Aberdeen Pheasants
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The Aberdeen Pheasants were a class C minor league baseball team located in Aberdeen, South Dakota
. The Pheasants were the Class C minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Browns
until 1953. When the Browns moved to Baltimore
in 1954 and changed their name to the Orioles, the Pheasants remained in their farm system. The Pheasants reorganized in 1995 and folded in again in 1997.
has always been a baseball town with organized teams playing semi-professional ball as far back as the 1890s. The Dakota League was organized after World War I and offered Aberdeen fans their first taste of professional baseball. That league folded in 1922. After World War II another professional baseball team, the Aberdeen Pheasants, was organized in Aberdeen as part of the Northern League and had their inaugural season in 1947.
Ben Siebrecht, owner of Siebrecht Florist and Greenhouse, was the president of a five member board charged with the duties of organizing and operating that early Pheasants team. The board raised $25,000 by selling stock to local investors and were able to establish a working agreement with the St. Louis Browns
as a source for players. That agreement survived the Browns’ move to Baltimore
and became the longest working agreement between major and minor league teams in baseball history lasting 26 years.
Games were played at the municipal ball field located on the campus of Northern State University
. The original stadium burned down in 1952 and was quickly replaced. Eventually the replacement stadium was torn down to make room for the Barnett Center. Early games during the first season started at 5:30pm because the field wasn’t lighted but later during that season, lights were added thanks to contributions from the enthusiastic fans. The Pheasants built a steady fan base drawing crowds of over 3000 by their second season.
Many big name players wore the Aberdeen Pheasants uniform at some time in their careers. Pitcher Don Larsen
famous for pitching a perfect game in the 1956 World Series
as a New York Yankee played for the Pheasants in 1947 and 1948. Bob Turley
was a 1949 Pheasant prior to winning the Cy Young Award
in 1958 as a New York Yankee. Tito Francona
played on the 1953 Pheasants prior to playing on 8 different major league teams. He even married an Aberdeen girl, Roberta Jackson. Jim Palmer
pitched for the Pheasants during the 1964 season. He is the only former Pheasant to be named to the baseball hall of fame. Dave Leonhard
pitched for the 1963 and 1964 Pheasants and pitched for the Baltimore Orioles
from 1967-1972. Mark Belanger
was also on the 1964 Pheasants and was eventually named the American League all-star shortstop in 1976 as an Oriole. Lou Piniella
played for the 1964 team prior to moving to the majors that same season. Cal Ripken, Sr.
was a manager of the Pheasants for the 1963-1966 season.
, came to town to play their minor league cohorts. The Orioles posted a 6-3 win in front of a capacity crowd.
The Pheasants’ final season was 1971.
In 1995, local baseball enthusiasts re-established the Aberdeen Pheasant team and gave Aberdeen
fans three seasons of baseball excitement prior to disbanding the organization at the end of the 1997 season.
Historic information and photos provided by the Dacotah Prairie Museum
* Baukol Playoffs based on last 30 days of the season
Aberdeen, South Dakota
Aberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi northeast of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census. The American News is the local newspaper...
. The Pheasants were the Class C minor league affiliate of the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
until 1953. When the Browns moved to Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
in 1954 and changed their name to the Orioles, the Pheasants remained in their farm system. The Pheasants reorganized in 1995 and folded in again in 1997.
History
- Location: Aberdeen, South DakotaAberdeen, South DakotaAberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi northeast of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census. The American News is the local newspaper...
- League: Dakota League; unknown - 1922 Northern League Class C 1946-1971; Prairie LeaguePrairie LeagueThe Prairie League was an independent league of baseball which was based in the prairie provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba and the states of North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Wisconsin. The league was original in its naming by choosing not to resurrect a name previously used by a...
1995-1997 - Affiliation: St. Louis BrownsBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
1946-1953; Baltimore OriolesBaltimore OriolesThe Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
1954-1971
Origins
AberdeenAberdeen, South Dakota
Aberdeen is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, South Dakota, United States, about 125 mi northeast of Pierre. Settled in 1880, it was incorporated in 1882. The city population was 26,091 at the 2010 census. The American News is the local newspaper...
has always been a baseball town with organized teams playing semi-professional ball as far back as the 1890s. The Dakota League was organized after World War I and offered Aberdeen fans their first taste of professional baseball. That league folded in 1922. After World War II another professional baseball team, the Aberdeen Pheasants, was organized in Aberdeen as part of the Northern League and had their inaugural season in 1947.
Ben Siebrecht, owner of Siebrecht Florist and Greenhouse, was the president of a five member board charged with the duties of organizing and operating that early Pheasants team. The board raised $25,000 by selling stock to local investors and were able to establish a working agreement with the St. Louis Browns
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
as a source for players. That agreement survived the Browns’ move to Baltimore
Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest independent city in the United States and the largest city and cultural center of the US state of Maryland. The city is located in central Maryland along the tidal portion of the Patapsco River, an arm of the Chesapeake Bay. Baltimore is sometimes referred to as Baltimore...
and became the longest working agreement between major and minor league teams in baseball history lasting 26 years.
Games were played at the municipal ball field located on the campus of Northern State University
Northern State University
Northern State University is a four-year public university located in Aberdeen, South Dakota, United States. NSU is governed by the South Dakota Board of Regents and offers 38 majors and 42 minors, as well as six associate, eight pre-professional and nine graduate degrees.-History:Founded on the...
. The original stadium burned down in 1952 and was quickly replaced. Eventually the replacement stadium was torn down to make room for the Barnett Center. Early games during the first season started at 5:30pm because the field wasn’t lighted but later during that season, lights were added thanks to contributions from the enthusiastic fans. The Pheasants built a steady fan base drawing crowds of over 3000 by their second season.
Many big name players wore the Aberdeen Pheasants uniform at some time in their careers. Pitcher Don Larsen
Don Larsen
Donald James Larsen is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 15-year baseball career, he pitched from 1953-67 for seven different teams. Larsen is best known for pitching the sixth perfect game in baseball history, doing so in game 5 of the 1956 World Series...
famous for pitching a perfect game in the 1956 World Series
1956 World Series
The 1956 World Series of Major League Baseball was played between the New York Yankees and the defending champion Brooklyn Dodgers during the month of October 1956. The Series was a rematch of the 1955 World Series...
as a New York Yankee played for the Pheasants in 1947 and 1948. Bob Turley
Bob Turley
Robert Lee Turley was a Major League Baseball pitcher.Turley was signed as an amateur free agent by the St. Louis Browns in . He played his first game on September 29, 1951 for the Browns and moved with them to Baltimore in...
was a 1949 Pheasant prior to winning the Cy Young Award
Cy Young Award
The Cy Young Award is an honor given annually in baseball to the best pitchers in Major League Baseball , one each for the American League and National League . The award was first introduced in 1956 by Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick in honor of Hall of Fame pitcher Cy Young, who died in 1955...
in 1958 as a New York Yankee. Tito Francona
Tito Francona
John Patsy "Tito" Francona is a former outfielder/first baseman in professional baseball. He is the father of former Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona.-Career:...
played on the 1953 Pheasants prior to playing on 8 different major league teams. He even married an Aberdeen girl, Roberta Jackson. Jim Palmer
Jim Palmer
James Alvin "Jim" Palmer , nicknamed "Cakes", is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He played his entire 20-year baseball career for the Baltimore Orioles . He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in .As of 2008, Palmer and his wife Susan have homes in Palm Beach, Florida, and...
pitched for the Pheasants during the 1964 season. He is the only former Pheasant to be named to the baseball hall of fame. Dave Leonhard
Dave Leonhard
David Paul Leonhard is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the Baltimore Orioles. Listed at 5' 11", 165 lb., Leonhard batted and threw right-handed. He attended Johns Hopkins University....
pitched for the 1963 and 1964 Pheasants and pitched for the Baltimore Orioles
Baltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
from 1967-1972. Mark Belanger
Mark Belanger
Mark Henry Belanger was an American shortstop in Major League Baseball who played almost his entire career with the Baltimore Orioles...
was also on the 1964 Pheasants and was eventually named the American League all-star shortstop in 1976 as an Oriole. Lou Piniella
Lou Piniella
Louis Victor Piniella is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. He has been nicknamed "Sweet Lou," both for his swing as a major league hitter and, facetiously, to describe his demeanor as a player and manager...
played for the 1964 team prior to moving to the majors that same season. Cal Ripken, Sr.
Cal Ripken, Sr.
Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr...
was a manager of the Pheasants for the 1963-1966 season.
Mascot
Not to be forgotten is “Philbert” the cartoon pheasant drawn by Gordon Haug, the advertising artist for Aberdeen’s Olwin-Angell department store. Philbert appeared on the front page of the Aberdeen American News the morning after each game with an appropriate comment about the game’s outcome.Significant Events
The biggest game in Pheasant history took place in 1964 when the parent team, the Baltimore OriolesBaltimore Orioles
The Baltimore Orioles are a professional baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States. They are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's American League. One of the American League's eight charter franchises in 1901, it spent its first year as a major league...
, came to town to play their minor league cohorts. The Orioles posted a 6-3 win in front of a capacity crowd.
The Pheasants’ final season was 1971.
In 1995, local baseball enthusiasts re-established the Aberdeen Pheasant team and gave Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
fans three seasons of baseball excitement prior to disbanding the organization at the end of the 1997 season.
Historic information and photos provided by the Dacotah Prairie Museum
Year-by-year record
| Year | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 57-53 | 5th | Gus Albright | |
| 1947 | 82-36 | 1st | Don Heffner Don Heffner Donald Henry Heffner was an American second baseman, coach and manager in Major League Baseball.Born in Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, Heffner entered baseball in 1929. After all or parts of four seasons with the then-minor league Baltimore Orioles, Heffner joined the New York Yankees for the 1934... |
Lost League Finals |
| 1948 | 64-59 | 4th | Jimmie Crandall | Lost League Finals |
| 1949 | 71-54 | 2nd | Irvin Hall | League Champs |
| 1950 | 62-57 | 5th | Irvin Hall | |
| 1951 | 61-60 | 5th | Joe King / Jim Post Jim Post Jim Post is an American folk singer-songwriter, composer, playwright and actor. In 1968 his pop song "Reach out of the Darkness" charted on the Billboard Hot 100 for 14 weeks, peaking at number 10.-History:... / Bruce Ogrodowski Bruce Ogrodowski Ambrose Francis "Bruce" Ogrodowski was a baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936-1937. His nickname is Brusie. He was a right-handed and right-handed batter/pitcher. He was 5'11 in height and weighed 175 lbs pounds. He was born on February 17, 1912 in Hoytville, Pennsylvania... |
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| 1952 | 63-62 | 6th | Bruce Ogrodowski Bruce Ogrodowski Ambrose Francis "Bruce" Ogrodowski was a baseball player for the St. Louis Cardinals in 1936-1937. His nickname is Brusie. He was a right-handed and right-handed batter/pitcher. He was 5'11 in height and weighed 175 lbs pounds. He was born on February 17, 1912 in Hoytville, Pennsylvania... |
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| 1953 | 60-63 | 4th | Barney Lutz Barney Lutz Bernard Joseph "Barney" Lutz was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and instructor. An outfielder in his playing days, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds... |
Lost in 1st round |
| 1954 | 60-75 | 7th | Barney Lutz Barney Lutz Bernard Joseph "Barney" Lutz was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and instructor. An outfielder in his playing days, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds... |
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| 1955 | 70-56 | 4th | Bill Krueger (minors) | Lost in 1st round |
| 1956 | 64-61 | 4th | George Staller George Staller George Walborn Staller was an American outfielder, scout and coach in Major League Baseball. He served as first base coach on Earl Weaver's Baltimore Orioles staff from 1968-75, working on the Orioles' three consecutive American League championship teams and Baltimore's 1970 World Series... |
Lost League Finals |
| 1957 | 51-70 | 7th | Bill Capps / Barney Lutz Barney Lutz Bernard Joseph "Barney" Lutz was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and instructor. An outfielder in his playing days, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds... |
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| 1958 | 39-86 | 8th | Barney Lutz Barney Lutz Bernard Joseph "Barney" Lutz was an American professional baseball player, manager, scout and instructor. An outfielder in his playing days, he batted left-handed, threw right-handed, stood 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighed 175 pounds... (2-23) / Billy DeMars Billy DeMars William Lester DeMars is a retired American shortstop and coach in Major League Baseball. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'10" tall and weighed 160 pounds during his playing career.... (37-63) |
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| 1959 | 69-55 | 2nd | Earl Weaver Earl Weaver Earl Sidney Weaver is a former Major League Baseball manager. He spent his entire 17-year managerial career with the Baltimore Orioles . Weaver was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996.-Playing career:After playing for Beaumont High School in St... |
Lost League Finals |
| 1960 | 63-61 | 3rd | Lou Fitzgerald Lou Fitzgerald H. Louis Fitzgerald is a retired American infielder and manager in minor league baseball. A second baseman and third baseman, Fitzergald batted left-handed and threw right-handed.-Biography:... |
Lost in 1st round |
| 1961 | 74-54 | 2nd | Lou Fitzgerald Lou Fitzgerald H. Louis Fitzgerald is a retired American infielder and manager in minor league baseball. A second baseman and third baseman, Fitzergald batted left-handed and threw right-handed.-Biography:... |
League Champs |
| 1962 | 64-60 | 4th | Billy DeMars Billy DeMars William Lester DeMars is a retired American shortstop and coach in Major League Baseball. He threw and batted right-handed, stood 5'10" tall and weighed 160 pounds during his playing career.... |
Lost League Finals |
| 1963 | 65-55 | 2nd | Cal Ripken, Sr. Cal Ripken, Sr. Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr... |
17-13 3rd* |
| 1964 | 80-37 | 1st | Cal Ripken, Sr. Cal Ripken, Sr. Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr... |
19-10 1st* |
| 1965 | 27-39 | 4th | Ray Rippelmeyer Ray Rippelmeyer Raymond Roy Rippelmeyer is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Washington Senators in 1962... |
none |
| 1966 | 47-22 | 2nd | Cal Ripken, Sr. Cal Ripken, Sr. Calvin Edwin Ripken, Sr. was a coach and manager in Major League Baseball who spent 36 years in the Baltimore Orioles organization, also as a player and scout. He played in the Orioles' farm system beginning in 1957, and later served as manager of the parent club, on which his sons Cal Jr... |
none |
| 1967 | 34-36 | 5th | Owen Friend Owen Friend Owen Lacey Friend was a Major League Baseball second baseman for five different teams between 1949 and 1956. Listed at 6'1, 180 lb., Friend batted and threw right-handed. Nicknamed "Red," he was born in Granite City, Illinois.Strictly a line drive hitter, Friend entered the majors with the St... |
none |
| 1968 | 26-44 | 6th | Bill Werle Bill Werle William George "Bill" Werle was a left-handed major league baseball pitcher fromOakland, California. He pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox from 1949–1954. His nickname was Bugs. He threw and batted left-handed... |
none |
| 1969 | 28-42 | 5th | Ken Rowe Ken Rowe Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles... |
none |
| 1970 | 36-33 | 3rd | Ken Rowe Ken Rowe Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles... |
none |
| 1971 | 35-36 | 2nd | Ken Rowe Ken Rowe Kenneth Darrell Rowe is a former middle-relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles... |
none |
* Baukol Playoffs based on last 30 days of the season
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