Pensacola Pelicans
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| League | American Association (2006–10) (South Division) |
| Location | Pensacola, Florida |
| Ballpark | Jim Spooner Field at Pelican Park |
| Year founded | 2002 |
| Year folded | 2011 |
| League championships | 1 (2002) |
| Former name(s) | Pensacola Pelicans (2002–10) |
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| Colors | Navy blue, teal, white |
| Ownership | Quint & Rishy Studer |
| General Manager | Talmadge "T" Nunnari |
| Media | Pensacola NewsJournal |
| Website | www |
The Pensacola Pelicans were a minor league baseball team based in Pensacola, Florida. In various incarnations, they played in three different independent baseball leagues (leagues unaffiliated with Major League Baseball) from 2002–2010. They played their games at Pelican Park.
The initial incarnations Pelicans began play in 2002 as charter members of the new, independent Southeastern League. The league folded after the 2003 season, and team owner Quint Studer purchased a franchise in the Central Baseball League, moving the Pelicans to the new organization. When the CBL folded in 2004 the Pelicans joined the new American Association of Independent Professional Baseball. They won the Southeastern League championship in 2002.
In 2010 Studer sold his American Association franchise to a group in Amarillo, Texas as part of a move to bring Class Double-A affiliated baseball to Pensacola. The franchise became the Amarillo Sox for the 2011 season; the new team, the Pensacola Blue Wahoos, began play in 2012.
The Pensacola Pelicans were incorporated in 2002, when the Southeastern League decided to place a team in the Pensacola area. Midway through the 2002 season, Quint Studer and his wife Rishy Studer bought the team from the league and was approved under the Commissioner James Gamble. The 2002 season was a very successful one for the Pelicans; they had the league's best record and won the championship in an extra-innings victory against the Montgomery Wings. The 2003 season was also successful, with the Pelicans once again claiming the league's best record, but losing to the Baton Rouge Riverbats in the championship series.
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