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Auburn Doubledays
Auburn Doubledays
Auburn Doubledays Founded in 1982 Auburn, New York
Team Logo Cap Insignia Class-level • Minor league affiliations • • Major league affiliations • • Houston Astros (1982–2000) Name • • Auburn Astros (1982-1995) Ballpark • • Falcon Park I (1982-1994) Minor league titles League titles Division titles 2007, 1998
(1982–2000) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2001 – Present). The Doubledays play home games at Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park. Falcon Park was opened in June 1995, replacing the original Falcon Park which was built in 1927. Falcon Park seats 2,800 fans. In 2008, new blue box seats were installed. The team and its mascot are named after Abner Doubleday, the Civil War general and Auburn native credited with inventing the game of baseball. Abner wears number 96 in honor of the birth of the team in 1996.
History
Baseball in Auburn dates back to at least 1958. The current franchise began operations in 1996. In 1998 the Doubledays and the Oneonta Tigers were named Co-Champions of the NY Penn League after Central New York was hit with a torrential rain storm and the fields at both parks were deemed unplayable. The Doubledays won the Pinckney Division title for six straight years in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, but failed to win the league championship for the first five of those years. After losing in the first round of the playoffs for the first three years of their streak, they advanced to the New York - Penn League Championship series before being swept by the Staten Island Yankees. In 2003, the Doubledays led all of baseball in winning percentage (.757). The Doubledays finally won the NY Penn League title in 2007, sweeping the Brooklyn Cyclones in the League Championship series. The final game featured a stellar pitching performance by Brett Cecil and a home run by J.P. Arencibia.[1] This was the first league championship for the city of Auburn since 1973.
2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
Owner(s)/Operated by: Auburn Community Owned Non-Profit Baseball Association, Inc. Manager: Dennis Holmberg General Manager: Carl Gutelius
The Auburn Doubledays are a minor league baseball team in Auburn, New York, USA. They are a Short-Season A classification team in the New York-Penn League and have been a farm team of the Houston Astros
Players who played in Auburn
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• • • • • Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Auburn Phillies 1972-1977 Sunsets 1978 Red Stars 1979 Americans 1980 Astros 1982-1995
Catcher
• Rick Dempsey • Ozzie Virgil • Ramon Castro brother of Jason Castro
1st Base
• Vito Chiaravalloti • Joe Pepitone • Ed Kranepool
Roster
Auburn Doubledays roster Players Pitchers • 28 Joel Carreno • 18 Evan Crawford • 25 Justin Cryer • -- Chris Michalak • -- Dan Miller • 13 Jason Monti • 31 Castillo Perez • 7 Jason Roenicke • 26 Kyle Walter • 10 Matthew Wright Catchers • 22 Karim Turkamani Infielders • 36 Adam Amar • 3 Steven Condotta • 6 Leance Soto • 12 Carlos Vasquez Outfielders • 1 Chris Demons • 2 Christopher Hopkins • 8 Bartolo Nicolas • 16 Luis Rivera Coaches/ Other Manager • 35 Dennis Holmberg Coaches • 44 Charles Poe (hitting) • -- Vince Horsman (pitching)
† Disabled list * On Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster ∞ Reserve list § Suspended list ‡ Restricted list Roster updated 2009-04-02
2nd Base
• Ken Boswell • Aaron Hill
3rd Base
• Morgan Ensberg
Shortstop
• Julio Lugo
Right Field
• Cleon Jones
Center Field
• Kenny Lofton
Left Field
• Luis Gonzalez • Lonnie Smith • Adam Lind
Starting Pitchers
• • • • • • • Johan Santana Jerry Koosman Mel Stottlemyre Shane Reynolds Roy Oswalt Rollie Sheldon Brian Ridley
References
Bullpen
• • • • Tug McGraw Billy Wagner Todd Jones Casey Janssen
[1] "Doubledays Sweep Brooklyn For NYP Title". Auburn Doubledays. 2007-09-06. http://www.minorleaguebaseball.com/ news/ article.jsp?ymd=20070906&content_id=300211&vke Retrieved on 2008-08-28.
External links
• Auburn Doubledays’ Official Site • Auburn Doubledays on MiLB.com • Photographs of Falcon Park, home of the Auburn Doubledays - Rochester Area Ballparks
Auburn Baseball Past Affiliation
• Auburn Yankees 1958-1961 • Auburn Mets 1962-1966 • Auburn Twins 1967-1971
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