The Sonoma Stompers are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Sonoma, California . They are current members of the California Collegiate League . They began play as members of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs in 2014. They are a successor franchise to the defunct Sonoma County Grapes , and were the first professional team to make Sonoma County home since the Sonoma County Crushers ceased play following the 2002 season.
17-614: American minor- league professional baseball team Napa Silverados [REDACTED] [REDACTED] Team logo Cap insignia Information League Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs Location Napa, California Ballpark Miner Family Field Founded 2017 Colors Black, silver, dark red, white Ownership Napa Professional Baseball Company LLC Website silveradosbaseball .com The Napa Silverados were
34-2115: A professional baseball team based in Napa, California , United States , and were members of the Pacific Association of Professional Baseball Clubs , an independent professional baseball circuit not affiliated with Major League Baseball . The team was founded in summer 2017 by Napa area businessman Bruce Johnston, but was sold to Napa Professional Baseball Company, consisting of David Halloran, Tito Fuentes Jr. (son of former San Francisco Giants player Tito Fuentes ), and Alma Eugenio Fuentes on March 20, 2019. They played their home games at Miner Family Field . Season-by-season results [ edit ] Napa Silverados Season Overall Win % Standing Manager Postseason 2018 31–49 .388 5th Tito Fuentes Jr. Did not qualify 2019 29–35 .453 4th Tito Fuentes Jr. Won wild card (Vallejo) Lost semifinal (San Rafael) Totals 60–84 .417 — — 1–1 (.500) References [ edit ] ^ James, Marty. "New ownership group for Napa Silverados' independent league professional baseball team" . Napa Valley Register . Retrieved 2019-04-05 . ^ NAPA’S FIELD OF DREAMS - Local Pro Baseball Team Owner’s Reality , Lisa Adams Walter, Markertplace , June 2, 2017 External links [ edit ] Napa Silverados official website v t e Pacific Association Teams California Dogecoin Napa Silverados Sonoma Stompers Vallejo Admirals Former teams East Bay Lumberjacks Hawaii Stars Martinez Clippers Na Koa Ikaika Maui Pittsburg Diamonds Salina Stockade San Rafael Pacifics Rosters v t e Sports teams based in
51-687: A .364 average and earned Defensive Player of the Year honors at the catcher position. Pitcher Jacob Cox set the Pacific Association single-season saves record with 26. Pitcher Vijay Patel set the franchise single-season wins record going 9-3 while striking out 92 batters in 84 innings pitched. In 2019, the Stompers held a regular season best 45–19 record. Most notably, pitcher Cole Watts and outfielder Dondrei Hubbard signed with Kansas City Royals and San Diego Padres affiliates. The pair became
68-577: A full-time position with the Atlanta Braves to serve as the organization's catching instructor. Former major league pitcher Bill "Spaceman" Lee started a game for the Stompers on August 12, 2014, pitching the team to victory over the Pittsburg Mettle . Lee set a record with the win, becoming the oldest person (at age 67) to ever win a professional baseball game. Lee pitched 5 + 2 ⁄ 3 innings, and batted for himself. Ray
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102-492: The 2013 season citing high travel costs of bringing in opponents from Northern California. The East Bay Lumberjacks also did not return for 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
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136-529: The addition of the Martinez Clippers and Napa Silverados . This brought the league to an all-time high of six member clubs. Before 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
153-572: The against the New York Yankees where he recorded his first career strikeout against Kyle Higashioka in two scoreless innings pitched. Gillaspie became the first Stompers player to appear in a Major League game and second Pacific Association player with Chris Mazza being the first in 2019. On August 2, 2023, the New York Yankees signed former 2022 Stompers outfielder Jackson Castillo as an undrafted free agent. Castillo became
170-697: The first half of the season, but fell to Vallejo in the finale. After the 2017 season, the Minnesota Twins hired Miyoshi as a coach for Elizabethton Twins . In 2018, under new general manager Brett Creamer and Manager Zack Pace, the Sonoma Stompers set a Pacific Association win record going 57–23. Outfielder Kenny Meimerstorf would win Rookie of the Year award by hitting a franchise best 23 home runs. Former Arizona Diamondbacks prospect Daniel Comstock set another single-season franchise record with
187-513: The league's website and social media after the 2020 season cancellation, it is believed that the league has indeed folded. League members Former Team Sonoma Stompers The Stompers announced their first professional signing, Tommy Lyons, in March 2014, and shortly thereafter traded for local player, Jayce Ray. The team's first manager was Ray Serrano, who led the Stompers to a 42–36 record in their inaugural season. In 2015, Serrano accepted
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#1732793066925204-739: The sixth and seventh Stompers to sign with an affiliated organization. Pitcher Henry Omana was promoted to Bravos de León of the Mexican League . In five stars, Omana went 3–1 in 27 innings pitched with 36 strikeouts and a 1.33 ERA. In 2021, one year after the Pacific Association's season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the Stompers left the professional ranks and joined the California Collegiate League . On May 17, 2022, former 2017 pitcher Logan Gillaspie made his Major League Baseball debut against
221-488: The team, the two players, outfielder-pitcher Kelsie Whitmore and infielder Stacy Piagno , made the Sonoma Stompers the first coed professional baseball team since the 1950s. The Stompers added catcher Anna Kimbrell in July 2016. The Stompers won both the first and second halves of the season, earning their first Pacific Association championship under Miyoshi. In 2017, Sonoma clinched a championship game berth after winning
238-780: Was an independent baseball league based in Northern California. The league 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
255-749: 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 a game. The 2020 season was officially cancelled on July 17, 2020. Later, the California Dogecoin formed the Liberation Professional Baseball League. The Sonoma Stompers announced in October 2021 their intentions to join the California Collegiate League for 2022. With no new news from
272-528: Was named player manager. After winning the first half of the season, Lentini was let go. He was replaced by Takashi Miyoshi. The team made history in June 2015, when pitcher Sean Conroy became the first openly gay active professional baseball player. The Stompers finished the season 44–33 after falling to San Rafael in the championship game. In June 2016, the Stompers announced that two female baseball players would join their roster starting in July. Upon joining
289-578: Was named the leagues Most Valuable Player and later signed with the Boston Red Sox . In 2015, the Sonoma Stompers allowed Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller of Baseball Prospectus 's Effectively Wild podcast to serve as the Baseball Operations department, under general manager Theo Fightmaster. The duo wrote about their experience in a book entitled The Only Rule is it Has to Work , published in 2016. On February 15, Fehlandt Lentini
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