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The Lincoln Saltdogs are a professional
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team based in
Lincoln, Nebraska Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Lancaster County. The city covers with a population of 292,657 in 2021. It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 73rd-largest in the United Sta ...
, in the
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. The Saltdogs are in the
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, an official Partner League of
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. Since the 2001 season, the Saltdogs have played their home games at
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, which they share with the Nebraska Cornhuskers college baseball team.


History

The Saltdogs were formed when the
Madison Black Wolf The Madison Black Wolf was a Northern League baseball club located in Madison, Wisconsin from 1996 to 2000. They played their home games at Warner Park which was then nicknamed "The Wolf Den". The club was owned by Madison Baseball, LLC, which fo ...
were sold and moved to Lincoln after the 2000 season. The team was a member of the Northern League from 2001 to 2005. After the 2005 season, the Saltdogs (along with the
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,
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, and
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) left the Northern League to form the
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. The Saltdogs claimed their first league title in 2009, winning the American Association championship. Their overall regular-season record was 49–47, but Lincoln went 27–21 to claim the second-half North Division title and advanced to the championship by defeating the first-half North Division champion
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in the division series, three games to two. The Saltdogs then claimed the title by defeating the South Division champion
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three games to two, with game five decided by a 2–1 score at Pelican Park in Pensacola. Lincoln celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2010, and the team secured its fourth berth in the playoffs over the prior five seasons. The Saltdogs finished with a 51–45 overall record, the seventh time in ten years Lincoln reached the 50-win plateau, and the ninth time in ten seasons that the team finished above the .500 mark. Although the Saltdogs did not win a division title in 2010, their overall record was still good enough for them to qualify for the postseason via a wild card berth. Lincoln has earned four wild-card playoff berths in its history, with the first three (2001, 2002, and 2005) coming during the team's Northern League days. The Saltdogs made the playoffs in each of their first two years in the American Association. In both 2006 and 2007, they finished with the league's best overall regular-season record, winning three of the four North Division titles (both the first-half and second-half titles in 2006, and the first-half title in 2007). Their 14-game winning streak in 2007 is the longest in team history. The Saltdogs had the best overall record (272–204) of any team in the first five years of the American Association.
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was the first manager in Saltdogs history, although his tenure lasted just 42 games into the 2001 season, during which the team went 21–21 (.500). Pitcher
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replaced Beauchamp, guiding Lincoln to playoff berths in both 2001 and 2002. Lancaster served as a
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for the first ten days of his managing tenure before moving exclusively to the bench. He led the team to a regular-season record of 86–53 (.619) and a postseason record of 6–7. After the 2002 season, Lancaster departed and was replaced by former
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manager Tim Johnson. Johnson spent six seasons with the Saltdogs, compiling a 314–252 (.555) regular-season record and a 2–9 postseason record. Lincoln made the playoffs three times under Johnson (2005, 2006, and 2007) and won three division championships (American Association 2006 first-half and second-half North Division titles, 2007 first-half North Division title). Johnson resigned as manager at the end of the 2008 season, and was replaced by Marty Scott, who had managed the Triple-A
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during the 2008 season. Scott won two championships between 1995 and 2000 as the manager of the
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and guided Lincoln to the 2009 championship, his fourth overall as a manager. Over two seasons in Lincoln, Scott compiled a 100–92 (.521) regular-season record and a 6–7 postseason record. Brett Jodie became the ninth Saltdogs manager in franchise history after the club announced his hiring in April of 2021. Jodie filled the vacancy left by James Frisbie after he was hired to join the Detroit Tigers. In 2020, the league announced that the Saltdogs were not selected as one of six teams to participate in a condensed season as a result of the
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. They went on hiatus for the season, then returned to play in 2021 when they celebrated their 20th Season.


Roster


Notable alumni

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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 ...
(2001) *
Les Lancaster Lester Wayne (Les) Lancaster (born April 21, 1962) is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1987–1993 and later managed in the minor leagues. Along with fellow reliever Mitch Williams, Lancaster helped lea ...
(2001) * Kevin Mitchell (2001) *
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(2003) *
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(2005) * Luis Lopez (2006) *
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(2007) * Dan Reichert (2007) *
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(2008) * Carlos Guevara (2009) * Chris Britton (2010) * Ángel Castro (2010) *
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(2011) * Alex Maestri (2011) * Tim Adleman (2012) * D'Angelo Jiménez (2012) * Mike Burns (2013) *
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(2017) * Dashenko Ricardo (2017-2018) *
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(2018) * Dan Johnson (2018) *
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(2019) * José Ortega (2019) *
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Season-by-season records


Northern League


American Association


References


aabfan.com
- yearly league standings and awards (American Association)
nlfan.com
- yearly league standings and awards (Northern League)


External links


Lincoln Saltdogs official websitenlfan.com Lincoln Saltdogs' Guide
(Northern League 2001–2005)
aabfan.com Lincoln Saltdogs' Guide
(American Association 2006–present)
nlfan.com Madison Black Wolf Guide
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