Alexandria Aces

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Alexandria Aces

Founded	1994
Team History	Alexandria Aces (TLL - 1994-2000) (CBL - 2001-2003) (ULB - 2006-Present)
Stadium	Bringhurst Field
City	Alexandria, Louisiana
Team Colors	red, yellow
Championships	3 (1997, 1998, 2006)
Regular Season Titles	3 (1994, 2nd Half 1997, 2nd Half 2001)
Division Titles	3 (Eastern, 1994, South, 1995, East, 2nd Half 2002)
Owner	United Sports Equities
General Manager	Chet Carey
Field Manager	Ricky VanAsselberg
Mascot	Alex the Ace

The Alexandria Aces are a minor league baseball team in Alexandria, Louisiana. The team is one of six charter members of United League Baseball, which began play in 2006. The Aces were a member of the Central Baseball League through the 2003 season. The Aces are an independent team, meaning they are not affiliated with any Major League Baseball team. The team plays its home games at historic Bringhurst Field, built in 1933 for the original Alexandria Aces.

That team started in 1934 as a member of the old Evangeline League and ceased operations with the league in 1942 due to World War II. The Aces (and the league) were revived after the war but once again ceased operations in 1957.

Baseball returned to Alexandria again in 1972, with the Aces as the San Diego Padres' AA farm club, and while it only lasted four years, many major league notables passed through Alexandria - in particular All-Star pitcher Randy Jones and longtime Cleveland Indians first baseman John Grubb. Duke Snider also managed the team during this period.

The new Aces were a charter member of the independent Texas-Louisiana League in 1994, and the Aces won back-to-back titles in 1997 and 1998 before the league changed its name to the Central Baseball League. In the first season of the new United League in 2006, local boy Ricky VanAsselberg led the Aces to a stirring playoff run and the inaugural ULB championship.

[edit] Team Record

Season	W	L	Win %	Result
1994	53	35	.602	Eastern Division Champions
1995	57	43	.570	South Division Champions
1996	42	58	.420
1997	48	40	.546	Texas-Louisiana League Champions
1998	58	26	.691	Texas-Louisiana League Champions
1999	48	36	.571
2000	51	61	.455
2001	62	34	.646	2nd Half Regular Season Champions
2002	59	37	.615	2nd Half East Division Champions
2003	40	56	.417
2006	45	44	.506	United League Baseball Champions