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MWL1 Fort Wayne TinCaps

TinCaps' Season Best in MWL Since 1987

September 7, 2009 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Fort Wayne TinCaps News Release


Fort Wayne, Ind. - The Fort Wayne TinCaps finished the regular season on Monday with a record of 94-46, the best record in all of Minor League baseball and the best season in the Midwest League in 22 years. The last time a team won 94 games in the MWL was in 1987 when the Springfield (Illinois) Cardinals went 94-46. A key player on the Springfield team was Bien Figueroa, father of TinCaps INF Cole Figueroa. In an odd twist, Springfield did not win the playoff championship in 1987; that went to the Kenosha Twins, who went on to become the Fort Wayne Wizards, now renamed the Fort Wayne TinCaps. The TinCaps' 94-46 season is the best in all of Minor League Baseball since the 2003 Lake County Captains (Class-A Cleveland Indians). The Captains featured future Major Leaguers including RHP Fausto Carmona, OFs Ben Francisco and Michael Aubrey. Also on the Lake County roster was Clayton McCullough, now manager of the Midwest League's Lansing Lugnuts (Class-A Toronto Blue Jays).

Fort Wayne won both the first-half and second-half Eastern Division championships and open a best-of-three series against the South Bend Silver Hawks (Class-A Arizona Diamondbacks) Wednesday at 6:30pm at South Bend's Coveleski Stadium. The next game at Parkview Field is scheduled for Thursday at 7:05pm. If necessary, a winner-takeall Game 3 would be played on Friday at Parkview Field at 7:05pm. The winner of the Fort Wayne-South Bend series will take on the winner of the Great Lakes-West Michigan series beginning Saturday, September 12th. Fort Wayne clinched its first playoff berth since 2006 by winning the first-half Eastern Division championship, going 45-25 before the All-Star break. The 45 wins in a half were a franchise record until the TinCaps won 49 games on their way to a second-half championship. Playoff tickets are available. To order, call (260) 482-6400, order online at TinCaps.com or visit the Parkview Field box office.

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