The Martinez Clippers were a professional baseball team based in Martinez, California , United States , as members of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs , an independent professional baseball circuit not affiliated with Major League Baseball . The team was named for New York Yankee Joe DiMaggio , who was nicknamed "The Yankee Clipper" and was born in Martinez.
7-644: On February 8, 2018, the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs announced the additions of the Napa Silverados and Martinez Clippers for the upcoming summer season. On April 22, 2018, the Clippers signed their first pitcher, Zach Compton. The team participated in its first draft the next day. After struggling to start the season at 7-30, manager Chris Decker was replaced by former Houston Astros prospect Daniel Parker who finished
14-554: A second season. Two expansion clubs were added in 2014 (the Sonoma Stompers and Pittsburg Mettle ) bringing the total number of teams to four. In 2017 San Francisco businessman and entrepreneur Jonathan Stone was named league commissioner. Expansion came again in 2018 with the addition of the Martinez Clippers and Napa Silverados . This brought the league to an all-time high of six member clubs. Before
21-527: The FBI . In response, the city of Martinez canceled the Clippers' lease at the stadium. The Carpoffs pled guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in January 2020, forfeiting $ 120 million in assets. Four other business partners pled guilty to crimes. The Pacific Association commissioner stated that they hoped to keep the Clippers as members of the league under new ownership. As of 2022 there has been no update on
28-530: The 2019 season the league lost two teams, Martinez and Pittsburg, which both folded. The Salina Stockade were added to the league for 2019 as a travel team. Prior to the 2020 season, San Rafael left the league for the Pecos League . The California Dogecoin was listed as an expansion team on the league website, but after the season was postponed by the COVID-19 pandemic were removed without having played
35-620: The future of the Pacific Association following the announcement of the cancellation of the 2020 season. This article about a baseball team in California is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs The Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs was an independent baseball league based in Northern California. The league
42-486: The season 22-21 as manager. Former Major League Baseball player Bart Zeller served as the team's bench coach. Their top hitters were 3B Alan Mocahbee (.332/.443/.635, 19 HR, 67 RBI in 68 G) and 2B Shaine Hughes (.331/.430/.576) while Robert Humes (1-2, 6 Sv, 2.77) was their top hurler. In December 2018, Clippers' owners Jeff and Paulette Carpoff were reported to be in charge of a Ponzi scheme based around their primary company DC Solar Inc. and were being investigated by
49-775: Was founded in 2013 by four former North American League teams. During the initial season, two Hawaii -based teams, the Hawaii Stars and the Maui Warriors , played inter-league games against the Baseball Challenge League of Japan; California teams played against the Freedom Pro League of Arizona. Both Hawaii teams ceased operations after playing the 2013 season citing high travel costs of bringing in opponents from Northern California. The East Bay Lumberjacks also did not return for
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