Great Falls Voyagers

Great Falls Voyagers
Founded in 1969 Great Falls, Montana
Team logo Cap insignia
Minor league affiliations
Class	Independent (from 2021)
Previous classes	Rookie Advanced (1948–1963, 1969–2020)
League	Pioneer League (1948–1963, 1969–present)
Major league affiliations
Team	Independent (from 2021)
Previous teams	Chicago White Sox (2003–2020) Los Angeles Dodgers (1984–2002) San Francisco Giants (1969–1983) Independent (1964–1968) Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1952–1963)
Minor league titles
League titles (13)	1951 1954 1961 1971 1975 1976 1988 1989 1990 2002 2008 2011 2018
Division titles (13)	1985 1988 1989 1990 1991 1997 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2017 2018
Team data
Name	Great Falls Voyagers (2008–present)
Previous names	Great Falls White Sox (2003–2007) Great Falls Dodgers (1984–2002) Great Falls Giants (1969–1983) Great Falls Electrics (1948–1963)
Mascots	Orbit
Ballpark	Centene Stadium (1948–1963, 1969–present)
Owner(s)/ Operator(s)	Great Falls Baseball Club, Inc.
General manager	Scott Reasoner
Manager	Tommy Thompson

The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Great Falls, Montana, and play their home games at Centene Stadium.

The team has played continuously in the Pioneer League since 1969,^[1] and previously played in the league from 1948 to 1963. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an independent baseball league and granted status as an MLB Partner League, with Great Falls continuing as members.^[2] Prior to this, the Voyagers had been affiliated with the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1952–1963), San Francisco Giants (1969–1983), Los Angeles Dodgers (1984–2002), and Chicago White Sox (2003–2020). The team was not affiliated with any MLB team from 1964 to 1968.

The Voyagers name refers to the Mariana UFO incident in August 1950 when Nicholas "Nick" Mariana, the general manager of the Great Falls Electrics, saw two spinning objects approaching at a seemingly high speed. Mariana recorded 16 seconds of footage of the unidentified flying objects at Legion Park.^[3]

• 2018: Defeated Billings 2-0 in semifinals; defeated Grand Junction 2-0 to win league championship.
• 2017: Defeated Missoula 2-0 in semifinals; lost to Ogden 2-1 in league championship.
• 2016: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals.
• 2014: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals.
• 2013: Lost to Helena 2-0 in semifinals.
• 2012: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals.
• 2011: Defeated Missoula 2-1 in semifinals; defeated Ogden 2-1 to win league championship.
• 2010: Lost to Helena 2-1 in semifinals.
• 2009: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals.
• 2008: Defeated Orem 2-1 to win league championship.
• 2007: Lost to Orem 2-0 in finals.
• 2002: Defeated Provo 2-1 to win league championship.
• 2000: Lost to Idaho Falls 2-0 in finals.
• 1997: Lost to Billings 2-0 in finals.

On December 18, 2012, Pete Rose Jr., the son of major league career hits leader Pete Rose, was named the Voyagers' manager. He replaced Ryan Newman.^[4] Under Rose Jr. the Voyagers held a 48-28 record and made it to the Pioneer League playoffs where they were eliminated by the Helena Brewers. On January 20, 2014, it was announced that then hitting coach Charlie Poe would manage the Voyagers for the 2014 season, ending Rose Jr.'s tenure as manager.

• Bobby Cox 1963
• Pedro Martinez 1990

1948

Jim Hughes, Bill White

1951

Bennie Daniels Jr, Dick Barone

1953

John Roseboro

1954

Larry Sherry

1955

Donald LeJohn

1956

Dick Scott

1957

Ed Palmquist, Jack Smith, Doug Camilli

1958

Larry Burright, Jim Duckworth

1959

Dick Smith, Bill Kunkel

1960

Nate Oliver, Rod Miller

1961

Gene Brabender

1962

Bob Griffith, Clarence Jones

1963

Bobby Cox, Angel Alcaraz

1969

Gary Thomasson, Elías Sosa, Ed Goodson, Horace Speed, Skip Pitlock, Steve Ontiveros, Mike Phillips

1970

Butch Metzger, Doug Capilla, John D'Acquisto

1971

Frank Riccelli, Willie Prall, Steven Stroughter, Gregg Thayer

1972

Ed Halicki, Bob Knepper, Gary Alexander, Rob Dressler, Reggie Walton, Fred Kuhaulua, Terry Cornutt

1973

Tommy Toms, Johnnie LeMaster, Jack Clark, Pete Falcone, Jeff Little, Ed Plank

1974

John Henry Johnson, Guy Sularz

1975

Alan Wirth, Jeff Yurak, Mike Rowland, Jose Barrios, Rick Murray

1976

Joe Strain Jr, Bob Brenly, Casey Parsons

1977

Phil Huffman, DeWayne Buice, Bob Kearney, Tom Runnells, Jeff Stember, Bob Tufts

1978

John Rabb, Rob Deer

1979

Scott Garrelts, Tom O'Malley, Frank Williams, Chris Brown, Randy Kutcher

1980

Alan Fowlkes, Randy Gomez, Jessie Reid, Mark Dempsey

1981

Matt Nokes, Mark Grant, Phil Ouellette

1982

Randy Bockus, Pat Larkin

1983

Eric King, Mike Aldrete, Charlie Hayes, John Burkett, Alonzo Powell, Ángel Escobar

1984

Darren Holmes, Tim Scott, Wayne Kirby, Luis Lopez, Jeff Nelson

1985

Mike Devereaux, Jack Savage, Mike Huff, John Wetteland

1986

Kevin Campbell, Dave Hansen, Mike Munoz

1987

Rafael Bournigal, Dennis Springer, Tony Barron, Zak Shinall

1988

Eric Karros, José Offerman, Mike James, Jeff Hartsock, Jerry Brooks, Eddie Pye

1989

Jamie McAndrew, Matt Howard, Tom Goodwin

1990

Pedro Martínez, Raúl Mondesí, Mike Mimbs, Garey Ingram

1991

Henry Blanco, Roberto Mejía, Juan Castro, José Parra, Rick Gorecki, Todd Williams, Ken Huckaby, Willis Otáñez

1992

Roger Cedeño, Félix Rodríguez, Chad Zerbe, Chris Latham

1993

Wilton Guerrero

1994

Dennys Reyes, Adam Riggs, Nate Bland, Ricky Stone

1995

Pedro Feliciano, Luke Prokopec, Ángel Peña

1996

Brad Thomas

1997

Víctor Álvarez, Luke Allen

1998

Jorge Piedra

1999

Shane Victorino, Jason Repko

2000

Ricardo Rodríguez, Willy Aybar, Reggie Abercrombie, Joel Hanrahan, Agustín Montero

2002

Jonathan Broxton, James Loney, Joel Guzmán, Eric Stults, Delwyn Young, Eric Hull, Arturo López

2003

Brandon McCarthy, Brian Anderson, Boone Logan, Sean Tracey, Chris Young, Ryan Sweeney, Fernando Hernández, Tom Jacquez

2004

Donny Lucy, Adam Russell, Jack Egbert, Jay Marshall

2005

Brandon Allen, Chris Getz, Clayton Richard, Carlos Torres

2006

Chris Carter

2007

John Ely, Aaron Poreda

2008

Eduardo Escobar, Daniel Hudson, Brent Morel

2009

Trayce Thompson

2010

David Holmberg, Addison Reed, Taylor Thompson, Andy Wilkins

2011

Chris Devenski, Erik Johnson, Kevan Smith, Scott Snodgress

2012

Chris Beck, Micah Johnson, Mike Marjama

2013

Adam Engel, Brad Goldberg, Jacob May

2014

Brandon Brennan, Aaron Bummer, Jace Fry, Zach Thompson

2016

Bernardo Flores Jr, Matt Foster

2017

Luis Gonzalez, Carlos Pérez

2018

Romy González, Codi Heuer, Davis Martin, Konnor Pilkington, Lenyn Sosa, Bennett Sousa, Jonathan Stiever, Steele Walker

2019

McKinley Moore, Sammy Peralta

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