Batavia Muckdogs
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Batavia Muckdogs Founded in 1939 Batavia, New York |
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| Current | Short-Season A | ||||
| Previous | Class-D | ||||
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| League | New York–Penn League (1939–1953, 1957–1959, 1961–present) | ||||
| Division | Pinckney Division | ||||
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| Current | Miami Marlins (2013–present) | ||||
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| Nickname | Batavia Muckdogs (1998–present) | ||||
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| Ballpark | Dwyer Stadium | ||||
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Owner(s)/
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Genesee County Baseball Club, INC & Rochester Red Wings | ||||
| Manager | Ángel Espada | ||||
| General Manager | Travis Sick | ||||
The Batavia Muckdogs are a minor league baseball team, the Short-Season Class-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins, based in Batavia, a city in Genesee County, New York, United States. Their home field is Dwyer Stadium in the city of Batavia. With a city population of less than 16,000, Batavia is one of the smallest cities to host a professional baseball team in the modern United States.
The Muckdogs were founded in 1939 as the Batavia Clippers, however the team was not in operation during the 1954-56 and 1960 seasons after dropping out of the league for financial reasons. During the 1957 through 1959 seasons the team was known as the Batavia Indians, upon their final return to the league in 1961 the team was known as the Batavia Pirates until changing their name to the Batavia Trojans in 1966 until 1987. From 1988 through the 1997 season the team brought back the historic Batavia Clippers name before changing to the Muckdogs in 1998 based on a fan poll that chose the nickname and logo. Batavia celebrated their 75th anniversary during the 2014 seasons as the only founding member of the league still in existence.
Prior to the current Batavia franchise, professional baseball in the city dates back 126 years to 1887 when Batavia played in the Western New York League along with teams in nearby LeRoy, Perry and Warsaw. The Batavia Giants and Geneva Alhambras had a co-op team in the Class-C New York State League that also consisted of teams in Canandaigua, Cortland, Lyons, Palmyra, and current NYPL rival Auburn.
The history of the New York–Penn League originated in Batavia as the league, then known as the Pennsylvania–Ontario–New York League (PONY League), was formed in a local hotel that has since been demolished. Original league cities included Batavia (now Lowell, MA), Bradford (now defunct), Hamilton (now defunct), Niagara Falls (now Hudson Valley), and Olean (now defunct).
The Muckdogs logo adopted in 1998 is a dog on a crushed fence in the shape of an "M" surrounded by muck with baseballs on either side. The team also has an alternate logo of a B with a dog.
The Muckdogs have three mascots who make appearances throughout the season at Dwyer Stadium. The team's original mascot Maxwell T. Chomper, who boasts he is semi-retired while the newest addition Homer has taken over game to game duties. The team also features a third mascot named Slider.
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