Volcanoes Begin Focus on Exciting 2019 Season
September 19, 2018 - Northwest League (NWL1)
Salem-Keizer Volcanoes News Release
The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes kick off their off season with a full slate of player coverage, exclusive Volcanoes and community events to further connect with our great fans.
With the established history of sending players to help win three World Championships (and counting at time of publication), five Northwest League Championships; and a rich history of professional baseball since World War II: the Volcanoes are as much important to the regional & national baseball community as it is to the local Salem and Keizer business communities.
This is the legacy that you all have helped shaped as part of Volcanoes Nation:
2014 World Champions: San Francisco Giants
2012 World Champions: San Francisco Giants
2010 World Champions: San Francisco Giants
2009 NWL Champions: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
2007 NWL Champions: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
2006 NWL Champions: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
2001 NWL Champions: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
1998 NWL Champions: Salem-Keizer Volcanoes
World Champions/Championship Owners from the Volcanoes family:
Brandon Crawford
Matt Duffy
Tim Lincecum
Joe Panik
Buster Posey
Sergio Romo
Jonathan Sanchez
Pablo Sandoval
Nate Schierholtz
Travis Ishikawa
Ryan Vogelsong
Jerry and Lisa Walker (owners, five NWL titles).
MLB alumni who come from the Salem area:
Bill Bevens (1951) | pitched in the 1947 World Series for the Champion Yankees
Dante Bichette (1984) | 274 career hits 1,900+ hits
Bobby Cox (1961, 1962) | would go on to manager 2,988 career wins and a World Series Championship
Gene Brabender (1963) | Most wins in Seattle Pilots history (13)
Chuck Finley (1985) | 200 career MLB wins
Clarence Jones (1964) | 33 home runs for Salem that season
Mark McLemore | 2001 Seattle Mariners, 920 career hits
Mike Piazza (1989) | Hall of Famer
Josh Reilly (1893) | earliest known Salem professional player to reach the Major League (1896 Chicago Colts)
Floyd Robinson (1955) | went on to play 1,011 MLB games with 929 career hits
So here's to the first steps to the exciting Volcanoes 2019 season.
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