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The Bangor Lumberjacks were an independent minor league baseball team in the
Northeast League
The Northeast League was a professional independent baseball league that operated in the Northeastern United States from 1995 until 1998 and from 2003 until 2004. Between 1999 and 2002, the league was part of the Northern League after the two lea ...
that was based in
Bangor, Maine
Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
Modern Bangor ...
. Prior to 2003, the Lumberjacks played in
Glens Falls, New York
Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States and is the central city of the Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census. The name was given by Colonel Johannes Glen, the falls refe ...
and were known as the
Adirondack Lumberjacks
The Adirondack Lumberjacks were an independent professional baseball team based in Glens Falls, New York. The team moved to Bangor, Maine and became the Bangor Lumberjacks following the 2002 season. The team won the inaugural 1995 Northeast League ...
. The team moved to Maine following the 2002 season. In 2003, the Lumberjacks played in
Orono at
Larry Mahaney Diamond
Larry Mahaney Diamond is a baseball park, baseball stadium in Orono, Maine, located on the campus of the University of Maine.[Winkin Sports Complex
Husson University is a private university in Bangor, Maine. It offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and as of Fall 2020 had a total enrollment of 3,476 students, including 799 graduate students in master's and doctoral programs.
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Kash Beauchamp
James Kash Beauchamp (born January 8, 1963 in Grove, Oklahoma) is an American professional baseball coach (baseball), coach. He is currently the manager for the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League.
Career
Beauchamp is the son of late Ma ...
served as the team's manager.
For their first year the Lumberjacks finished with a 42-49 record. The next year, the team finished with a 56-36 overall record, good for second best in the league behind the
New Jersey Jackals
The New Jersey Jackals are an American professional baseball team based in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. The team was founded in 1998 by Floyd Hall and is owned by Al Dorso, a businessman who also owns the Sussex County Miners, Sky ...
. The Lumberjacks met the Jackals in the first round of the playoffs and were quickly eliminated, losing in four games despite having the pitchers with the two best ERA (JC Huguet and Jerry Long) in the league and postseason All-Star Derry Hammond, who hit 23 home runs. Whereas the Lumberjacks had won three league championships in New York, the team failed to win one in their two years in Maine.
The 2003 roster featured former Major League pitcher Jeff Sparks who had spent parts of two seasons (23 appearances) with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. In 17 games with the Lumberjacks, Sparks logged 36 2/3 innings with a 4-1 record and an ERA of 1.23.
In 2004, the Lumberjacks' lone player with MLB service was left-handed pitcher Clayton Andrews who had appeared in eight games in 2000 with the Toronto Blue Jays. A regular in Bangor's starting rotation, Andrews posted a 7-3 record with a 4.06 ERA in 84 1/2 innings.
The Northeast League stripped Bangor of its membership after the 2004 season and the Lumberjacks folded. The team's roster after the folding comprised the 2005 roster for
the Can-Am League's traveling team, and later became the initial roster for the
Sussex Skyhawks
The Sussex Skyhawks were a professional baseball team that played at Skylands Park in Augusta, New Jersey. The team was part of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball, an independent minor baseball league also referred to as th ...
who debuted in 2006.
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See also
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Adirondack Lumberjacks
The Adirondack Lumberjacks were an independent professional baseball team based in Glens Falls, New York. The team moved to Bangor, Maine and became the Bangor Lumberjacks following the 2002 season. The team won the inaugural 1995 Northeast League ...
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