Johnstown Mill Rats | |
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League | Prospect League (Eastern Conference – Northeast Division) |
Location | Johnstown, Pennsylvania |
Ballpark | Point Stadium |
Founded | 2020 |
League championships | 0 |
Division championships | 0 |
Colors | Gold, brown [1] |
Ownership | Johnstown Family Entertainment, LLC / National Sports Services (NSS) [2] |
Manager | Josh Merrill [3] |
General Manager | Sarah Rex [4] |
Website | millrats |
The Johnstown Mill Rats are a collegiate summer baseball team based in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. They are a member of the East Conference of the summer collegiate Prospect League. The Mill Rats were founded in 2020 and began play at Point Stadium in 2021. [2] [5]
The Mill Rats play in the Prospect League's Eastern Conference – Northeast Division along with the Champion City Kings, Chillicothe Paints, and Lafayette Aviators. [6]
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Season | League | Conference | Division | Record | Win% | Finish | GB | Post-season | Manager | Ref |
2021 | Prospect | East | Ohio River Valley | 24–34 | .414 | 3rd | 11.0 | Did not qualify | Parker Lynn | [7] |
2022 | Eastern | 29–31 | .483 | 2nd | 9.0 | Lost Ohio River Valley Division Championship (Chillicothe) | Tyler Sullivan | |||
2023 | 24–34 | .414 | 4th | 17.0 | Did not qualify | Tyler Sullivan | ||||
2024 | Northeast | 26–30 | .464 | 2nd | 10 | Josh Merrill |
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