Pueblo Bighorns
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Pueblo Bighorns | |
Founded | 1995 |
Disbanded | 1995 |
Team History | Pueblo Bighorns (1995) |
Stadium | Runyan Field |
City | Pueblo Pueblo Pueblo is a term used to describe modern communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe the communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material... , Colorado Colorado Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains... |
Team Colors | Navy Blue, Orange |
Championships | 0 |
Owner | Texas-Louisiana League Investors |
Manager | Jim Essian Jim Essian James Sarkis Essian, Jr. is an American former catcher and occasional infielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Cleveland Indians. He was signed by the Phillies at age 18, but he only amassed 24 at-bats over three seasons... |
The Pueblo Bighorns were a minor league baseball
Minor league baseball
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team which played in Pueblo
Pueblo
Pueblo is a term used to describe modern communities of Native Americans in the Southwestern United States of America. The first Spanish explorers of the Southwest used this term to describe the communities housed in apartment-like structures built of stone, adobe mud, and other local material...
, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. They were a member of the Texas-Louisiana League, an expansion team owned and organized by the league's investors, and brought professional baseball back to Pueblo. They played the first half of their inaugural season, until financial difficulty, lack of corporate sponsorship and resulting poor fan attendance (due to the franchise's hasty organization) forced the Bighorns to disband. Like all TLL clubs, they were unaffiliated with Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
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. The team played at historic Runyan Field.
Team Record
Season | W | L | Win % | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|
1995 | 21 | 29 | .420 | 4th Place, North Division (1st Half) |
Players
- Brian M. Ahern, RHP
- Robby Alexander, RHP
- Bobby Applegate, RHP
- Sam Arminio, RHP
- James P. Boynewicz, RHP
- Ramon A. Cedeño
- Raymond C. Cervantes
- Sean L. Collins
- Rob Darnell
- David C. Dawson, RHP
- Robert L. Dickerson
- David Escoto
- Benjamin P. Fleetham, RHP
- Fabio M. Gomez
- Eduardo Gonzalez
- Andre G. Johnson
- Jack E. Johnson
- Benji Kaber
- Robin Lindsey
- Dan E. Madsen
- Robert Magallanes
- Kelly J. Mann
- Sean Martinez, RHP
- David May, LHP
- Eric P. Mediavilla
- Daryl J. Moore, RHP
- Robert D. Moore, RHP
- Brian P. Nelson, RHP
- Jamie Nelson
- Jorge Perez
- Jose A. Perozo
- Eric Rice, LHP
- Sammie Ridley, RHP
- Glenn M. Sullivan
- Shawn Tipton, RHP
- Wayne L. Wilkerson
- Kip E. Yaughn, RHP