Adirondack Lumberjacks
Founded	1995
Ballpark	East Field East Field East Field is a stadium in Glens Falls, New York. It is primarily used for baseball and is the former home of the Adirondack Lumberjacks, Glens Falls White Sox, Adirondack Red Birds and Glens Falls Tigers, The Detroit Tigers Minor League Team in the 1980s. The ballpark has a capacity of 8,000...
Based in	Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls, New York Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census...
Team Colors	Black & Forest Green (Maroon was also used until 1999)
League(s)	Northeast League (1995-1998) Northern League (1999-2002)
Local Media	The Post-Star The Post-Star The Post-Star is a daily newspaper in Glens Falls, New York. Its circulation is approximately 35,000. It serves the counties of Warren, Washington and Saratoga in New York State including the cities of Glens Falls and Saratoga Springs. It is the only daily newspaper published in Warren County...
Championships	1995, 2000

The Adirondack Lumberjacks were an independent

Independent baseball

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 professional baseball

Baseball

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 team based in Glens Falls, New York

Glens Falls, New York

Glens Falls is a city in Warren County, New York, United States. Glens Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 14,700 at the 2010 census...

. The team moved to Bangor, Maine

Bangor, Maine

Bangor is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States, and the major commercial and cultural center for eastern and northern Maine...

 and became the Bangor Lumberjacks

Bangor Lumberjacks

The Bangor Lumberjacks were an independent minor league baseball team in the Northeast League that was based in Bangor, Maine. Prior to 2003, the Lumberjacks played in Glens Falls, New York and were known as the Adirondack Lumberjacks. The team moved to Maine following the 2002 season...

 following the 2002 season. The team won the inaugural 1995 Northeast League Championship and the 2000 Northern League Championship.

Regular Season

Season	Games	Won	Lost	Percentage	First Half	Second Half	Home	Road	Standings
1995	69	42	27	.609	—	—			3rd
1996	80	30	50	.375	—	—			5th
1997	83	45	38	.542	—	—			3rd, North Division
1998	84	34	50	.405	15-27	19-23			4th/4th, North Division
1999	86	43	43	.500	22-21	21-22			1st/3rd, North Division
2000	85	48	37	.565	27-15	21-22			1st/4th, North Division
2001	89	37	52	.416	17-28	20-24			3rd/2nd, North Division
2002	90	52	38	.578	24-21	28-17			2nd/1st, North Division
Totals	666	331	335	.497	—	—			—

Post Season

Season	First Round	East Divisional Championship	Northeast League Championship	Northern League Championship
1995	W, 1-0, Mohawk Valley Landsharks Mohawk Valley Landsharks The Mohawk Valley Landsharks were a minor league baseball team based in Little Falls, New York. The team played its games in The Northeast League n/k/a The Can-Am League of professional baseball. The Northeast League was an independent baseball league and as such none of its teams had an...	—	W, 2-1 Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs The Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs were a minor league baseball team based in Albany, New York from 1995 to 2002. The team played at Heritage Park in Colonie. The Diamond Dogs competed in the Northeast League from 1995-98 and then in the Northern League when the two leagues merged prior to the 1999...	—
1996	Did Not Make Playoffs
1997	Did Not Make Playoffs
1998	Did Not Make Playoffs
1999	L, 0-3, Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs The Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs were a minor league baseball team based in Albany, New York from 1995 to 2002. The team played at Heritage Park in Colonie. The Diamond Dogs competed in the Northeast League from 1995-98 and then in the Northern League when the two leagues merged prior to the 1999...	—	—	—
2000	W, 3-1, Les Capitales de Québec Quebec Capitales The Québec Capitales are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City, in Canada. The Capitales are a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...	W, 3-1, Elmira Pioneers Elmira Pioneers The Elmira Pioneers are an amateur baseball team based in Elmira, New York. They currently compete in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league. Prior to the 2006 baseball season, the team was a professional ballclub with a rich history of league...	—	W, 3-0, Duluth-Superior Dukes
2001	Did Not Make Playoffs
2002	W, 3-2, Les Capitales de Québec Quebec Capitales The Québec Capitales are a professional baseball team based in Quebec City, in Canada. The Capitales are a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...	L, 2-3, New Jersey Jackals New Jersey Jackals The New Jersey Jackals are a professional baseball team based in Little Falls, New Jersey, in the United States. The Jackals are a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...	—	—

1995

The Lumberjacks along with the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs

Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs

The Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs were a minor league baseball team based in Albany, New York from 1995 to 2002. The team played at Heritage Park in Colonie. The Diamond Dogs competed in the Northeast League from 1995-98 and then in the Northern League when the two leagues merged prior to the 1999...

, Mohawk Valley

Mohawk Valley

The Mohawk Valley region of the U.S. state of New York is the area surrounding the Mohawk River, sandwiched between the Adirondack Mountains and Catskill Mountains....

 Land Sharks, Newburgh

Newburgh (city), New York

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 Night Hawks, Sullivan

Sullivan County, New York

Sullivan County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2010 census, the population was 77,547. The county seat is Monticello. The name is in honor of Major General John Sullivan, who was a hero in the American Revolutionary War...

 Mountain Lions, and the Yonkers

Yonkers, New York

Yonkers is the fourth most populous city in the state of New York , and the most populous city in Westchester County, with a population of 195,976...

 Hoot Owls form the Northeast League. Their first season was very solid posting a record of 42 victories and 27 defeats under manager Dave LaPoint

Dave LaPoint

David Jeffrey LaPoint was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the manager of the Rockland Boulders, an American professional baseball team based in Pomona, New York and member of the Canadian American Association of Professional Baseball known as the Can-Am League.-Early life and...

. August truly was the biggest month of all as the Jacks went 25-5 and earned a playoff berth via the wild card. In the one game wild card playoff the Jacks defeated the Mohawk Valley Land Sharks 8-3 to move onto the Championship Series against their Northway

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 Rivals, the Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs

Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs

The Albany-Colonie Diamond Dogs were a minor league baseball team based in Albany, New York from 1995 to 2002. The team played at Heritage Park in Colonie. The Diamond Dogs competed in the Northeast League from 1995-98 and then in the Northern League when the two leagues merged prior to the 1999...

.

The Lumberjacks relished the underdog role as the went down to Albany and beat up on the Diamond Dogs with a 11-1 victory. The Lumberjacks had a chance to wrap up the best of three series in front of the home fans, but the Dogs got the better of them 7-5. In the decisive third game of the series, the Post-Star summed it up best with their headline "'Jacks Win A Dogfight" as the third game truly was a dogfight. There was a massive brawl and after the dust settled the Lumberjacks came out on top 8-5 to win the inaugural Northeast League Championship. Third baseman Bo Durkac received Most Valuable Player Honors, and was signed to a minor league contract with the new Arizona Diamondbacks

Arizona Diamondbacks

The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...

 franchise in the off season.

1996

With many of the players from the Championship team returning to Glens Falls for the 1996 season, the Jacks were looking to go for the repeat. However, missing from the last year's team were Championship MVP Bo Durkac, ace of the staff Chris Rauth, and closer Matt Stevens. The season did not follow the same script as the previous season as the Lumberjacks stumbled through the season finishing with a franchise-worst record of 30 wins and 50 losses. One of the few bright spots of the season was Glens Falls' own Dave LaPoint returning to the mound and pitching a solid six inning outing against Albany. However, like the 'Jacks, all good things came to an end as he sustained an injury in his next start which ended his pitching career for good. The other bright spot of the season was the Lumberjacks led the league in average attendance, averaging around 1,750 fans per game.

1997

After the letdown of 1996, Dave LaPoint was replaced with former Boston Red Sox

Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of Major League Baseball’s American League Eastern Division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight charter franchises, the Red Sox's home ballpark has been Fenway Park since . The "Red Sox"...

 catcher Dave Holt. Dave Holt managed to turn the team around and achieve a record of 45 wins with 38 defeats. Unfortunately the 'Jacks were unable to reach the playoffs with this record, as the Massachusetts Mad Dogs made the playoffs with a record of 45 wins and 37 losses, which was only a half game or .007 winning percentage better than the 'Jacks.

1998

After just missing out on the playoffs in 1997, things looked to be on the rise for the Lumberjacks once again. Dave Holt did not return as manager and Albany native Kevin Graber took over the reins. The Northern League did away with the designated hitter

Designated hitter

In baseball, the designated hitter rule is the common name for Major League Baseball Rule 6.10, an official position adopted by the American League in 1973 that allows teams to designate a player, known as the designated hitter , to bat in place of the pitcher each time he would otherwise come to...

 rule and pitchers now got the chance to help or hurt their cause as a part of the offense. This rule change seemed to really affect the Jacks as they struggled into the season finishing the first half with a record of 15 wins and 27 losses. The second half was not much better as they finished with a record of 19 wins and 23 losses, which brought their record to 34 wins and 50 losses on the year, their second worst season since 1996 when they finished with only 30 wins and 50 losses.

2002

After a poor start, the Lumberjacks won 18 of the team's last 22 games to earn a playoff bid. 2nd half offensive production was led by 2nd baseman Epy Guerrero, designated hitter Lorenzo De La Cruz and veteran catcher Brad Hargraves. Pitching was led by a pair of left handed pitchers, Chad Ward and Danny Miller. Chad Ward, the winningest pitcher in Northern League history, was selected to the Northern League All-Star Team. Danny Miller was the team's second starter, also pitching out of the bullpen between starts. Miller earned the Northern League Rookie Pitcher of the Year award with a 9-5 record and a over 100 strikeouts on the season. He also set the Northern League record for most pickoffs in a season with a pickoff move which also set the Northern league balk record. In the month of August, he earned the honors of Rawlings Northern League Pitcher of the Month compiling a 5-0 record in 5 starts with 42 strikeouts and 2 complete games, one of which was a shutout.

The Lumberjacks' final game

The Lumberjacks' final game in Glens Falls was the fifth and deciding game of the 2002 Northern League East Division Championship series, played against the New Jersey Jackals

New Jersey Jackals

The New Jersey Jackals are a professional baseball team based in Little Falls, New Jersey, in the United States. The Jackals are a member of the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball...

. The Lumberjacks led the game, 2-1, going into the ninth inning. Starter Denny Lail walked the first batter, Jackal outfielder Billy Rich. After closer D.J. Johnson came in, another walk was issued to Jackals catcher Mikaela Dworken. After an out was recorded on an attempted sacrifice bunt by Jackal Craig Conway (who reached first as the lead runner was thrown out at third), Johnson walked utilityman Billy Brown to load the bases. After striking out Chas Terni, the Jackals' second baseman, Johnson allowed a bases clearing double to Jackals first baseman Dave Callahan, giving the Jackals a 4-2 lead. The Jackals won the game after retiring Glens Falls in the bottom of the inning.