The Mahoning Valley Scrappers are a

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team of the

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. They are located in

Niles, Ohio Niles is a city in southern Trumbull County, Ohio, United States, situated at the confluence of the Mahoning River and Mosquito Creek. The city's population was 18,443 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb of the Youngstown–Warren metropolitan a ...

, a city in the valley of the

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, and play their home games at

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. From 1999 to 2020, they were a Minor League Baseball team that played as members of the

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. The club was the

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affiliate of the

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from its inception until

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's reorganization of the minors following the 2020 season. In 2004, the Scrappers won the New York–Penn League championship.

Season by season results

Regular season

Post-season

*1999: Defeated

Batavia Muckdogs The Batavia Muckdogs are a collegiate summer baseball team in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL). They are located in Batavia, a city in Genesee County, New York, United States. Their home field is Dwyer Stadium in the city of Ba ...

, 2 games to 0; lost to

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, 2 games to 1, in NYPL Championship Series *2000: Defeated

, 2 games to 0; lost to

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, 2 games to 1, in NYPL Championship Series *2004: Defeated

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, 2 games to 0; defeated

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, 2 games to 0, in NYPL Championship Series *2009: Defeated

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, 2 games to 0; lost to

, 2 games to 1 in NYPL Championship Series *2017: Lost to

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, 2 games to 0 *2018: Lost to Tri-City ValleyCats, 2 games to 0

Roster

Broadcasters and radio

As of the 2015 season, the Scrappers' flagship radio station is Youngstown, Ohio station

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(Sportsradio 1240 AM). All of the games will be carried live. Austin Pollack was named the play-by-play broadcaster in January 2015. Pollack will broadcast all 76 games for the Scrappers. Warren, Ohio station WHKZ (1440 AM The Word) broadcast Scrappers games in 2013. Warren, Ohio station WHTX (1570 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2010 to 2012.Scrappers Games to Broadcast on 1570 WHTX
/ref> Youngstown, Ohio station

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(1390 AM) broadcast Scrappers games from 2002 to 2009. Former Channel 27 news anchor Robb Schmidt, is the current P.A. announcer. Schmidt took over the position from John Brown, who was a communications student at Youngstown State University and served as announcer in 2009 and 2010. Brown replaced current Cleveland Indians announcer Ryan Pritt. Mike Pilch called their games in 2006 and 2007 while the broadcasts right were with Clear Channel. Youngstown, Ohio station

(1240 AM) originally broadcast Scrappers games from 1999 to 2001 with John Batcho calling the games. Scrappers games from 2021-2022 have been broadcast by Your Sports Network (YSN) digitally on YSNLive.com. Ron Potesta covered play by play duties in 2021 before Richie Juliano assumed the responsibilities of the “Voice of the Scrappers” in 2022.

Alumni

References

External links

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Statistics from ''Baseball-Reference''
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