sold out every home game at Ripken Stadium since it began playing there in 2002.

The stadium is part of Cal Ripken Jr.'s Aberdeen Complex in his hometown of Aberdeen, Maryland, located just off Interstate 95 at Maryland Route 22. Leidos Field at Ripken Stadium is only 2.9 miles off the East Coast Greenway. The complex also includes several smaller fields for local youth sports leagues, as well as an adjacent Marriott hotel. The stadium is the closest structure of the complex to the highway, with the right field fence and scoreboard visible from it. The stadium hosts soccer matches as well.

The expansive parking lot of Ripken Stadium is frequently used as a venue for SCCA autocross racing for many racers on the east coast.

## Features

The stadium features a three-tiered cafe behind home plate, available for patrons who want to have dinner and drinks during a game. The upper level has a press box behind home plate, 256 club seats and six skyboxes. Ripken Stadium was one of the first short-season Single-A ballparks to have a fully enclosed club level and skyboxes. A new synthetic turf playing surface and LED sports lighting were installed prior to the 2021 regular season.

## Notable Events

In 2009, The Maryland Redbirds, of the Cal Ripken Sr. Collegiate Baseball League, (the CRSCBL), played all weekday games and one weekend doubleheader at the stadium. The CRSCBL previously used the stadium for the annual all-star game in 2005 and 2007. The stadium also hosted the inaugural Ripken Cup collegiate baseball invitational between University of Maryland and Towson University on April 15, 2014 and May 7, 2014. The 2016 Big East Conference Baseball Tournament was held in Aberdeen May 26–29.
Harry C. Pohlman Field

**Harry C. Pohlman Field** is a baseball field located in Beloit, Wisconsin, United States. The stadium was built in 1982 and holds 3,501 people. It was the home of the Beloit Snappers (formerly the Beloit Brewers) minor league baseball team of the High-A Central.

The Beloit Memorial High School and Beloit American Legion baseball teams both play their home games there as well.
Harrisburg Senators

**Harrisburg Senators**

The **Harrisburg Senators** are a Minor League Baseball team of the Eastern League and the Double-A affiliate of the Washington Nationals. They are located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and play their home games at FNB Field, located on City Island in Harrisburg, which opened in 1987 and has a seating capacity of 6,187 people.

The "Senators" nickname refers to the host city being the state's capital and thus home of the Pennsylvania legislature. The team colors are red, navy blue, gold, and white, the same colors of the parent club, the Washington Nationals.

Harrisburg has won nine Eastern League titles and is the first team in league history to win four titles in a row: 1987, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999. The 1993 Senators were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time.
Frontier League

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The **Frontier League** is a professional independent baseball league with teams in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States and Eastern Canada. Formed in 1993, it is the oldest currently running independent league in the United States. The league is headquartered in Sauget, Illinois. In 2020, the Frontier League, together with the American Association and the Atlantic League, became an official "MLB Partner League."

The league has a partnership agreement with the California Winter League for player development.
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers

**Kannapolis Cannon Ballers**

The **Kannapolis Cannon Ballers** are a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League and the Single-A affiliate of the Chicago White Sox. They are located in Kannapolis, North Carolina, and beginning in 2021, will play their home games at Atrium Health Ballpark. The team was established in 1995 as the **Piedmont Phillies**. From 1996 to 2000, they were known as the **Piedmont Boll Weevils**. From 2001 to 2019, they were known as the **Kannapolis Intimidators**, after NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt, who was known as "The Intimidator," purchased a share of the team before the 2001 season.
Kazoo

**Kazoo** is an aquatic creature with webbed feet, fins for ears and always sports his stylish Blue Wahoos cap. When he's not banging on his drum, sliding down railings or scarfing down shrimp po'boys, he can be seen all around the stadium interacting with fans, taking pictures and cheering on his favorite team.

## History

The story starts in early 2012, when the Blue Wahoos were building their bayfront ballpark and preparing for their inaugural season. The aquatic creature who lived in the adjacent bay decided to investigate the construction site and immediately fell in love with Pensacola's multi-use stadium and baseball. Since the team did not have a mascot yet and loved his enthusiasm, Kazoo was named the Blue Wahoos' mascot and was given the number "00".
Olmecas de Tabasco

The **Olmecas de Tabasco** (English: Tabasco Olmecs) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico. Their home ballpark is the Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero.

The Olmecas won their only Mexican League championship in 1993 under manager Juan Navarrete. The Olmecas have long been known for their pitching, especially Emigdio Lopez, Tabasco Cecilio Ruiz, Juan Jesus Alvarez, Jesus "Chito" Rios, Ricardo Osuna, and Gaudencio Aguirre. Other well-known players who have played for the Olmecas include catcher Elisha Garzón, first baseman Jay Gainer, second baseman Joel Serna, third baseman Manuel Ramirez, and shortstop Heber Gomez. Rusty Tillman, Oscar Zambrano, Rosario Zambrano, Arturo Bernal, and Tabasco Carlos Sievers have all been stars in the outfield in Villahermosa.

The Olmecas began playing in the Mexican League in 1975 and have had many nicknames over the years: Cardenales de Tabasco (1975), the Plataneros de Tabasco (1977–85), and the Ganaderos de Tabasco (1985–89). They became the Olmecas in 1990. In 1998, they played as the Ganaderos for two seasons before returning to the Olmecas name for the 2000 season.
Las Vegas Ballpark

**Las Vegas Ballpark** is a baseball stadium in Summerlin, Nevada in the Las Vegas Valley. It is the home field for the Las Vegas Aviators of the Pacific Coast League. The stadium is owned by the Howard Hughes Corporation. Las Vegas Ballpark is located in Downtown Summerlin near the intersection of South Pavilion Center Drive and Summerlin Center Drive next to City National Arena and across the street from the Downtown Summerlin shopping center. Construction of the $150 million stadium began in 2018 and was completed in time for the Aviators' 2019 season. It replaced the team's previous home at Cashman Field, where the team had resided since 1983.
Kinston Indians

The Kinston Indians were a Minor League Baseball team of the Carolina League (CL) located in Kinston, North Carolina, from 1978 to 2011. They played their home games at Grainger Stadium, which opened in 1949.

The team began play in 1978 as the **Kinston Eagles**, borrowing their name from the city's first team of the same name dating back to 1925. They became an affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays in 1979 and rebranded as the Kinston Blue Jays in 1982. Kinston reverted to the Eagles moniker in 1986 after the Toronto affiliation ended and became the Kinston Indians upon partnering with the Cleveland Indians in 1987. After the 2011 season, the Carolina League franchise was relocated to Zebulon, North Carolina, for the 2012 campaign to become the Carolina Mudcats.

The K-Tribe won the Carolina League championship in 1988, 1991, 1995, 2004, and 2006.
Harbor Park

**Harbor Park** is a stadium, used primarily for baseball, on the Elizabeth River, in downtown Norfolk, Virginia. Once rated the best minor league stadium by Baseball America, it is home to the Norfolk Tides Minor League Baseball team. The Tides are the Baltimore Orioles' Triple-A farm team and compete in the International League. Harbor Park opened on April 14, 1993, and can seat 11,856 people.
Isotopes Park

**Rio Grande Credit Union Field at Isotopes Park**, previously known only as **Isotopes Park**, is a minor league baseball stadium located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and is the home field of the Albuquerque Isotopes of the Pacific Coast League, the Triple-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies. The facility was also previously used by the baseball program of the University of New Mexico. The stadium also hosts New Mexico United, an expansion team in the United Soccer League that began play in 2019.
Lee County Sports Complex

The **Lee County Sports Complex** is home to Hammond Stadium, five additional playing fields as well as the Twins Player Development Academy. It is also the home to two Twins' minor league affiliates, housing both the Ft. Myers Mighty Mussels of the Single-A Florida State League and the Rookie level Florida Complex League Twins. In addition, the complex features four state-of-the-art softball fields, which are utilized throughout the year by collegiate and community teams. The main stadium was renamed Bill Hammond Stadium late in the 1994 spring season in honor of the Deputy County Commissioner who was instrumental in getting the complex built for the Twins.
Long Island Ducks

**Long Island Ducks**

The **Long Island Ducks** are an American professional baseball team based on Long Island in the Suffolk County town of Central Islip, New York. The Ducks compete in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB), an independent "partner league" of Major League Baseball. The Ducks played their first season in 2000, two years after the ALPB inaugural season. Since their inception the Ducks' home ballpark has been Fairfield Properties Ballpark, formerly known as Bethpage Ballpark (2010-2020), Suffolk County Sports Park (1999), EAB Park (2000–2001), and Citibank Park (2002–2009). The "Ducks" name refers to Long Island's duck-farming heritage (itself represented by the Big Duck ferrocement) and recalls the former Long Island Ducks professional ice hockey team. The team's first manager was Bud Harrelson, a part-owner of the team and a former major league player.
Orem Owlz

The **Orem Owlz** were a Minor League Baseball team located in Orem, Utah, United States, from 2001 to 2020. The team competed in the Pioneer League as a Rookie League affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels. The Owlz played their home games at UCCU Ballpark on the campus of Utah Valley University. They were previously known as the **Provo Angels** from 2001 to 2004.

In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League, of which the Owlz had been members since 2001, was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an independent baseball league and granted status as an MLB Partner League. Concurrent to this change, the Owlz relocated to Windsor, Colorado, and became the Northern Colorado Owlz.
Nashville Sounds

**Nashville Sounds**

The **Nashville Sounds** are a Minor League Baseball team and the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. They are located in Nashville, Tennessee, and are named for the city's association with the music industry. The team plays its home games at First Horizon Park which opened in 2015 and is located on the site of the historic Sulphur Dell ballpark. The Sounds previously played at Herschel Greer Stadium from its opening in 1978 until the end of the 2014 season.
Ogren Park at Allegiance Field

**Ogren Park at Allegiance Field** is a stadium in Missoula, Montana. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Missoula PaddleHeads of the Pioneer League. Built in 2004, it seats 3,500 people. The park replaced Lindbord-Cregg Field. The field dimensions are 309 feet (94 m) to the left field line, 398 feet (121 m) to center field, and 287 feet (87 m) to right field line. The right field line has a 27-foot (8.2 m) high wall.

On July 3, 2012, 4,316 people attended a game between the Missoula Osprey and the Billings Mustangs at the facility, a venue record.
Parkview Field

**Parkview Field** is a minor league baseball stadium located in the central business district of Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.

## History

Parkview Field was built as the new home of the Fort Wayne TinCaps, the Midwest League affiliate of the San Diego Padres, replacing Memorial Stadium. The stadium is also one of the central components to the Harrison Square revitalization project in downtown Fort Wayne. The naming rights were bought by Parkview Health at $3 million over 10 years.

Opening Day was held April 16, 2009 before a sold-out crowd of 8,208. The TinCaps shut out the Dayton Dragons 7-0.

A record attendance of 8,572 made it to Parkview Field on August 6, 2009 not only to watch the TinCaps, but take part in festivities held celebrating Fort Wayne's All-America City designation, pushing the overall season attendance past 300,000. That record was broken on April 5, 2012 when 8,577 attended Opening Day 2012. The record was again broken July 4, 2013 with 8,780 in attendance. The attendance record was broken once again on July 4, 2017 with 9,266 fans attending.

Parkview Field hosted the 2010 Midwest League All-Star Game.
Mexican League

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The **Mexican Baseball League** (**LMB**; Spanish: ***Liga Mexicana de Béisbol***, lit. Mexican League of Baseball) was a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. It was a class Triple-A league that was organized in Minor League Baseball (MiLB), one grade below Major League Baseball (MLB). Unlike the other two Triple-A circuits, the International League and the Pacific Coast League, Mexican League teams are not affiliated with major league teams.

The league has a total of 16 teams organized in two divisions, North and South, with the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos splitting games between the United States and Mexico. Teams play 114 games each season. Five teams in each division advance to a four-round postseason tournament that culminates in the Serie del Rey, a best-of-seven championship series between the two division champions. The Mexican League has two minor leagues of its own, the Liga Norte de México and Mexican Academy League.

Though founded in 1925, the league did not join the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues (Minor League Baseball) until the 1950s, when it was designated a Double-A league. Some member teams entered player development contracts with teams in the National League at that time. Triple-A classification was granted in 1967. Shortly before the start of World War II, the Mexican League attracted various players from the Negro Leagues including Satchel Paige and Roy Campanella, as well as defected Cuban ballplayers who wanted to avoid the Draft.
Mahoning Valley Scrappers

**Mahoning Valley Scrappers**

The **Mahoning Valley Scrappers** are a collegiate summer baseball team of the MLB Draft League. They are located in Niles, Ohio, a city in the valley of the Mahoning River, and play their home games at Eastwood Field. From 1999 to 2020, they were a Minor League Baseball team that played as members of the New York–Penn League. The club was the Class A Short Season affiliate of the Cleveland Indians from its inception until Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minors following the 2020 season.

In 2004, the Scrappers won the New York–Penn League championship.
Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium

**Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium** is a baseball park in Grand Chute, Wisconsin (although it has an Appleton mailing address). It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, the Midwest League Minor League Baseball affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers. The stadium also hosts a few music concerts each year. From 2000 until 2018, it hosted the NCAA Division III College World Series; the contract to host the event ran out in 2018 and the stadium chose to not renew the contract due to the expanded D-III playoffs schedule conflicting with the Timber Rattlers' schedule. The stadium was built in 1995, and holds 5,900 people. It is also the site of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association High School Spring Baseball Championship.