The Winnipeg Goldeyes are a professional baseball team based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. The Goldeyes are a member of the Northern League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From the 1999 season to the present, the Goldeyes have played their home games at what is now named Canwest Park. The team is named after the goldeye, a fish usually served as a smoked delicacy and commonly called Winnipeg goldeye .

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History

There have been two separate and distinct baseball teams based out of Winnipeg to use the Goldeyes name, each playing in different incarnations of the Northern League. They first played from 1954 until 1964. During that time they won the league championship 3 times in 1957, 1959, and 1960.

The team was resurrected in 1994 when the Rochester Aces folded and moved to Winnipeg. It was decided the team would take on the name of the former Winnipeg team in honor of the past. The current team is owned by Sam Katz. Katz was elected mayor of Winnipeg in 2004, and remains President of the Goldeyes. The team is one of the most successful in the Northern League, despite missing the playoffs in 2004 for the first time since the team commenced operations, and again missing the playoffs in 2005. In 1994 they won their only Northern League championship.

With the departure of the St. Paul Saints, Sioux City Explorers and Sioux Falls Canaries to the breakaway American Association, the Goldeyes are now the longest tenured franchise in the Northern League.

The Goldeyes are not the only team to have played in the Northern League from Winnipeg. From 1902-1942 the city was represented by the Winnipeg Maroons.

Year-by-year record

				First Half			Second Half			Overall
Season		Division		W-L	Finish		W-L	Finish		W-L	Win%		Playoffs
1994		--		16-24	5th		27-13	1st		43-37	.538		Won championship
1995		--		25-17	2nd		22-21	3rd		47-38	.553		Lost championship series
1996		West		25-17	2nd		25-17	2nd		50-34	.595		Lost divisional series
1997		West		29-12	1st		24-18	2nd		53-30	.639		Lost championship series
1998		West		25-18	2nd		33-10	1st		58-28	.674		Lost division series
1999		West		28-15	1st		20-23	3rd		48-38	558		Lost championship series
2000		West		24-19	3rd		24-19	2nd		48-38	.558		Lost Central semi-final
2001		North		29-16	1st		23-22	1st		52-38	.578		Lost championship series
2002		North		28-17	1st		28-17	1st		56-34	.622		Lost championship series
2003		East		26-18	2nd		29-16	1st		55-34	.618		Lost championship series
2004		North		26-21	3rd		30-18	2nd		56-39	.589		Did not qualify
2005		North		22-25	4th		25-23	4th		47-48	.495		Did not qualify
2006		North		27-21	2nd		25-23	2nd		52-44	.542		Lost West final
2007		North		27-20	2nd		25-23	2nd		52-43	.547		Lost Division Finals
2008		--		-			-			51-45	.531		Lost semi-final

Current Roster

Active roster				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 12 Zach Baldwin 11 Bear Bay 28 Aaron Jackson 15 Brandon Kintzler  9 Aaron Odom 31 Ace Walker		Catchers 23 Jeff Desmidt 18 Dustin Richardson Infielders 41 Cody Ehlers 14 Antoin Gray  8 Wes Long Outfielders 30 Kevin West		Manager 43 Rick Forney Coaches 13 Rudy Arias  7 Tom Vaeth † 15-day disabled list * Suspended list # Bereavement list

Retired Numbers

#5 Brian Duva #21 Donnie Smith (July 21st, 2009)

See also

• List of baseball teams in Canada