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14-486: Owned and managed by the Stockton Ports ' former owner and manager Carl W. Thompson, Sr., the team had a record of 26-46, being worst in the league. Season attendance at Hoquiam's Olympic Stadium was fourth in the seven-team Northwest League at 28,842. The Ports' star pitcher Barry Biggerstaff (9-7, 3.44) led the league in almost every counting category with 17 starts, 15 complete games, 3 shutouts (having tied for

28-764: A baseball game on April 28, 2005, during which the Stockton Ports defeated the San Jose Giants , 7–4, in front of a sellout crowd of 5,287 fans. The ballpark is a part of a revitalization project for the Downtown Stockton waterfront. It was built concurrently with the Stockton Arena and will be integrated with a waterfront park as part of the Stockton Waterfront Events Center . The Banner Island area

42-668: 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

56-593: Is a baseball stadium located in Stockton, California , on the Stockton waterfront , which seats 5,200 people with 4,200 fixed seats. It is the home field of the Stockton Ports , a minor league affiliate of the Athletics in the California League , who moved there after spending several decades at their previous home Billy Hebert Field . The $ 22 million Banner Island Ballpark opened with

70-524: Is also the purported home of a previous Stockton baseball team that played in the late 1800s. Local residents claim that the team was the inspiration for the Mudville Nine in " Casey at the Bat ", a poem by Ernest Thayer . Before moving to the ballpark, the Stockton Ports were known as the Mudville Nine during the 2000 and 2001 seasons. The name "Banner Island Ballpark" is actually an unofficial name that

84-483: 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. Owned by Stockton local Carl W. Thompson, Sr. (1971–1973),

98-656: Is still in use today. This article about a baseball team in Washington is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Stockton Ports The Stockton Ports are a Minor League Baseball team of the California League and the Single-A affiliate of the 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 as members of

112-559: Is used among fans and the administration of the Stockton Ports. The City of Stockton owns the naming rights of the ballpark and until the rights are sold the stadium is officially known as Stockton Ballpark . The ballpark gets its unofficial name from the area in which it is located, Banner Island. This was once an island in the San Joaquin River delta , noted during the Civil War for the huge "Stars and Stripes" posted by

126-773: The Oakland Athletics . The team won its 11th California League championship in 2008 with a 9–3 victory over the Lancaster JetHawks on September 14. In conjunction with Major League Baseball 's restructuring of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Ports were organized into the Low-A West at the Low-A classification. In 2022, the Low-A West became known as the California League, the name historically used by

140-459: The California League and have won the California League championship 11 times. 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 ",

154-706: 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 Baseball. In an homage to the team in the Ernest Thayer poem, the Ports were renamed the Mudville Nine in 2000 and 2001, then returned to the Ports name in 2002. In 2005, the Ports moved to the newly built Banner Island Ballpark and became affiliates of

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168-754: The lead), 144 innings, 138 hits, 77 runs, 55 earned runs and 123 strikeouts. After Thompson sold the team in 1977, the Ports became the Grays Harbor Loggers . Two years later, the team changed their name to the Grays Harbor Mets , playing as an affiliate of the New York Mets . In 1980, the franchise was once again the Grays Harbor Loggers for the team's final season. The Ports played at Olympic Stadium , located at 101 28th Street, Hoquiam, Washington . The facility

182-522: 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

196-666: The regional circuit prior to the 2021 reorganization, and was reclassified as a Single-A circuit. Pitchers Catchers Infielders Outfielders Manager Coaches 60-day injured list [REDACTED] 7-day injured list * On Athletics 40-man roster ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated September 4, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB  •  California League → Athletics minor league players Banner Island Ballpark Banner Island Ballpark

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