The Barrie Baycats are an

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, minor league baseball team of the

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based in

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. They play their home games at Vintage Throne Stadium at the

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in Midhurst.

2021 roster

Pitchers

*Juan Benitez *Jaspreet Shergill *Andrew Grieder *Chris Cox *Brad Grieveson *Brandon Hillier *Marshall Leishman *Max Lojko *Kevin Millar *Evan Soules *Riley Hoover *Mason Robertson *Christian Mullen *Aidan Rossel *Lucas Earle

Catchers

*Jake MacDonald *Tyler Plumpton

Infielders

*Ryan Rijo *Mike Cecchetto *Branfy Infante *Royce Ando *Marcell Lacasse *Owen Jansen *Darius Barlas *Carson Burns

Outfielders

*Jeff Cowan *Jake Wilson *David LeBlanc *Avery Tuck *Noel McGarry-Doyle *Kenny Di Clemente *James Anderson

Season-by-season records

*YEAR: 2001, RECORD: 13-19, SEEDING: 7th, FINISH: Out of Playoffs *YEAR: 2002, RECORD: 19-17, SEEDING: 4th, FINISH: Lost semi-final to Toronto *YEAR: 2003, RECORD: 15-21, SEEDING: 8th, FINISH: Out of Playoffs *YEAR: 2004, RECORD: 20-16, SEEDING: 4th, FINISH: Lost quarter-final to Guelph *YEAR: 2005, RECORD: 21-15, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Won Championship against Toronto *YEAR: 2006, RECORD: 26-10, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost semi-final to London *YEAR: 2007, RECORD: 17-19, SEEDING: 5th, FINISH: Lost quarter-final to Guelph *YEAR: 2008, RECORD: 24 12, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost quarter-final to Oshawa *YEAR: 2009, RECORD: 26 10, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost final to Brantford *YEAR: 2010, RECORD: 21-5, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost final to Brantford *YEAR: 2011, RECORD: 26-9, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost semi-final to Ottawa *YEAR: 2012, RECORD: 21-15, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost final to Brantford *YEAR: 2013, RECORD: 25-17, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost final to Brantford *YEAR: 2014, RECORD: 30-6, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against London *YEAR: 2015, RECORD: 28-7, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener *YEAR: 2016, RECORD: 25-11, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Won Championship against Toronto *YEAR: 2017, RECORD: 33-3, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener *YEAR: 2018, RECORD: 27-8, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener *YEAR: 2019, RECORD: 26-11, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener *YEAR: 2020, Did not play due to COVID-19 *YEAR: 2021, RECORD: 14-16, SEEDING: 5th, FINISH: Lost semi-final to Toronto

Team accomplishments

*Championships: (7) (2005, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019) *Pennants: (7) (2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018) *Best Regular-Season Win Percentage in Team History: .917 in 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League Record) *Most Regular-Season Wins in Team History: 33 in 2017 (Ties An Intercounty Baseball League Record) *Fewest Regular-Season Losses in Team History: 3 in 2017 (Ties an Intercounty Baseball League Record) *Best Start in Team History: 26-0 in 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League Record) *Longest Win Streak in Team History: 35 in 2016/Continued into 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League Record) *Did Not Lose a Regular-Season Home Game Throughout the Entire 2017 Regular-Season *Did Not Lose a Playoff Game Throughout the Entire 2017 Postseason

Top 100 IBL Players

*P Angus Roy (02-09) *P Brad Bissell (02-19) *INF Frankie Hare (2011) *OF Glenn Jackson (06-11, 15-19) *INF Jordan Castaldo (13-19) *DH Kevin Hinton (2011) *C Kyle DeGrace (12-19) *P Paul Spoljaric (08-11) *OF Ryan Spataro (05-Present) *1B Sean Reilly (2011)

Honoured Baycats

*P Chris England (2016) *C Matt Proctor (2017) *INF David Latour (2016) *INF Jared McCord (2016) *INF Ryan Davis (2017)

Alumni currently playing Minor League Baseball

*Claudio Custodio (2017), Baltimore Orioles Organization *C Anthony Quirion (2021), the Philadelphia Phillies Organization (Signed with the Phillies before he played a game for the Baycats)

General managers

*Gary Calvert, 2001-2005; 2008 *Brad Graham, 2006-2007 *Larry Sutton, 2009-2010 *Kevin Hinton, 2011 *Doug Dimma, 2012-2013 *Angus Roy, 2014–2019 *Josh Matlow, 2020–present

Field managers

*Nick Owen, 2001-2004 *Jeff Sharpe, 2005-2006 *Angus Roy, 2007–2019 *Josh Matlow, 2020–present

External links

Barrie Baycats' Web site
{{Ontario Sports Baseball teams established in 2001 Baseball teams in Ontario Intercounty Baseball League Sport in Barrie