The Boise Hawks are an independent baseball team of the
Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with
Major League Baseball
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(MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. Home games are played at
Memorial Stadium in
Garden City, Idaho
Garden City is a city in Ada County, Idaho. The population was 10,972 at the time of the 2010 census. Garden City is nearly surrounded by Boise but retains a separate municipal government.
Garden City was named for gardens raised by Chines ...
, a small city surrounded by
Boise
Boise (, , ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Idaho and is the county seat of Ada County. On the Boise River in southwestern Idaho, it is east of the Oregon border and north of the Nevada border. The downtown area' ...
.
From their establishment in 1987 through 2020, the Hawks were members of the
Class A Short Season
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Northwest League
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. In conjunction with a contraction of
Minor League Baseball in 2021, the team shifted to the Pioneer League, which was converted from an MLB-affiliated
rookie
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In contrast with a veteran who has experience and expertise, a rookie is usually inexperienced ...
league to an
independent baseball league
An independent baseball league is a professional baseball organization in the United States or Canada that is not overseen by Major League Baseball and is outside the Minor League Baseball clubs affiliated to it.
The Northern League and Frontie ...
and granted status as an MLB Partner League.
History
Prior to moving to the Boise area, the team was the
Tri-Cities Triplets
The Triple-Cities Triplets were a minor league baseball team in the northwest United States, located in Richland, Washington, one of the Tri-Cities. The Triplets were members of the Class A short-season Northwest League for four seasons, from 1 ...
, who played in
Richland, Washington
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, for four seasons after moving over from
Walla Walla Walla Walla can refer to:
* Walla Walla people, a Native American tribe after which the county and city of Walla Walla, Washington, are named
* Place of many rocks in the Australian Aboriginal Wiradjuri language, the origin of the name of the town ...
in 1983. An affiliate of the
Texas Rangers for the first two seasons in Richland, they operated as an independent in 1985 and 1986. The Triplets were sold in the fall of 1986 to Diamond Sports and moved to Idaho for the 1987 season.
Diamond Sports was headed by the Triplets' general manager
Mal Fichman Mal Fichman is a minor league baseball manager notable for leading multiple championship teams in the Frontier League in the mid-to-late 1990s.
He first became a minor league manager in 1979, heading the Newark Co-Pilots. In 1980, he led the Rock ...
.
Their debut game was on the road and drew over 7,100 at
Spokane
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, aided by the appearance of
Hank Aaron
Henry Louis Aaron (February 5, 1934 – January 22, 2021), nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1954 through 1976. One of the gre ...
.
Continuing as an independent for their first three seasons in Boise, they joined the California Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team ha ...
organization in 1990
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; the Angels were previously affiliated with the Bend Bucks for two seasons. The Hawks made the playoffs that first season under the Angels and then won the league title four times in the next five years.
After eleven seasons with the Angels, the Hawks moved their affiliation in 2001 to the Chicago Cubs
The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago. The Cubs compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as part of the National League (NL) Central division. The club plays its home games at Wrigley Field, which is located ...
, who were with the Eugene Emeralds
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for the two previous seasons. Under the Cubs, the Hawks won two league titles and were runners-up three times. After fourteen years with Chicago, the Hawks switched in 2015 to the Rockies
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, who were previously affiliated with the Tri-City Dust Devils
The Tri-City Dust Devils are a Minor League Baseball team in the northwest United States, based in Pasco, Washington. The Dust Devils are members of the Northwest League and are affiliated with the Los Angeles Angels. Tri-City plays their home gam ...
in Pasco for fourteen seasons.
The Boise Hawks had the “Dream Team” in 2012. This team had future big leaguers: Dan Vogelbach, Willson Contreras, Albert Almora Jr., Feliz Pena, Stephen Bruno, Marco Hernández, Trey Martin, Yasiel Balancourt, and Pierce Johnson. They also had the MILB Nickname Champ: Rock Shoulders
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the entire 2020 season for the minor leagues was cancelled. The following winter, as part the reorganization of minor league baseball, the Northwest League was elevated to the classification of High Single-A and renamed High-A West
The Northwest League is a Minor League Baseball league that operates in the Northwestern United States and Western Canada. A Class A Short Season league for most of its history, the league was promoted to High-A as part of Major League Basebal ...
. The league was contracted to six teams and the Hawks were not extended an invitation to continue as a franchise affiliated with a major league organization. The franchise announced they will continue as members of the independent Pioneer League, an MLB Partner League .
Prior to the cancelation of the 2020 season and subsequent minor league reorganization, the team was slated to appear as the "Boise Papas Fritas" in six 2020 home games as part of the "Copa de Diversion" program.
Ballparks
The Hawks play their home games at Memorial Stadium in Garden City, north of the Western Idaho Fair
The Western Idaho Fair is the one of the annual state fairs of Idaho. It has been held in the capital city of Boise virtually every late summer/early fall since 1897, and annually in the city of Garden City on the grounds of the Expo Idaho since ...
grounds. The facility on the banks of the Boise River
The Boise River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. , accessed May 3, 2011 tributary of the Snake River in the Northwestern United States. It drains a rugged portion of the Sawtooth Range in sou ...
has a seating capacity
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of 3,500; it opened in 1989 for the Hawks' third season, its last without an affiliation. The stadium was privately built by an investor group led by Bill Pereira and son Cord Pereira. For their first two seasons, the Hawks played their home games at Bill Wigle Field on the campus of Borah High School
Borah High School is a three-year public secondary school in Boise, Idaho, one of four traditional high schools in the Boise School District. It serves students in grades in the southwest portion of the district. It is named after a prominen ...
.[
]
Previous Boise teams
Prior to the Hawks, Boise hosted two Northwest League franchises in the 1970s. The Boise A's played two seasons (1975, 1976), then relocated to Canada at Medicine Hat
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, Alberta
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. In 1978, the Boise Buckskins played just one season, went bankrupt, and ceased operations. Both clubs played at Borah Field (now Bill Wigle Field).
Boise had been a longtime member of the Pioneer League, then in Class C. The teams were originally known as the Pilots
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, then as the Yankees
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(1952, 1953). The club reverted to the Pilots moniker in 1954. Upon signing a player development contract with the Milwaukee Braves
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, Boise became the Braves
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and continued the relationship until 1963. Renowned broadcaster Bob Uecker
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Facetiously dubbed "Mr. Baseball" by TV talk show host Johnny Carson, Uecker has served as a ...
played catcher for the league champion Boise Braves in 1956 and 1958. The Pioneer League teams played at Airway Park, later known as Braves Field, about a half mile (0.8 km) east of Bronco Stadium
Albertsons Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Boise State University in Boise, Idaho. It is the home field of the Boise State Broncos of the Mountain West Conference. Known as Bronco S ...
, in Municipal Park
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in east Boise, now the site of the headquarters of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game
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History
The Idaho Department of Fish and Ga ...
.
Ownership and media
The Boise Hawks are owned by Agon Sports & Entertainment LLC, and the company president is Jeff Eisemann.
Season-by-season record
Current roster
Notable alumni
* Oreste Marrero
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(1989)
* Reggie Williams (1989)
* Ken Edenfield
Kenneth Edward Edenfield (born March 18, 1967) is an American former professional baseball player who played two seasons for the California Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB).
References
1967 births
Living people
American expatriate ba ...
(1990)
* Hilly Hathaway (1990)
* Phil Leftwich
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(1990)
* Darryl Scott
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High school and colleg ...
(1990)
* Paul Swingle (1990)
* Mark Dalesandro (1990)
* P.J. Forbes (1990)
* J.R. Phillips (1990)
* Garret Anderson
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(1990)
* Troy Percival
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(1990–1991)
* Orlando Palmeiro
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Palmeiro, a star high school player in Miami, ...
(1991)
* Chris Pritchett
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(1991)
* Mark Sweeney
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(1991)
* Chris Turner (1991)
* Eduardo Pérez
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(1991)
* Anthony Chavez
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(1992)
* Jeff Schmidt (1992)
* Bill Simas (1992)
* Ryan Hancock
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(1993)
* Jamie Burke
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(1993)
* Todd Greene (1993)
* Aaron Guiel
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Career Minor leagues and Mexico
Guiel was drafted out of Kwantlen College by the California Angels in the 21st round of the 1992 Major League Base ...
(1993)
* Jason Dickson
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Dickson is a graduate of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. He played for the Somerset Patriots and was drafted by the California Angels in the 6th ro ...
(1994)
* Mike Holtz (1994)
* Bret Hemphill
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(1994)
* Justin Baughman (1995)
* Trent Durrington (1995)
* Juan Alvarez
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(1995)
* Brian Cooper (1995)
* Jarrod Washburn
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(1995)
* Trent Durrington (1996)
* Ramon Ortiz (1996)
* Brandon Puffer (1996)
* Jerrod Riggan
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(1996)
* Greg Jones (1997)
* Doug Nickle
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(1997)
* Scot Shields
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(1997)
* Matt Wise
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(1997)
* Alfredo Amezaga (1999)
* Tom Gregorio (1999)
* Gary Johnson
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(1999)
* Robb Quinlan
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(1999)
* Dusty Bergman
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Bergman attended the University of Hawai'i at Manoa, and in 1998 he played collegiate summ ...
(1999)
* John Lackey
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(1999)
* Francisco Rodríguez (1999)
* Tommy Murphy (2000)
* Joel Peralta
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(2000)
* Angel Guzman (2001)
* Sergio Mitre
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(20001)
* Carmen Pignatiello (2001)
* Felix Sanchez (2001)
* Dontrelle Willis
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(2001)
* Geovany Soto
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(2002)
* Micah Hoffpauir
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(2002)
* Randy Wells
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Wells was drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 38th roun ...
(2002)
* Ryan O'Malley
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O'Malley made his major league debut for the Cubs on August 16, 2006, against the Houston Astros. He pitched eight innings, ...
(2002)
* Clay Rapada
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(2002)
* Jae Kuk Ryu
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(2002)
* Andy Sisco (2002)
* Ricky Nolasco
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(2002)
* Robinson Chirinos
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(2002)
* Felix Pie (2002)
* Ronny Cedeno
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(2002)
* Jose Reyes (catcher) (2003)
* Sean Marshall (2003)
* Rich Hill (2003)
* Rocky Cherry
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Cherry pitched for the University of Oklahoma from 2000&ndas ...
(2003)
* Adalberto Mendez (2003)
* Billy Petrick
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Petrick made his major league debut on June 27, for the Chicag ...
(2003)
* Luis Montanez (2004)
* Mitch Atkins
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(2005)
* Donnie Veal
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(2005)
* Jose Ceda (2006)
* Billy Petrick
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(2006)
* Russ Canzler (2006)
* Blake Lalli
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(2006)
* Jeff Samardzija
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(2006)
* Welington Castillo
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(2006)
* Tyler Colvin (2006)
* Darin Downs
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(2006)
* Jerry Blevins
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(2006)
* Josh Vitters
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(2007)
* Alberto Cabrera (2007)
* Marcus Hatley (2007)
* Josh Donaldson
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(2007)
* Brandon Guyer
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(2007)
* Steve Clevenger
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(2007)
* Blake Parker
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(2007)
* Al Albuquerque (2007)
* Jeff Beliveau
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(2008)
* Chris Carpenter
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(2008)
* Erik Hamren (2008)
* Marcus Hatley (2008)
* Jay Jackson (2008)
* Marwin González
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(2008)
* Josh Harrison
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(2008)
* Andrew Cashner
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(2008)
* Casey Coleman
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(2008)
* Ryan Flaherty
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(2008)
* Brooks Raley
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(2009)
* Chris Rusin (2009)
* Logan Watkins (2009)
* Brett Jackson (2009)
* Tony Campana
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Chicago Cubs
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(2010)
* Justin Bour
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(2010)
* Arismendy Alcantara (2010)
* Dallas Beeler (2010)
* Eric Jokisch
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(2010)
* Elliot Soto
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(2010)
* Matt Szczur (2010)
* Javier Baez (2011)
* Rafael Lopez (2011)
* Andrew McKirahan
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McKirahan graduated from Georgetown High School in 2009, and play ...
(2011)
* Tony Zych (2011)
* Tayler Scott
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(2012)
* Dong-Yub Kim (2012) (KBO)
* Willson Contreras (2012)
* Marco Hernández
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(2012)
* Pierce Johnson (2012)
* Jeimer Candelario
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(2012)
* Felix Pena
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* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
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* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...
(2012)
* Albert Almora
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Almora a ...
(2012)
* Dan Vogelbach
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(2012)
* Kris Bryant
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(2013)
* Jacob Hannemann (2013)
* Duane Underwood
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Career Amateur career
Underwood attended ...
(2013)
* Erick Castillo (2013)
* Paul Blackburn (2013)
* Zack Godley
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(2013)
* Kyle Schwarber
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(2014)
* James Norwood
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(2014)
* David Bote (2014)
* Adbert Alzolay
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Alzolay signed with the Chicago Cubs as an international fr ...
(2014)
* Mark Zagunis
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(2014)
* Gleyber Torres
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(2014)
* Dillon Maples (2014)
* Justin Lawrence
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(2015)
* Tyler Matzek (2015)
* Yonathan Daza (2015)
* Kevin Padlo
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(2015)
* David Dahl (2015)
* Tyler Nevin
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Career Amateur career
Nevin attended Poway High ...
(2015)
* Julian Fernandez (2016)
* Rico Garcia
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(2016)
* Antonio Santos (2016)
* Garrett Hampson
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(2016)
* Sean Bouchard
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Amateur career
A native of San Diego, California, Bouchard attended Cathe ...
(2017)
* Stephen Cardullo
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(2017)
* Jairo Diaz (2018)
World Series champions
* Orlando Palmeiro
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Palmeiro, a star high school player in Miami, ...
- 2002 Angels
* Alfredo Amezaga - 2002 Angels
* Ramon Ortiz - 2022 Angels
* Matt Wise
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- 2002 Angels
* Dennis Cook
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- 2002 Angels
* Scott Shields - 2002 Angels
* Francisco Rodríguez – 2002 Angels
* Garret Anderson
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– 2002 Angels
* Jarrod Washburn
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– 2002 Angels
* John Lackey
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– 2002 Angels, 2013 Red Sox, 2016 Cubs
* Dontrelle Willis
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– 2003 Marlins
* Kris Bryant
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– 2016 Cubs
* Kyle Schwarber
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– 2016 Cubs
* Wilson Contreras
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He played as a midfielder.
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;Colo-Colo
* Primera División de Chile (1): ...
– 2016 Cubs
* Albert Almora
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Amateur career
Almora a ...
– 2016 Cubs
* Matt Szczur – 2016 Cubs
* Felix Pena
Felix may refer to:
* Felix (name), people and fictional characters with the name
Places
* Arabia Felix is the ancient Latin name of Yemen
* Felix, Spain, a municipality of the province Almería, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, ...
- 2016 Cubs
* Rob Zastryzny
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- 2016 Cubs
* Joel Peralta
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- 2016 Cubs
* Jeimer Candelario
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Early life
Can ...
- 2016 Cubs
* Marwin Gonzalez - 2017 Astros
* Marco Hernández
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- 2018 Red Sox (injured)
* Tyler Matzek - 2021 Braves
See also
References
External links
*
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1950s ballpark aerial photo
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Hawks
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Professional baseball teams in Idaho
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Colorado Rockies minor league affiliates
1987 establishments in Idaho
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