Cape Fear Crocs
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| Cape Fear Crocs 1997 – 2000 Fayetteville, NC |
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| Division titles | 1999 Northern Division champions (2nd half) | ||
The Cape Fear Crocs were a minor league baseball team in Fayetteville, North Carolina. They were a low-A class team that played in the South Atlantic League, and were a farm team of the Montreal Expos for the franchise’s entire tenure as the Cape Fear Crocs. They played all of their home games at J. P. Riddle Stadium, which was home to the Fayetteville Generals, the previous franchise before Cape Fear. Even though the Crocs were a perennial playoff team during their time in the SAL, poor attendance figures proved too much to bear for the struggling franchise. Prior to the 2001 season, the Cape Fear Crocs were sold, moved north, and officially became the Lakewood BlueClaws [1].
Their mascot was, fittingly, the Cape Fear Croc [2].
[edit] List of Cape Fear Crocs players in the MLB
- All players are listed in alphabetical order by their surname, with the year(s) they played for Cape Fear in parentheses.
- Matt Blank (1998)
- Milton Bradley (1998)
- Nate Field (1999)
- Bryan Hebson (1998-1999)
- Jorge Julio (1998)
- Yovanny Lara (1998)
- Cliff Lee (2000)
- Henry Mateo (1998)
- Guillermo Mota (1997)
- Talmadge Nunnari (1997-1998)
- Christian Parker (1997)
- Valentino Pascucci (2000)
- Brandon Phillips (2000)
- Simon Pond (1997)
- Wilkin Ruan (1999-2000)
- Brian Schneider (1997-1998)
- Jim Serrano (1998)
- J.D. Smart (1998)
- Scott Strickland (1997-1998)
- Andy Tracy (1997)
- Wilson Valdéz (2000)
- Tim Young (1997)
[edit] Year-by-Year Record
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
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| 1997 | 66-74 | 9th | Phil Stephenson | Lost in South Atlantic League Quarterfinals to the Charleston Alley Cats, 2-0 |
| 1998 | 80-61 | 4th | Luis Dorante | Lost in South Atlantic League Quarterfinals to the Greensboro Bats, 2-0 |
| 1999 | 75-65 | 5th | Frank Kremblas | Won South Atlantic League Quarterfinals over the Hagerstown Suns, 2-0 Won South Atlantic League Semifinals over the Capital City Bombers, 2-1 Lost in South Atlantic League Finals to the Augusta Greenjackets, 2-1 |
| 2000 | 64-74 | 10th | Bill Masse |
