Dayton Dragons

Dayton Dragons
Founded in 1988
Dayton, Ohio

Team Logo

Cap Insignia
Class-level
  • Single A
Minor league affiliations
Major league affiliations
Name
  • Dayton Dragons (2000–present)
  • Rockford Reds (1999)
  • Rockford Cubbies (1995–1998)
  • Rockford Royals (1993–1994)
  • Rockford Expos (1988–1992)
Ballpark
Minor league titles
League titles None
Division titles 1994, 1993, 1988, 2011
Owner(s)/Operated by: Mandalay Sports Entertainment
Manager: Delino DeShields
General Manager: Gary Mayse

The Dayton Dragons are a Class A minor league baseball team from Dayton, Ohio affiliated with the Cincinnati Reds. They play in the Midwest League at Fifth Third Field.

The Dragons came to Dayton in 2000. They were previously a franchise based in Rockford, Illinois and were called the Rockford Expos (1988–1992), Rockford Royals (1993–1994), Rockford Cubbies (1995–1998), and Rockford Reds (1999).

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Fifth Third Field

The team's home park is Fifth Third Field in Dayton, Ohio.

During its first season the Dragons set a class A baseball attendance record of 581,853. Dayton broke that record in 2003 when 590,382 fans—ranking seventh in all of minor league baseball—went through the turnstiles, and again in 2004 with 593,663 paying fans.[1]

The Dragons average 8,375 fans per game, or 116% of capacity. The Dragons have been the top Class A team in attendance every year of their existence, and have set and re-broken the record for Class A attendance three times.[2] On April 17, 2007, the Dragons enjoyed their 500th consecutive sellout.[3]

On July 9, 2011, the Dragons officially set a new record of 815 consecutive sellout games.[4] The sellout streak is the longest across all professional sports in the U.S. passing the previous record set by the Portland Trail Blazers from 1977–1995.[5][6]

Facts

Year-by-year Records

Team Year Regular Season Post Season
Won Lost Win % Finish Won Lost Win % Result
DAY 2000 70 67 .511 4th in MWL East 2 3 .400 Lost to Michigan in League Semifinals
DAY 2001 82 57 .590 2nd in MWL East 2 2 .500 Lost to South Bend in League Semifinals
DAY 2002 73 67 .521 4th in MWL East 0 2 .000 Lost to West Michigan in League Quarterfinals
DAY 2003 61 78 .439 6th in MWL East
DAY 2004 48 92 .343 6th in MWL East
DAY 2005 60 79 .432 6th in MWL East
DAY 2006 67 73 .479 5th in MWL East
DAY 2007 78 62 .557 3rd in MWL East 1 2 .333 Lost to South Bend in League Quarterfinals
DAY 2008 66 72 .478 2nd in MWL East 2 2 .500 Lost to South Bend In League Semifinals
DAY 2009 59 80 .425 4th in MWL East
DAY 2010 53 85 .384 8th in MWL East
DAY 2011 83 57 .593 1st in MWL East 1 2 .333 Lost to Lansing In League Quarterfinals

Former players

Many former Dragons players have gone on to play in the MLB. Some notable players include:

Personnel

The Dragons have had six managers in their history:

The Dragons are broadcast on 980 WONE, with Tom Nichols and Mike Couzens as the broadcasters.

Roster

Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • 40 Mitch Clarke
  •  6 Daniel Corcino
  • 32 Pat Doyle
  • 29 Stalin Gerson
  • 13 Drew Hayes
  • 35 Blaine Howell
  • 24 Jacob Johnson
  • 20 Brian Pearl
  • 23 Tanner Robles
  • 28 Chad Rogers
  • 16 Josh Smith
  • 19 Daniel Wolford

Catchers

  •  8 Tucker Barnhart
  • 14 Chris Berset

Infielders

  • 30 Dominic D'Anna
  • -- Brandon Dailey
  •  4 Billy Hamilton
  •  9 Frank Pfister
  • 21 David Vidal

Outfielders

  •  5 Theo Bowe
  • 33 Juan Duran
  • -- Josh Garton
  • 25 Jaren Matthews
  • -- Brennan May
  • 18 Kurtis Muller
  • 11 Drew Poulk
  • 38 Yorman Rodriguez
  • 12 Jefry Sierra

Manager

Coaches

7-day disabled list
* On Cincinnati Reds 40-man roster
∞ Reserve list
§ Suspended list
‡ Restricted list
# Rehab assignment
Roster updated December 23, 2011
Transactions
More rosters

References

  1. ^ http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/about/page.jsp?ymd=20061214&content_id=148638&vkey=about_l118&fext=.jsp&sid=l118
  2. ^ "Ten Hottest Tickets". Dayton Dragons. http://daytondragons.com/pressbox/pressrelease/index.html?article_id=289. Retrieved April 22, 2007. 
  3. ^ "Hottest tickets in sports". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/multimedia/photo_gallery/0704/gallery.hottest.tickets/content.10.html. Retrieved April 22, 2007. 
  4. ^ "Dragons Break All-Time Sports Sell-Out Record". milb.com. http://dayton.dragon.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110709&content_id=21669014&vkey=news_t459&fext=.jsp&sid=t459. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Dayton Dragons all time prefessional sellout streak MLB". http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110710&content_id=21677950&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. 
  6. ^ "Dayton Dragons all time prefessional sellout streak The Washington Post". http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/dayton-dragons-break-record-with-815th-straight-sellout-surpassing-mark-set-by-trail-blazers/2011/07/09/gIQAhzn85H_story.html. 
  7. ^ "About the Dayton Dragons". http://www.daytondragons.com/fifththird/about/. 
  8. ^ http://www.ballparkdigest.com/201109124183/attendance/news/crunching-the-2011-minor-league-baseball-attendance-figures
  9. ^ a b Dragons Break Single-A Attendance Record! | Dayton Dragons News. Web.minorleaguebaseball.com (September 30, 2010). Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  10. ^ Holly Samuels. "Dragons knock record out of the park". Dayton Daily News. http://www.wdtn.com/dpp/news/dragons-knock-record-out-of-the-park. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Single-A team celebrates 815th sellout". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/minor-league-baseball/story/id/6796623/dayton-dragons-celebrate-record-sellout-streak/. Retrieved July 24, 2011. 
  12. ^ Dragons Selected as Organization of the Year. Dayton.dragon.milb.com (August 23, 2011). Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  13. ^ Dragons enter playoffs with best record in team history. Daytondailynews.com (September 6, 2011). Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  14. ^ Dragons End Regular Season with Record-Breaking Win. Web.minorleaguebaseball.com (September 5, 2011). Retrieved on September 23, 2011.
  15. ^ Dragons pitchers set MWL record. Daytondailynews.com (September 4, 2011). Retrieved on September 23, 2011.

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