San Angelo Colts | |
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League | United League Baseball (2013–2014) |
Location | San Angelo, Texas |
Ballpark | Foster Field |
Year founded | 2000 |
Year disbanded | 2014 |
League championships | 1 (2002) |
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Colors | Maroon, silver, white |
Ownership | Reunion Sports Group |
Manager | Doc Edwards |
Media | San Angelo Standard-Times |
Website | www |
The San Angelo Colts were a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts were most recently a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. The Colts played their home games at Foster Field.
The team experienced declining attendance in later years and announced on July 2, 2014 that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. [1] Although it was stated at the time that operations would not be affected, the team announced on August 11, 2014 that the final 8 games of the 2014 season would not be played. [2]
The combination of the Colts' financial issues, the loss of the home stadium of the Fort Worth Cats and low attendance led to the folding of United League Baseball, and all of its member teams, in January 2015. [3]
Season | W | L | Win % | Result |
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2000 | 69 | 43 | .616 | Wild Card |
2001 | 49 | 47 | .510 | Wild Card |
2002 | 50 | 46 | .521 | Central Baseball League Champions |
2003 | 47 | 48 | .495 | |
2004 | 36 | 58 | .383 | |
2005 | 46 | 47 | .495 | Wild Card |
2006 | 46 | 44 | .511 | Wild Card |
2007 | 44 | 50 | .468 | |
2008 | 55 | 29 | .651 | 2nd Half Season Champions |
2009 | 48 | 32 | .600 | Regular Season Champions |
2010 | 46 | 45 | .505 | |
2011 | 52 | 36 | .591 | Regular Season Champions |
2012 | 51 | 45 | .531 | |
2013 | 39 | 40 | .494 | |
2014 | 33 | 39 | .458 |
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