Tri-City ValleyCats
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| League | New York-Penn League | |
| Division | Stedler Division | |
| Year founded | 2002 | |
| Major League affiliation | Houston Astros | |
| Home ballpark | Joseph L. Bruno Stadium | |
| Previous home ballparks | none | |
| City | Troy, New York | |
| Current uniform colors | black, red | |
| Previous uniform colors | (as Pittsfield Mets) blue, white, orange | |
| Logo design | The wordmark "ValleyCats" in red outlined in white and black. Green hills are centered above the wordmark outlined in black. Centered above the hills is a mountain lion wearing a black and red baseball cap and holding a baseball bat. | |
| Division titles | 2004, 2006 | |
| League titles | none | |
| Manager | Pete Rancont | |
| Owner | Bill Gladstone | |
The Tri-City ValleyCats are a minor league baseball team based in Troy, New York. (The tri-cities are comprised of Albany, Schenectady and Troy, which make up New York State's Capital District.) The team, which plays in the New York - Penn League (NYPL), is the short-season Class A affiliate of the Houston Astros Major League Baseball club.
The ValleyCats play at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, which opened in 2002 on the campus of Hudson Valley Community College located in Troy. They compete in the Stedler Division with the Vermont Lake Monsters, Oneonta Tigers and Lowell Spinners. In their 2006 season, the ValleyCats registered an attendance of 129,126 in 37 contests, averaging 3,489 fans per game. On July 4, 2006, the ValleyCats set a new all-time home attendance mark as 6,123 people attended a game against the Lowell Spinners.
Prior to their arrival in Troy, the club was based in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, where they were the Pittsfield Astros in 2001 and the Pittsfield Mets from 1989 to 2000.
[edit] Season Results
| Season | Affiliation | Manager | Record |
| 2002 | Astros | Ivan DeJesus | 27-48, 4th place Stedler |
| 2003 | Astros | Ivan DeJesus | 44-32, 2nd place Stedler |
| 2004 | Astros | Gregg Langbehn | 50-25, 1st place Stedler |
| 2005 | Astros | Gregg Langbehn | 34-42, 3rd place Stedler |
| 2006 | Astros | Gregg Langbehn | 43-31, 1st place Stedler |
[edit] Post-Season Results
- 2004: Defeated Brooklyn Cyclones, 2 games to 1; lost to Mahoning Valley Scrappers, 2 games to 0, in championship round
- 2006: Defeated Auburn Doubledays 2 games to none in first round; lost to Staten Island Yankees 2 games to 1 in championship round
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