The Auburn Doubledays are a minor league baseball team in Auburn, New York, USA. They are a Short-Season A classification team in the New York-Penn League and have been a farm team of the Houston Astros (1982–2000) and the Toronto Blue Jays (2001 – Present). The Doubledays play home games at Leo Pinckney Field at Falcon Park. Falcon Park was opened in June 1995, replacing the original Falcon Park which was built in 1927. Falcon Park seats 2,800 fans. In 2008, new blue box seats were installed. The team and its mascot are named after Abner Doubleday, the Civil War general and Auburn native credited with inventing the game of baseball. Abner wears number 96 in honor of the birth of the team in 1996.

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History

Baseball in Auburn dates back to at least 1958. The current franchise began operations in 1996.

In 1998 the Doubledays and the Oneonta Tigers were named Co-Champions of the NY Penn League after Central New York was hit with a torrential rain storm and the fields at both parks were deemed unplayable.

The Doubledays won the Pinckney Division title for six straight years in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007, but failed to win the league championship for the first five of those years. After losing in the first round of the playoffs for the first three years of their streak, they advanced to the New York - Penn League Championship series before being swept by the Staten Island Yankees. In 2003, the Doubledays led all of baseball in winning percentage (.757).

The Doubledays finally won the NY Penn League title in 2007, sweeping the Brooklyn Cyclones in the League Championship series. The final game featured a stellar pitching performance by Brett Cecil and a home run by J.P. Arencibia. ^[1] This was the first league championship for the city of Auburn since 1973.

Players who played in Auburn

Catcher

• Rick Dempsey
• Ozzie Virgil
• Ramon Castro brother of Jason Castro

1st Base

• Vito Chiaravalloti
• Joe Pepitone
• Ed Kranepool

2nd Base

• Ken Boswell
• Aaron Hill

3rd Base

• Morgan Ensberg

Shortstop

• Julio Lugo

Right Field

• Cleon Jones

Center Field

• Kenny Lofton

Left Field

• Luis Gonzalez
• Lonnie Smith
• Adam Lind

Starting Pitchers

• Johan Santana
• Jerry Koosman
• Mel Stottlemyre
• Shane Reynolds
• Roy Oswalt
• Rollie Sheldon
• Brian Ridley
• Robert Ray

Bullpen

• Tug McGraw
• Billy Wagner
• Todd Jones
• Casey Janssen

Wall of Fame

• Mel Stottlemyre
• Tug McGraw
• Leo Pinckney
• Vince Klein
• Dr. Thomas Stapleton
• William (Bill) Graney
• Charlie Ride
• Chuck Savage
• Michael Nozzolio

Auburn Baseball Past Affiliation

• Auburn Yankees 1958-1961
• Auburn Mets 1962-1966
• Auburn Twins 1967-1971
• Auburn Phillies 1972-1977
• Auburn Sunsets 1978
• Auburn Red Stars 1979
• Auburn Americans 1980
• Auburn Astros 1982-1995

Roster

Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers -- Wilfreddy Aguirre 28 Joel Carreno 18 Evan Crawford 25 Justin Cryer 17 Matthew Daly 29 Charles Huggins -- Dan Kolb 14 Robert Leffler 39 Andrew Liebel -- Yorman Mayora -- Dan Miller 13 Jason Monti -- Matthew Moody 31 Castillo Perez 19 Jared Potts 7 Jason Roenicke 30 Marcus Walden 26 Kyle Walter 27 Josh Wells 38 Joe Wice 10 Matthew Wright		Catchers 33 Joel Collins 9 Chris House 22 Karim Turkamani Infielders 36 Adam Amar 3 Steven Condotta 20 Jon Del Campo 4 Bryan Kervin 38 Michael McDade 32 Robert Sobolewski 6 Leance Soto 12 Carlos Vasquez Outfielders 1 Chris Demons 2 Christopher Hopkins 8 Bartolo Nicolas 16 Luis Rivera 21 Brian Van Kirk		Manager 35 Dennis Holmberg Coaches 44 Charles Poe (hitting) † Disabled list * On Toronto Blue Jays 40-man roster ‡ Reserve list § Suspended list updated 2008-10-14

References

1. Doubledays Sweep Brooklyn For NYP Title