The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in

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, and play their home games at Centene Stadium. The team has played continuously in the Pioneer League since 1969, and previously played in the league from 1948 to 1963. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an

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and granted status as an MLB Partner League, with Great Falls continuing as members. Prior to this, the Voyagers had been affiliated with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1952–1963), San Francisco Giants (1969–1983), Los Angeles Dodgers (1984–2002), and Chicago White Sox (2003–2020). The team was not affiliated with any MLB team from 1964 to 1968.

Voyagers

The Voyagers name refers to the Mariana UFO incident in August 1950 when Nicholas "Nick" Mariana, the general manager of the

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, saw two spinning objects approaching at a seemingly high speed. Mariana recorded 16 seconds of footage of the unidentified flying objects at Legion Park.

Playoffs

*2018: Defeated Billings 2-0 in semifinals; defeated Grand Junction 2-0 to win league championship. *2017: Defeated Missoula 2-0 in semifinals; lost to Ogden 2-1 in league championship. *2016: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals. *2014: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals. *2013: Lost to

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2-0 in semifinals. *2012: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals. *2011: Defeated Missoula 2-1 in semifinals; defeated Ogden 2-1 to win league championship. *2010: Lost to

2-1 in semifinals. *2009: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals. *2008: Defeated Orem 2-1 to win league championship. *2007: Lost to Orem 2-0 in finals. *2002: Defeated Provo 2-1 to win league championship. *2000: Lost to Idaho Falls 2-0 in finals. *1997: Lost to Billings 2-0 in finals.

Pete Rose Jr.

On December 18, 2012,

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, the son of major league career

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leader Pete Rose, was named the Voyagers' manager. He replaced Ryan Newman.Pete Rose Jr. named manager of Great Falls rookie team
/ref> Under Rose Jr. the Voyagers held a 48-28 record and made it to the Pioneer League playoffs where they were eliminated by the Helena Brewers. On January 20, 2014, it was announced that then hitting coach Charlie Poe would manage the Voyagers for the 2014 season, ending Rose Jr.'s tenure as manager.

Great Falls players with MLB experience

Hall of Fame Members

* Bobby Cox 1963 * Pedro Martinez 1990 ;1948: Jim Hughes, Bill White ;1951: Bennie Daniels Jr,

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;1953: John Roseboro ;1954: Larry Sherry ;1955: Donald LeJohn ;1956: Dick Scott ;1957:

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, Jack Smith, Doug Camilli ;1958: Larry Burright, Jim Duckworth ;1959: Dick Smith, Bill Kunkel ;1960: Nate Oliver, Rod Miller ;1961: Gene Brabender ;1962:

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, Clarence Jones ;1963: Bobby Cox, Angel Alcaraz ;1969:

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, Elías Sosa,

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, Skip Pitlock, Steve Ontiveros, Mike Phillips ;1970:

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, Doug Capilla, John D'Acquisto ;1971: Frank Riccelli,

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, Steven Stroughter, Gregg Thayer ;1972: Ed Halicki, Bob Knepper, Gary Alexander, Rob Dressler, Reggie Walton, Fred Kuhaulua,

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;1973: Tommy Toms, Johnnie LeMaster, Jack Clark, Pete Falcone, Jeff Little,

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;1974: John Henry Johnson, Guy Sularz ;1975: Alan Wirth, Jeff Yurak, Mike Rowland, Jose Barrios, Rick Murray ;1976: Joe Strain Jr, Bob Brenly, Casey Parsons ;1977: Phil Huffman, DeWayne Buice, Bob Kearney, Tom Runnells,

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;1978:

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, Rob Deer ;1979: Scott Garrelts, Tom O'Malley, Frank Williams,

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, Randy Kutcher ;1980: Alan Fowlkes,

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, Jessie Reid, Mark Dempsey ;1981:

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, Mark Grant, Phil Ouellette ;1982: Randy Bockus,

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;1983: Eric King, Mike Aldrete, Charlie Hayes, John Burkett,

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;1984: Darren Holmes, Tim Scott,

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, Luis Lopez, Jeff Nelson ;1985:

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, Jack Savage, Mike Huff, John Wetteland ;1986: Kevin Campbell, Dave Hansen, Mike Munoz ;1987: Rafael Bournigal, Dennis Springer, Tony Barron, Zak Shinall ;1988: Eric Karros, José Offerman, Mike James,

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, Eddie Pye ;1989: Jamie McAndrew,

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, Tom Goodwin ;1990: Pedro Martínez,

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, Garey Ingram ;1991: Henry Blanco, Roberto Mejía,

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, José Parra, Rick Gorecki,

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, Willis Otáñez ;1992: Roger Cedeño, Félix Rodríguez, Chad Zerbe, Chris Latham ;1993: Wilton Guerrero ;1994: Dennys Reyes, Adam Riggs, Nate Bland, Ricky Stone ;1995: Pedro Feliciano, Luke Prokopec, Ángel Peña ;1996: Brad Thomas ;1997: Víctor Álvarez, Luke Allen ;1998:

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;1999: Shane Victorino,

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;2000: Ricardo Rodríguez,

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, Reggie Abercrombie, Joel Hanrahan,

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;2002: Jonathan Broxton, James Loney, Joel Guzmán, Eric Stults, Delwyn Young,

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, Arturo López ;2003: Brandon McCarthy, Brian Anderson, Boone Logan, Sean Tracey, Chris Young,

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, Fernando Hernández, Tom Jacquez ;2004:

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, Jack Egbert, Jay Marshall ;2005: Brandon Allen, Chris Getz, Clayton Richard, Carlos Torres ;2006: Chris Carter ;2007: John Ely, Aaron Poreda ;2008:

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, Daniel Hudson, Brent Morel ;2009: Trayce Thompson ;2010: David Holmberg, Addison Reed, Taylor Thompson, Andy Wilkins ;2011: Chris Devenski,

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, Kevan Smith, Scott Snodgress ;2012: Chris Beck, Micah Johnson, Mike Marjama ;2013:

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;2014: Brandon Brennan, Aaron Bummer, Jace Fry, Zach Thompson ;2016: Bernardo Flores Jr, Matt Foster ;2017: Luis Gonzalez ;2018: Romy Gonzalez,

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, Davis Martin,

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, Lenyn Sosa, Bennett Sousa, Jonathan Stiever,

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Roster

References

External links

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