| Richmond Roosters | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| League | Frontier League |
| Location | Richmond, Indiana |
| Ballpark | Don McBride Stadium |
| Founded | 1995 |
| Folded | 2005 |
| League championships | 2 (2001, 2002) |
| Division championships | 1 (1996) |
| Colors | Green, Orange, White |
The Richmond Roosters were a professional baseball team based in Richmond, Indiana from 1995 to 2005. The Roosters played in the independent Frontier League, which at that time had no affiliation with Major League Baseball.
The Roosters began play in the third season of the Frontier League when the Kentucky Rifles franchise folded and Richmond was granted an expansion team. The team played at Don McBride Stadium in Richmond.[1] The franchise was sold after the 2005 season, moved to Traverse City, Michigan and became the Traverse City Beach Bums, who played at Wuerfel Park in the Traverse City suburb of Blair Township from 2006 to 2018.
In 2018, the franchise was then sold to the owners of the Midwest League West Michigan Whitecaps who folded the Frontier League affiliation and launched a new team in the Northwoods League, the Traverse City Pit Spitters.[2]
The team is represented in the Frontier League Hall of Fame by Richmond player-manager Fran Riordan, Richmond part-owner Duke Ward, along with Roosters first-basemen Morgan Burkhart, pitcher Matt Schweitzer, outfielder Pete Pirman, and pitcher Bobby Chandler.[3][4]
- ^ "Richmond Roosters - Frontier League". The Baseball Cube.
- ^ "Traverse City to Northwoods League". Ballpark Digest. August Publications. September 26, 2018. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
- ^ "Hall of Fame". Frontier League.
- ^ Jimenez, Jesus (July 10, 2018). "Former Richmond Roosters co-owner Duke Ward to enter Frontier League Hall of Fame". Palladium-Item. Richmond, Indiana.