| Yuma Desert Rats | |
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| Location | Yuma, Arizona |
| Ballpark | Desert Sun Stadium |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Disbanded | 2012 |
| League championships | 0 |
| Division championships | 0 |
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| Colors | Black, red, white |
The Yuma Desert Rats were a professional baseball team based in Yuma, Arizona, in the United States. From the 2005 season to the 2011 season, they were known as the Yuma Scorpions and played their home games at Desert Sun Stadium at the Ray Kroc Complex, former spring training home of the San Diego Padres.
They were members of the Golden Baseball League from 2005 to 2010 and the North American League in 2011. They were to have joined the American West Baseball League, but left the league due to a fallout with the league's founder and C.E.O. Michael Cummings. They were sold to Godfather Media, Inc. in 2012 and had announced a name change to the Yuma Panthers, but they never played. They were sold to Tim Ferguson for 2013 and renamed the Desert Rats, but they never played either.
The team also played as the Scorpions in the Arizona Winter League from 2007 to 2011.