The Great Falls Voyagers are an independent baseball team of the Pioneer League, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball (MLB) but is an MLB Partner League. They are located in Great Falls, Montana, and play their home games at Centene Stadium.
The team has played continuously in the Pioneer League since 1969,Pioneer League Affiliations September 12, 2007. and a Great Falls team previously played in the league from 1948 to 1963. In conjunction with a contraction of Minor League Baseball in 2021, the Pioneer League was converted from an MLB-affiliated Rookie Advanced league to an independent baseball league and granted status as an MLB Partner League, with Great Falls continuing as members. Prior to this, the Voyagers had been affiliated with the San Francisco Giants (1969–1983), Los Angeles Dodgers (1984–2002), and Chicago White Sox (2003–2020).
Voyagers The Voyagers name refers to the Mariana UFO incident in August 1950 when Nicholas "Nick" Mariana, the general manager of the Great Falls Electrics, saw two spinning objects approaching at a seemingly high speed. Mariana recorded 16 seconds of footage of the unidentified flying objects at Legion Park.
Playoffs 2018: Defeated Billings 2-0 in semifinals; defeated Grand Junction 2-0 to win league championship. 2017: Defeated Missoula 2-0 in semifinals; lost to Ogden 2-1 in league championship. 2016: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals. 2014: Lost to Billings 2-0 in semifinals. 2013: Lost to Helena 2-0 in semifinals. 2012: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals. 2011: Defeated Missoula 2-1 in semifinals; defeated Ogden 2-1 to win league championship. 2010: Lost to Helena 2-1 in semifinals. 2009: Lost to Missoula 2-1 in semifinals. 2008: Defeated Orem 2-1 to win league championship. 2007: Lost to Orem 2-0 in finals. 2002: Defeated Provo 2-1 to win league championship. 2000: Lost to Idaho Falls 2-0 in finals. 1997: Lost to Billings 2-0 in finals.
Pete Rose Jr. On December 18, 2012, Pete Rose Jr., the son of major league career hits leader Pete Rose, was named the Voyagers' manager. He replaced Ryan Newman.Pete Rose Jr. named manager of Great Falls rookie team Under Rose Jr. the Voyagers held a 48-28 record and made it to the Pioneer League playoffs where they were eliminated by the Helena Brewers. On January 20, 2014, it was announced that then hitting coach Charlie Poe would manage the Voyagers for the 2014 season, ending Rose Jr.'s tenure as manager.
Great Falls players with MLB experience
Hall of Fame members Pedro Martinez 1990
Notable alumni 1969 Gary Thomasson, Elías Sosa, Ed Goodson, Horace Speed, Skip Pitlock, Steve Ontiveros, Mike Phillips 1970 Butch Metzger, Doug Capilla, John D'Acquisto 1971 Frank Riccelli, Willie Prall, Steven Stroughter, Gregg Thayer 1972 Ed Halicki, Bob Knepper, Gary Alexander, Rob Dressler, Reggie Walton, Fred Kuhaulua, Terry Cornutt 1973 Tommy Toms, Johnnie LeMaster, Jack Clark, Pete Falcone, Jeff Little, Ed Plank 1974 John Henry Johnson, Guy Sularz 1975 Alan Wirth, Jeff Yurak, Mike Rowland, Jose Barrios, Rick Murray 1976 Joe Strain Jr, Bob Brenly, Casey Parsons 1977 Phil Huffman, DeWayne Buice, Bob Kearney, Tom Runnells, Jeff Stember, Bob Tufts 1978 John Rabb, Rob Deer 1979 Scott Garrelts, Tom O'Malley, Frank Williams, Chris Brown, Randy Kutcher 1980 Alan Fowlkes, Randy Gomez, Jessie Reid, Mark Dempsey 1981 Matt Nokes, Mark Grant, Phil Ouellette 1982 Randy Bockus, Pat Larkin 1983 Eric King, Mike Aldrete, Charlie Hayes, John Burkett, Alonzo Powell, Ángel Escobar 1984 Darren Holmes, Tim Scott, Wayne Kirby, Luis Lopez, Jeff Nelson 1985 Mike Devereaux, Jack Savage, Mike Huff, John Wetteland 1986 Kevin Campbell, Dave Hansen, Mike Munoz 1987 Rafael Bournigal, Dennis Springer, Tony Barron, Zak Shinall 1988 Eric Karros, José Offerman, Mike James, Jeff Hartsock, Jerry Brooks, Eddie Pye 1989 Jamie McAndrew, Matt Howard, Tom Goodwin 1990 Pedro Martínez, Raúl Mondesí, Mike Mimbs, Garey Ingram 1991 Henry Blanco, Roberto Mejía, Juan Castro, José Parra, Rick Gorecki, Todd Williams, Ken Huckaby, Willis Otáñez 1992 Roger Cedeño, Félix Rodríguez, Chad Zerbe, Chris Latham 1993 Wilton Guerrero 1994 Dennys Reyes, Adam Riggs, Nate Bland, Ricky Stone 1995 Pedro Feliciano, Luke Prokopec, Ángel Peña 1996 Brad Thomas 1997 Víctor Álvarez, Luke Allen 1998 Jorge Piedra 1999 Shane Victorino, Jason Repko 2000 Ricardo Rodríguez, Willy Aybar, Reggie Abercrombie, Joel Hanrahan, Agustín Montero 2002 Jonathan Broxton, James Loney, Joel Guzmán, Eric Stults, Delwyn Young, Eric Hull, Arturo López 2003 Brandon McCarthy, Brian Anderson, Boone Logan, Sean Tracey, Chris Young, Ryan Sweeney, Fernando Hernández, Tom Jacquez 2004 Donny Lucy, Adam Russell, Jack Egbert, Jay Marshall 2005 Brandon Allen, Chris Getz, Clayton Richard, Carlos Torres 2006 Chris Carter 2007 John Ely, Aaron Poreda 2008 Eduardo Escobar, Daniel Hudson, Brent Morel 2009 Trayce Thompson 2010 David Holmberg, Addison Reed, Taylor Thompson, Andy Wilkins 2011 Chris Devenski, Erik Johnson, Kevan Smith, Scott Snodgress 2012 Chris Beck, Micah Johnson, Mike Marjama 2013 Adam Engel, Brad Goldberg, Jacob May 2014 Brandon Brennan, Aaron Bummer, Jace Fry, Zach Thompson 2016 Bernardo Flores Jr, Matt Foster 2017 Luis Gonzalez, Carlos Pérez 2018 Romy González, Codi Heuer, Davis Martin, Konnor Pilkington, Lenyn Sosa, Bennett Sousa, Jonathan Stiever, Steele Walker 2019 McKinley Moore, Sammy Peralta
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References
External links Great Falls Voyagers