Lincoln Potters

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Lincoln Potters
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League Pacific Empire League (2024-present) [1]
Location Lincoln, California
Ballpark McBean Stadium
Founded 2016
League championships0
Division championships0
Former league(s) Great West League (2017–2018)
California Collegiate League (2019-2023)
ColorsNavy Blue, Orange, White
   
OwnershipIsabel Domeyko Taylor, Clifton Taylor, Matt Lundgren
General manager Matt Lundgren
Manager Eli Garcia
Website www.lincolnpotters.com

The Lincoln Potters are a collegiate wood bat baseball team based in Lincoln, California. They are operating as part of the summer collegiate wood bat league known as the Pacific Empire League. It began operations in 2016 as members of the Great West League. They play their home games at McBean Stadium in Lincoln. The Potters replaced the Lodi Crushers and Sacramento Stealth, who went inactive for 2017. [2]

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History

The Potters were named for the former minor league baseball franchise that played in the Placer-Nevada Baseball League and that was founded by newspaper editor Allen "Scoop" Thurman of the Colfax Record back in 1923. They won PNL championships in 1926, 1941, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1956 and 1957 and played until 1968. They played under several different name such as Cubs, Tigers, Merchants, and eventually the Potters. They had sponsorship from Gladding McBean, a terra cotta and clay manufacturing company located in Lincoln that replaced much of the friezes and other ornamental decorative pieces that were destroyed in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. The sewer pipe and roofing tile manufacturer was founded in 1875 and still operates today as one of California's oldest companies. [3]

On October 4, 2018, the Potters announced that they were departing the Great West League to play in the California Collegiate League for 2019 and beyond after the GWL announced that they were ceasing operations. [4]

On December 15, 2023, the Potters announced that they would be inaugural members of the new Pacific Empire League, a six-team league also consisting of the Healdsburg Prune Packers, Humboldt Crabs, Medford Rogues, Solano Mudcats and West Coast Kings.

Year-by-year record

Great West & CA Collegiate Leagues

YearLeagueAffiliationRecordFinishManagerPlayoffs
2017 Great West League none35-253rdEric BloomLost Opening Round to Chico Heat 2-1
2018 Great West League noneN/A2ndRyan StevensLost Championship to Chico Heat 2-0
2019 California Collegiate League none28-18-12nd Northern Div.Ryan StevensLost NorCal Championship to Healdsburg Prune Packers 2-0
2020Independentnone16-4noneRyan Stevensnone
2021 California Collegiate League none36-232nd Northern Div.Ryan StevensLost in CCL State Championship Tournament
2022 California Collegiate League none32-233rd Northern Div.Ryan Stevensnone
2023 California Collegiate League none32-203rd Northern Div.Jon Petersnone

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