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Asheville Tourists Wiki Information
The Asheville Tourists
are a minor league baseball team in Asheville, North Carolina, USA. They are a Class A team in the South Atlantic League and have been a farm team of the Colorado Rockies since 1994. They were previously affiliated with the Boston Red Sox (1934), St. Louis Cardinals (1935-42), Brooklyn Dodgers (1946-51, 1953-55), Philadelphia Phillies (1959-60), Pittsburgh Pirates (1961-66), Houston Astros (1967, 1982-93), Cincinnati Reds (1968-70), Chicago White Sox (1971), Texas Rangers (1976-81), and Houston Astros.
The Tourists play home games at McCormick Field. The park opened in 1924. It was renovated in 1959, and renovated again for the 1992 season. McCormick Field seats 4,000 fans, and is often joked about because of its scoreboard, which reads "Visitors" in the guest slot and "Tourists" in the home slot.
In 1968, the Tourists won the Southern League championship under manager Sparky Anderson. Anderson went on to manage the Cincinnati Reds and Detroit Tigers during his 26 years in Major League Baseball.
The Tourists would play a minor role in the hit 1988 film Bull Durham
. Crash Davis, Kevin Costner's character from the film, would finish his baseball career as a member of the Tourists after being cut from the Durham Bulls; it was with Asheville that Davis would break the all-time minor league home run record.
In mid-2005 the Tourists owner Peter "Woody" Kern, who had owned the team since 1981, sold the team to Palace Sports and Entertainment, owners (at the time) of the Tampa Bay Lightning, still owners of the Detroit Pistons, and part owners of the Detroit Shock. Currently, their manager is Joe Mikulik, who is now known for his 2006 tirade after being ejected from the June 25 game against the Lexington Legends. The very animated tantrum was shown on newscasts nationwide.
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ASHEVILLE TOURISTS TICKETS
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Year-by-year record
| Year
| Record
| Finish
| Manager
| Playoffs
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| 1915
| 74-46
| 1st
| Jack Corbett
| League Champs
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| 1916
| 58-54
| 4th
| Jack Corbett
| none
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| 1917
| 12-16
| --
| Ernest "Doc" Ferris
| none
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| Team disbanded 1917-1923
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| 1924
| 58-63
| 5th
| Bob Higgins
| none
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| 1925
| 66-63
| 5th
| Bob Higgins / Larry Gardner
| none
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| 1926
| 80-66
| 2nd
| Larry Gardner
| none
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| 1927
| 76-73
| 4th
| Larry Gardner
| none
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| 1928
| 97-49
| 1st
| Ray Kennedy
| none
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| 1929
| 84-62
| 2nd
| Mike Kennedy
| Lost League Finals
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| 1930
| 79-61
| 3rd
| George Speirs
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| 1931
| 66-67
| 4th
| Ray Kennedy / Bobby Hipps
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| 1932
| 35-33
| --
| Joe Guyon
| Team disbanded July 7
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| Team disbanded 1933
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| 1934
| 34-59 (55-78 overall)
| 5th
| Bill Laval / Possum Whitted
| Columbia moved to Asheville June 7
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| 1935
| 75-62
| 1st
| Billy Southworth
| Lost League Finals
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| 1936
| 40-103
| 6th
| Billy Southworth
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| 1937
| 89-50
| 1st
| Hal Anderson
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1938
| 63-75
| 7th
| Hal Anderson
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| 1939
| 89-55
| 1st
| Hal Anderson
| League Champs
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| 1940
| 75-60
| 2nd
| Tommy West
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1941
| 64-76
| 7th
| Nick Cullop
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| 1942
| 61-77
| 6th
| Bill DeLancey
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| Team disbanded 1943-1946
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| 1946
| 83-57
| 2nd
| Bill Sayles
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1947
| 65-74
| 6th
| Bill Sayles
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| 1948
| 95-51
| 1st
| Clay Bryant
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1949
| 76-71
| 3rd
| Ed Head
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1950
| 83-62
| 2nd
| Clay Bryant
| Lost League Finals
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| 1951
| 85-55
| 2nd
| Ray Hathaway
| Lost League Finals
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| 1952
| 65-75
| 5th
| William Hart / George Tesnow
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| 1953
| 83-67
| 2nd
| Ray Hathaway
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1954
| 86-54
| 1st
| Ray Hathaway
| Lost League Finals
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| 1955
| 53-63
| 3rd
| Earl Naylor
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| Team disbanded 1956-1958
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| 1959
| 70-70
| 5th
| Clyde McCullough
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| 1960
| 62-77
| 6th
| Chuck Kress
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| 1961
| 87-50
| 1st
| Ray Hathaway
| none League Champs
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| 1962
| 70-70
| 4th
| Ray Hathaway
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1963
| 79-61
| 2nd
| Ray Hathaway
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| 1964
| 52-86
| 8th
| Ray Hathaway (28-53) / Bob Clear (24-33)
| none
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| 1965
| 80-60
| 2nd
| Pete Peterson
| none
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| 1966
| 78-61
| 2nd
| Pete Peterson
| none
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| 1967
| 64-74
| 10th
| Chuck Churn
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| 1968
| 86-54
| 1st
| Sparky Anderson
| none League Champs
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| 1969
| 69-69
| 3rd
| Alex Cosmidis
| none
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| 1970
| 59-80
| 8th
| Jim Snyder
| none
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| 1971
| 90-51
| 2nd
| Larry Sherry
| Lost League Finals
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| Team known as Asheville Orioles 1972-1975
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| 1976
| 76-62
| 1st
| Wayne Terwilliger
| Lost League Finals
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| 1977
| 81-58
| 2nd
| Wayne Terwilliger
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| 1978
| 73-67
| 4th
| Wayne Terwilliger
| none
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| 1979
| 75-63
| 2nd
| Wayne Terwilliger
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| 1980
| 69-71
| 5th
| Tom Robson
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| 1981
| 74-68
| 4th
| Tom Robson
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| 1982
| 65-76
| 8th
| Dave Cripe
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| 1983
| 64-80
| 9th (t)
| Tom Spencer
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| 1984
| 73-70
| 5th
| Tom Spencer
| League Champs
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| 1985
| 76-62
| 4th
| Fred Hatfield
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| 1986
| 90-50
| 2nd
| Ken Bolek
| Lost League Finals
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| 1987
| 91-48
| 1st
| Keith Bodie
| Lost League Finals
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| 1988
| 65-75
| 9th
| Gary Tuck / Jim Coveney
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| 1989
| 68-70
| 8th
| Jim Coveney
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| 1990
| 66-77
| 9th
| Frank Cacciatore
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| 1991
| 55-83
| 14th
| Frank Cacciatore
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| 1992
| 74-66
| 4th
| Tim Tolman
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| 1993
| 51-88
| 14th
| Bobby Ramos
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| 1994
| 60-73
| 11th
| Tony Torchia
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| 1995
| 76-63
| 5th
| Bill McGuire
| Lost in 1st round
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| 1996
| 84-52
| 1st
| P.J. Carey
| Lost in 2nd round
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| 1997
| 62-76
| 12th
| Ron Gideon
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| 1998
| 71-69
| 7th
| Ron Gideon
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| 1999
| 64-77
| 11th
| Jim Eppard
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| 2000
| 66-69
| 8th (t)
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2001
| 68-71
| 9th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2002
| 64-74
| 12th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2003
| 74-65
| 6th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2004
| 64-75
| 13th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2005
| 71-67
| 10th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2006
| 74-63
| 6th
| Joe Mikulik
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| 2007
| 80-58
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| Joe Mikulik
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| 2008
| 83-56
| 2nd
| Joe Mikulik
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Roster
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| Players
| Coaching staff
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Pitchers
- 33 Craig Baker
- 29 Bruce Billings
- 38 Edgmer Escalona
- 25 Robinson Fabian
- 16 Christian Friedrich (baseball)
- 36 Connor Graham
- 3 Ethan Katz
- 12 Shane Lindsay
- 37 Matthew Reynolds
- 32 Cory Riordan
- 34 Craig Rodriguez
- 31 Randall Taylor
- 26 Joey Williamson
† disabled list
‡ temporary inactive list
updated February 14, 2008
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| Catchers
- 35 Brian Aguailar
- 27 Lars Davis
- 24 Beau Seabury
Infielders
- 19 Bo Bowman
- 6 Everth Cabrera
- 15 David Christensen
- 21 Jeffrey Cunningham
- 8 Darin Holcomb
- 22 Brian Lapin
- 4 Warren Schaeffer
- 10 Helder Velazquez
Outfielders
- 9 Kevin Clark (baseball)
- 23 Michael Mitchell
- 14 Brian Rike
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| Manager
Coaches
- Doug Linton (pitching)
- Houston Jiménez (hitting)
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