The San Angelo Colts were a professional baseball team based in

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, in the United States. The Colts were most recently a member of

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, an independent professional league which was not affiliated with

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or Minor League Baseball. The Colts played their home games at

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. The team experienced declining attendance in later years and announced on July 2, 2014 that it had filed for

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bankruptcy protection. Although it was stated at the time that operations would not be affected, the team announced on August 11, 2014 that the final 8 games of the 2014 season would not be played. The combination of the Colts' financial issues, the loss of the home stadium of the

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and low attendance led to the folding of United League Baseball, and all of its member teams, in January 2015.

Team Record

League All-Stars

Players

2000 * Gabe Duross, 1B * Guy Giuffre, DH * Toby McDermott, LHP * Chad Tredaway, 3B 2001 * Manny Lopez, OF * Will Roland, SS * Franklin Taveras, UTL 2002 * Mike Kirkpatrick, OF * Marc Mirizzi, SS * Nestor Smith, OF * Gilbert Landestoy P 2006 * John Anderson, IF * Brian Baker, OF * Kevin Bass, DH * Jason Crosland, IF * Adam Hanson, RHP * Brantley Jordan, LHP * Tony Sanguinetti, C 2007 * Josh Allan, C * Stephen Artz, RHP * Jason Crosland, 1B * Ronnie Gaines, OF * Andres Rodriguez, 3B * Chace Vacek, RHP * Madison Edwards, OF 2008 * Bryan Frichter, OF * Luke Massetti, RHP * Andres Rodriguez, 1B * José Torres, OF

Coaches

2000–2001 *

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, Manager 2006 * Doc Edwards, Manager 2008–2009 * Doc Edwards, Manager

Historical use of the name

The original San Angelo Colts played in the Class D West Texas League in 1922. The team had started out as the San Angelo Bronchos the year before. In 1948, another team using the Colts name began play in the

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. When the league changed names to the

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in 1956, the Colts stayed on board, but folded before the start of the 1957 season. The Colts had been a part of independent baseball since 2000 with the

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(2000–2001),

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(2002–2005),

(2006–2010) and North American League (2011–2012).

Notes

External links

San Angelo Colts website

Official United League Baseball site
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