The Lincoln Potters are an independent collegiate wood bat

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team based in

Lincoln, California Lincoln is a city in Placer County, California, United States, part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. Located in an area of rapid suburban development, it grew 282.1 percent between 2000 and 2010, making it the fastest-growing city over 10,000 ...

. They are operating as part of the summer collegiate wood bat league known as the

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. It began operations in 2016 as members of the

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. They play their home games at McBean Stadium in Lincoln. The Potters replaced the

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and

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, who went inactive for 2017.

History

The Potters were named for the former minor league baseball franchise that played in the Placer-Nevada Baseball League and that was founded by newspaper editor Allen "Scoop" Thurman of the Colfax Record back in 1923. They won PNL championships in 1926, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956 and 1957 and played until 1968. They played under several different name such as Cubs, Tigers, Merchants, and eventually the Potters. They had sponsorship from Gladding McBean, a terra cotta and clay manufacturing company located in Lincoln that replaced much of the friezes and other ornamental decorative pieces that were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The sewer pipe and roofing tile manufacturer was founded in 1875 and still operates today as one of California's oldest companies. On October 4, 2018, the Potters announced that they were departing the Great West League to play in the

for 2019 and beyond after the GWL announced that they were ceasing operations. POTTERS DEPART GWL FOR ILLUSTRIOUS CALIFORNIA-BASED LEAGUE
Lincoln Potters website, October 4, 2018]

Year-by-year record

Great West & CA Collegiate Leagues

References

External links

Lincoln Potters official website

Great West League official website
{{Great West League Placer County, California Amateur baseball teams in California Baseball teams established in 2016 2016 establishments in California