Lincoln Potters
{{Short description|Collegiate summer baseball team}}
{{For|the Sons of Anarchy character|Lincoln Potter}}
{{primary sources|date=January 2017}}
{{Infobox baseball team
|name = Lincoln Potters
|founded = 2016
|city = Lincoln, California
|ballpark = McBean Stadium
|logo = Lincoln Potters.png
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|league = Pacific Empire League (2024-present)[https://www.pacificempireleague.org Pacific Empire League official website]
|division =
|former_leagues = Great West League (2017–2018)
California Collegiate League (2019-2023)
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|colors = Navy Blue, Orange, White
{{color box|navy}} {{color box|orange}} {{color box|white}}
|former_ballparks =
|league_champs = 0
|division_champs = 0
|owner = Isabel Domeyko Taylor, Clifton Taylor, Matt Lundgren
| general_manager = Matt Lundgren
|manager = Ryan Stevens
|media =
|website = {{URL|http://www.lincolnpotters.com}}
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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. [http://greatwestleague.com/news/?article_id=28 GREAT WEST LEAGUE ADDS ANOTHER CALIFORNIA TEAM], GWL Official Website, November 9, 2016
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. [http://www.lincolnpotters.com/about/history History of the Potters], Team website
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. [http://lincolnpotters.com/news/?article_id=121 POTTERS DEPART GWL FOR ILLUSTRIOUS CALIFORNIA-BASED LEAGUE], Lincoln Potters website, October 4, 2018
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==
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| Year | League | Affiliation | Record | Finish | Manager | Playoffs |
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| 2017 | Great West League | none | 35-25 | 3rd | Eric Bloom | Lost Opening Round to Chico Heat 2-1 |
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| 2018 | Great West League | none | N/A | 2nd | Ryan Stevens | Lost Championship to Chico Heat 2-0 |
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| 2019 | California Collegiate League | none | 28-18-1 | 2nd Northern Div. | Ryan Stevens | Lost NorCal Championship to Healdsburg Prune Packers 2-0 |
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| 2020 | Independent | none | 16-4 | none | Ryan Stevens | none |
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| 2021 | California Collegiate League | none | 36-23 | 2nd Northern Div. | Ryan Stevens | Lost in CCL State Championship Tournament |
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| 2022 | California Collegiate League | none | 32-23 | 3rd Northern Div. | Ryan Stevens | none |
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| 2023 | California Collegiate League | none | 32-20 | 3rd Northern Div. | Jon Peters | none |
References
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External links
- [http://www.lincolnpotters.com Lincoln Potters official website]
- [http://www.greatwestleague.com Great West League official website]
{{California sports}}
{{Great West League}}
Category:Placer County, California
Category:Amateur baseball teams in California