Salina Stockade (baseball)

This article is about the baseball team. For the 1800s military outpost, see Salina Stockade.
Salina Stockade
Information
LeaguePecos League
LocationSalina, Kansas
BallparkDean Evans Stadium
Founded2016
Disbanded2021
Former league(s)
Former ballparksSam Lynn Ballpark
ColorsNavy blue, royal blue, silver, white        
OwnershipAndrew Dunn
ManagerDavid Peterson
Websitewww.salinastockade.com

The Salina Stockade were a professional baseball team based in Salina, Kansas that began play in 2016. From 2017-2019 it was a traveling team which competed in various leagues when a league has an uneven number of teams. For the 2020 and 2021 seasons they returned to the Pecos League where they originally played before again leaving for the 2022 season only participating in the spring league.[1]

History

Formed in 2016, the Salina Stockade were originally part of the Pecos League.[2][3]

In 2017 Salina Stockade joined the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball, to replace the Laredo Lemurs, which folded.[4]

The Stockade played the 2017 season as a road franchise, with only sixteen home games at Dean Evans Stadium.[5][6][7]

The team played a similar schedule in 2018, traveling to play each of the six teams in the Can-Am League.

In 2019, the Stockade joined The Western League a four-week winter organization, as a charter team. On March 31, 2019 it was announced that they would traveling to play each of the teams in the Pacific Association.[8]

In 2020, the Stockade returned as a member of the Western League, and played games out of Bakersfield, California. It was later announced they'd be activated for the 2020 Pecos League season; the Stockade competed as one of four teams in the Mountain Division for the condensed 60-game season (due to the COVID-19 pandemic). All games were played at Coastal Baseball Park in Houston, Texas. The Stockade lost in the Championship series to the Tucson Saguaros 2 games to 0.

The Pecos League announced in February 2021 that the Stockade would return as a full member following improvements to Dean Evans Stadium, which included installation of artificial turf. However, the franchise did not play any home games in Salina during the 2021 season, instead hosting seven home games at El Dorado's McDonald Stadium and six in Colby.[9]

Following the season, the team was dropped from the Pecos League lineup. The club will only compete in the Pecos Spring League (formerly known as the Western League) during the 2022 season, which will be hosted at Coastal Baseball Park in Houston.

Season-by-season record

Season Wins Losses Win % Finish Playoff Results
Pecos League
2016 29 36 .446 3rd of 5 Did not qualify
American Association
2017 18 82 .180 4th of 4 Did not qualify
Can-Am League
2018 3 15 .167 7th Not eligible
Pacific Association
2019 14 50 .219 5th Did not qualify
Pecos League
2020 16 15 .516 2nd Lost in championship to Tucson Saguaros 0-2
2021 10 41 .196 4th of 4 Did not qualify

References

  1. ^ "Salina Stockade, the 'Washington Generals of baseball,' return for 2021 season". Salina Journal. Retrieved 2023-06-13.
  2. ^ "Introducing the Salina Stockade". Salina Journal. February 14, 2016.
  3. ^ "Regional minor league baseball offers major fun". The Wichita Eagle. May 10, 2016.
  4. ^ "Salina Replaces Laredo in 2017 American Association Lineup". Ballpark Digest. May 4, 2017.
  5. ^ "A Baseball Manager Retires Again, Knowing It Rarely Sticks". New York Times. August 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "The Worst Pro Baseball Team of 2017 Doesn't Want Your Pity". The Ringer. August 22, 2017.
  7. ^ "Kansas' Salina Stockade Is The Worst Team In Professional Baseball — But It's Not All Bad". KCUR. September 6, 2017.
  8. ^ "Bay Area independent baseball league's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad offseason continues". The Mercury News. April 5, 2019.
  9. ^ "Salina Stockade find a home in El Dorado at historic McDonald Stadium". Pecos League. Retrieved 8 February 2022.