Wisconsin Rapids Rafters
Encyclopedia
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are a baseball
team based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
that plays in the Northwoods League
, a collegiate summer baseball league. With their inaugural season in 2010, the Rafters will play their home games at Witter Field
, previously home to the Wisconsin Rapids Twins
of the Midwest League
from 1963 until moving
to Kenosha
in 1984. (Today, that franchise is known as the Fort Wayne TinCaps, defending MwL champions).
The Rafters name was announced in a logo unveiling ceremony on January 27, 2010.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team based in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Rapids is a city in and the county seat of Wood County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 18,435 at the 2000 census.According to the 2010 census, the Wisconsin Rapids micropolitan area was home to 54,362 people...
that plays in the Northwoods League
Northwoods League
The Northwoods League is a collegiate summer baseball league comprising teams of the top college players from North America and beyond. All players in the league must have NCAA eligibility remaining in order to participate...
, a collegiate summer baseball league. With their inaugural season in 2010, the Rafters will play their home games at Witter Field
Witter Field
Witter Field is a baseball ballpark located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, USA. It was built in 1928.It served as the home park for multiple minor league teams: the Wisconsin Rapids White Sox, Wisconsin Rapids Senators and Wisconsin Rapids Twins. It is currently the home to Wisconsin Rapids Legion...
, previously home to the Wisconsin Rapids Twins
Wisconsin Rapids Twins
The Wisconsin Rapids Twins were a minor league baseball team that existed from 1963 to 1983. Affiliated with the Minnesota Twins, they played in the Midwest League and were located in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin...
of the Midwest League
Midwest League
The Midwest League is a Class-A minor league baseball league which operates in the Midwestern United States.-History:Six teams – the Belleville Stags, the Centralia Cubs, the Marion Indians, the Mattoon Indians or East Frankfort White Sox, the Mount Vernon Braves, and the West Frankfort...
from 1963 until moving
Kenosha Twins
The Kenosha Twins began play in the Midwest League in 1984 when the club relocated from Wisconsin Rapids. In 1992, the team was sold, and the following year, they moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana where they became known as the Fort Wayne Wizards. They played their home games at Simmons Field, located...
to Kenosha
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Kenosha is a city and the county seat of Kenosha County in the State of Wisconsin in United States. With a population of 99,218 as of May 2011, Kenosha is the fourth-largest city in Wisconsin. Kenosha is also the fourth-largest city on the western shore of Lake Michigan, following Chicago,...
in 1984. (Today, that franchise is known as the Fort Wayne TinCaps, defending MwL champions).
The Rafters name was announced in a logo unveiling ceremony on January 27, 2010.
History
The Wisconsin Rapids Rafters posted a 20-50 record in their first season of play in the Northwoods League.2011 Roster
The Rafters roster for the 2011 season can be found here.- 2011 Wisconsin Rapids Rafters Roster http://www.raftersbaseball.com/roster.html