Rochester Honkers

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Rochester Honkers
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League Northwoods League  (Great Plains West 2019-pres)
(North Division 1994-2018)
LocationRochester, Minnesota
Ballpark Mayo Field
Founded1994
League championships5 (1994, 1997, 1999, 2006, 2009)
Division championships8 (1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2010)
ColorsPurple, Teal, Black
MascotSlider
OwnershipBases Loaded Entertainment, LLC
ManagementJeremy Aagard, General Manager; Clint Narramore, Assistant General Manager
ManagerAndrew Urbistondo
Media Rochester Post-Bulletin
Website rochesterhonkers.com
Slider, the team mascot Slider.jpg
Slider, the team mascot

The Rochester Honkers are an amateur baseball team in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at Mayo Field in Rochester, Minnesota. They have won the Northwoods League championship five times, most recently in 2009.

Andre Ethier of the Los Angeles Dodgers was a Honker in 2002. In 2010, 22 of their players were drafted by organizations affiliated with Major League Baseball.


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