Stockton Ports
Stockton Ports Founded in 1941 Stockton, California | |||||
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| Current | Class A-Advanced | ||||
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| League | California League | ||||
| Division | North Division | ||||
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| Current | Oakland Athletics (2005–present) | ||||
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| Nickname | Stockton Ports (1946–1972, 1978–1999, 2002–present) | ||||
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| Colors | Red, white, blue | ||||
| Mascot | Splash (2005-present) Skipper the Rat (2002-2004) Mighty Casey (2000-2001) Casey (1984-2000) Casey Jr. (1996-2000) | ||||
| Ballpark | Banner Island Ballpark (2005–present) | ||||
Previous parks | Billy Hebert Field (1941–2004) | ||||
Owner(s)/ Operator(s) | Tom Volpe / 7th Inning Stretch, LLC | ||||
| Manager | Rick Magnante | ||||
| General Manager | Taylor McCarthy | ||||
| Media | KWSX 1280 AM | ||||
The Stockton Ports are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Class A-Advanced affiliate of the Oakland Athletics. They are located in Stockton, California, and are named for the city's seaport. The team plays its home games at Banner Island Ballpark which opened in 2005 and seats over 5,000 people.
The Ports were established in 1941 and have won the California League championship eleven times. They are tied with the San Jose Giants in having the most titles among the league's active franchises.
Contents
1 History
2 Major league affiliations
3 Roster
4 Notable Ports alumni
5 References
6 External links
History
Baseball first came to Stockton in the 1860s. At the time, Stockton fielded a team in an earlier incarnation of the California League. In 1888, the Stockton team won the California League pennant with a record of 41–12. That same team also gained a bit of notoriety as a possible inspiration for "Casey at the Bat", a famous baseball poem by Ernest Thayer. Thayer was a journalist for the San Francisco Examiner at the time and the games were hosted in a ballpark on Banner Island, a place once known as Mudville.
The Stockton Flyers were established as a charter member of the California League in 1941. The league suspended operations in June 1942 due to World War II. The Flyers were rechristened as the Stockton Ports to recognize Stockton's status as an inland port city when the league resumed operations in 1946. That season, the Ports went on to win their first California League pennant.
In 1947, the Ports won the California League title again without a major league affiliation (they had a limited working agreement with the Pacific Coast League's Oakland Oaks). After going 24–18 through June 4, they went on a 26-game winning streak and took first place, never to relinquish again in that season. The win streak is one of the longest in professional baseball and is still a California League record. The Ports finished that season with a record of 95–45 and 16 games ahead of the two teams tied for second place. During Minor League Baseball's centennial celebration in 2001, baseball historians Bill Weiss and Marshall Wright rated the 1947 Ports as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all time, ranked at number 98.[1]
Owned by Stockton local Carl W. Thompson, Sr. (1971–1973), the Ports disbanded after the 1972 season, coming back as an affiliate of the Seattle Mariners in 1978. The Ports won more games in the 1980s than any other team in Minor League Maseball.[2] In an homage to the team in the Ernest Thayer poem, the Ports were renamed the Mudville Nine in 2000 and 2001,[3][4] then returned to the Ports name in 2002.
In 2005, the Ports moved to the newly-built Banner Island Ballpark and became affiliates of the Oakland Athletics. The team won its eleventh California League championship in 2008 with a 9–3 victory over the Lancaster JetHawks on September 14.
Major league affiliations
- 1941: Los Angeles Angels, PCL
- 1946: Independent
- 1947–1948: Oakland Oaks, PCL
- 1949: Chicago White Sox, AL
- 1950–1951: Independent
- 1952: St. Louis Browns, AL
- 1953–1954: Chicago Cubs, NL
- 1955: Oakland Oaks, PCL
- 1956–1957: Baltimore Orioles, AL
- 1958: St. Louis Cardinals, NL
- 1959–1971: Baltimore Orioles, AL
- 1972: California Angels, AL
- 1978: Seattle Mariners, AL
- 1979–2000: Milwaukee Brewers, AL (1979–97)/NL (1998–2000)
- 2001–2002: Cincinnati Reds, NL
- 2003–2004: Texas Rangers, AL
- 2005–present Oakland Athletics, AL
Roster
Stockton Ports roster | ||||
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Players | Coaches/Other | |||
Pitchers
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Infielders
Outfielders
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Coaches
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7-day injured list
Notable Ports alumni
Baseball Hall of Fame alumni
Pat Gillick (1959) inducted 2011
Mike Piazza (2007) inducted 2016
- Notable alumni
Joe Altobelli (1969, MGR) Manager: 1983 World Champion - Baltimore Orioles
Daric Barton (2005)
Don Baylor (1968) MLB All-Star; 1995 NL Manager of the Year; 1979 AL Most Valuable Player
Bo Belinsky (1959)
Paul Blair (1963) 2 x MLB All-Star; 8 x Gold Glove
Bruce Bochte (1972) MLB All-Star
Dallas Braden (2005)
Milton Bradley (2005) MLB All-Star
Travis Buck (2005)
Al Bumbry (1969) MLB All-Star; 1973 AL Rookie of the Year
Enos Cabell (1970)
Trevor Cahill (2008) MLB All-Star
Coco Crisp (2015)
Bobby Crosby (2005) 2004 AL Rookie of the Year
Vince DiMaggio (1948) 2 x MLB All-Star
Josh Donaldson 3 x MLB All-Star; 2015 AL Most Valuable Player
Sean Doolittle (2008, 2012, 2015, 2017) MLB All-Star
Cal Eldred (1990)
Mike Epstein (1965; led the league in batting (.338) and home runs (30))
Keith Foulke (2008) MLB All-Star
Sonny Gray (2017) MLB All-Star
Pumpsie Green (1955)
Bobby Grich (1968) 6 x MLB All-Star
Darryl Hamilton (1987)
Dave Henderson (1978) MLB All-Star
Geoff Jenkins (1995) MLB All-Star
Davey Johnson (1962) 4 x MLB All-Star; 2 x MLB Manager of the Year; Manager: 1986 World Series Champion - New York Mets
Doug Jones (1979) MLB All-Star
Darold Knowles (1962) MLB All-Star
Dave LaPoint (1979)
Dave May (1963) MLB All-Star
Jim Morris (1987) Subject of Movie: The Rookie
Juan Nieves(1982)
Jerry Remy (1972) MLB All-Star
Merv Rettenmund (1965-1966)
Addison Russell (2013-2014) MLB All-Star
Ben Sheets (1999) 4 x MLB All-Star
Gary Sheffield (1987) 9 x MLB All Star; 1992 NL Batting Title
Kurt Suzuki (2005) MLB All-Star
Dale Sveum (1983, 1989)- Zack Thornton
Brett Tomko (2010)
Fernando Vina (1997) MLB All-Star
Edison Volquez (2004) MLB All-Star- Joey Wagman
Brad Ziegler (2005)
Ben Zobrist (2015) 3 x MLB All-Star; 2016 World Series Most Valuable Player- Mudville Nine players
References
^ Weiss, Bill; Wright, Marshall (2001). "Historians Weiss, Wright Rank 100 Best Minor League Baseball Teams". Minor League Baseball. Retrieved August 26, 2014..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ National Geographic. 179, No. 4. April 1991. Missing or empty|title=(help)
^ Kroichick, Ron (May 4, 2000). "Funky Mudville Has Murky Future". SFGate.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
^ "California League (Adv A) Encyclopedia and History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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- Official Stockton Ports website
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