Salt Lake City Trappers
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The Salt Lake City Trappers were an independent Pioneer League minor league baseball
team, based in Salt Lake City
from 1985 to 1992. The Trappers played their home games at Derks Field
, located at the present-day site of Spring Mobile Ballpark. The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive games in 1987 to establish an all-time professional baseball record. The organization is currently known as the Ogden Raptors
.
Minor league baseball
Minor league baseball is a hierarchy of professional baseball leagues in the Americas that compete at levels below Major League Baseball and provide opportunities for player development. All of the minor leagues are operated as independent businesses...
team, based in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197...
from 1985 to 1992. The Trappers played their home games at Derks Field
Derks Field
Derks Field was a baseball stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah. It was the home field of the Salt Lake Bees, Salt Lake Gulls, and the Salt Lake City Trappers of the Pioneer Baseball League until the Franklin Covey Field opened on the same site in 1994. It also hosted the Salt Lake Sting of A-League. ...
, located at the present-day site of Spring Mobile Ballpark. The team is best known for winning 29 consecutive games in 1987 to establish an all-time professional baseball record. The organization is currently known as the Ogden Raptors
Ogden Raptors
The Ogden Raptors are a minor league baseball team in the Pioneer League based in Ogden, Utah, United States. The club plays at Lindquist Field, whose view beyond the outfield fence was named the best in professional baseball by a staff writer for Grand Slam Enterprises, INC.The Raptors are one of...
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