Scott Strickland (Triple-A), Shaun Meredith (Double-A), Chris Ball (Class A) and Tommy Tamaska (Short Season/Rookie) are this year’s classification winners in the annual Sports Turf Manager of the Year Awards, sponsored by the Sports Turf Managers Association (STMA). Ball was also the Class A winner in 2007. He has won or shared the title of […]
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Billings, New Hampshire snare top MiLB awards
The Billings Mustangs (rookie; Pioneer League) and the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) are the winners of the John H. Johnson President’s Award and Larry MacPhail Award, Minor League Baseball‘s top team awards. The Mustangs and Fisher Cats will receive their major awards at the Baseball Winter Meetings. The John H. Johnson […]
Spelius, Ridley win Giles, Rawlings Awards
As the baseball world preps for the upcoming Winter Meetings, awards are being announced. Minor League Baseball has selected Midwest League President George Spelius and Nashville Sounds Office Manager Sharon Ridley as this year’s recipients of the Warren Giles and the Rawlings Woman Executive of the Year Awards, respectively. The Giles Award annually honors outstanding […]
Purpura wins Hemond Award
Minor League Baseball Executive Vice President & COO Tim Purpura has been named the winner of the 10th annual Roland Hemond Award by the Arizona Fall League. The award is presented to recognize a baseball executive who has provided at least 15 years of outstanding service to professional baseball and who has served the Arizona […]
Pfander to Akron, Leite to New Hampshire, Olerud to Potomac
A host of personnel changes in front offices to report today: Jim Pfander is the new executive VP/COO of the Akron Aeros (Class AA; Eastern League), Matt Leite is the new media relations manager for the New Hampshire Fisher Cats (Class AA; Eastern League) and Josh Olerud is the new general manager of the Potomac […]
Cook joins revamped Barons front office
Big changes in the Birmingham Barons (Class AA; Southern League) front office this offseason, as John Cook leaves Minor League Baseball to join the staff as Director of Sales. Cook previouslt was Senior Vice President of Business Ops at St. Pete; previously he was general manager of the Clearwater Threshers (High Class A; Florida State […]
In memoriam: Ben Mondor and Harold Cooper
Two giants in the Minor League Baseball world passed away: Pawtucket Red Sox (Class AAA; International League) owner Ben Mondor passed away last night, while former International League President Harold Cooper passed away this morning. Mondor and Cooper played important roles in Minor League Baseball, helping nurture the industry as it went through some terrible […]
League Histories
Want to know more about teams and leagues of the past? This is the place for you. Here’s a listing of affiliated, independent and summer-collegiate leagues, organized by type. Enjoy! MAJOR LEAGUESAmerican LeagueNational League AFFILIATED LEAGUES Appalachian League California League Carolina League Eastern League Florida State League International League Midwest League New York-Pennsylvania League Northwest […]
Affiliate Dance: 2020
What teams have upcoming affiliation deals, and which ones are tied long-term to their parent teams? We list them all here as the 2021 affiliate dance reaches its conclusion. With the expiration of the most recent Professional Baseball Agreement (PBA) between Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball, MLB has assumed control of MiLB and […]
Northwest League
Today’s Northwest League is actually the third name this league has gone by since its inception in 1918. It began life as the Pacific Coast International League and played under that name for its first and third seasons, playing under the name of the Northwest International League in 1919. (Those early days were not the […]