Saskatoon Yellow Jackets

{{Infobox baseball team

| name = Saskatoon Yellow Jackets

| Logo =

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| league = Western Major Baseball League

| division = Central Division

| location = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

| stadium = Cairns Field

| founded = 2002

| nickname = Jackets

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|folded=2014|colours={{Color box|white}} {{Color box|black}} {{Color box|yellow}}}}

The Saskatoon Yellow Jackets were a baseball team that played in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The team was a member of the Western Major Baseball League, a collegiate summer baseball league operating in the prairie provinces of Canada. The team joined the league in 2002, but struggled financially throughout its existence and folded in 2014.

Team history

The Yellow Jackets began play out of Cairns Field in 2002. The team changed ownership multiple times and struggled with fan engagement.{{Cite news |date=2015-01-21 |title=Saskatoon Yellow Jackets out for 2015 season |work=CTV News |url=https://saskatoon.ctvnews.ca/saskatoon-yellow-jackets-out-for-2015-season-1.2199874 |access-date=2023-07-18}}{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=2023-03-29 |title=The Western Canadian Baseball League is back: New franchise lands in Saskatoon for 2024 |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/baseball/the-western-canada-baseball-league-is-back-new-franchise-lands-in-saskatoon-for-2024 |access-date=2023-07-18}} The team also struggled on the field, and missed the playoffs for six straight seasons from 2009 to 2014, finishing at the bottom of the Central division each of those years.{{Cite web |title=Western Canadian Baseball League |url=http://www.attheplate.com/wcbl/wmbl.html |access-date=2021-01-07 |website=www.attheplate.com}} The team folded in 2014.{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kevin |date=2015-12-09 |title=Saskatoon would be welcomed back into the WMBL, if it's 'done right', league president says |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/baseball/saskatoon-would-be-welcomed-back-into-the-wmbl-if-its-done-right-league-president-says |access-date=2019-06-10 |website=Saskatoon StarPhoenix}} This left Saskatoon without a WMBL team until the city was awarded an expansion franchise, the Saskatoon Berries, in 2023.{{Cite news |last=Mitchell |first=Kevin |date=2023-07-14 |title=They have a name and a coach; now, the Saskatoon Berries wait for the 2024 baseball season |work=Saskatoon StarPhoenix |url=https://thestarphoenix.com/sports/they-have-a-name-and-a-coach-now-the-saskatoon-berries-wait-for-the-2024-baseball-season |access-date=2023-07-18}}

In August 2017, two former Yellow Jackets dressed for the Seattle Mariners, marking the first time that two WMBL players dressed for the same Major League Baseball team. Andrew Albers, from North Battleford, pitched five innings on 15 August, while Marco Gonzales took the mound on 16 August.{{Cite news |last=Shield |first=David |date=2017-08-16 |title='Just think of the odds': 2 former Saskatoon Yellow Jackets now playing for Seattle Mariners |work=CBC News |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/andrew-albers-playing-seattle-mariners-1.4249907 |access-date=2023-07-18}}

Season-by-season record

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; border-left:yellow 5px solid;color:#ffffff"\|Year ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|League ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Division ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Finish ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Wins ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Losses ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Win% ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|GB ! scope="col" style="background-color:black; border-top:yellow 5px solid; border-bottom:yellow 5px solid; border-right:yellow 5px solid; color:#ffffff"\|Postseason
2009 \|Western Major Baseball League \|Central \|3rd \|15 \|25 \|.375 \|12 \|Did not qualify
2010 \|WMBL \|Central \|3rd \|12 \|29 \|.293 \|18 \|Did not qualify
2011 \|WMBL \|Central \|3rd \|14 \|28 \|.333 \|12 \|Did not qualify
2012 \|WMBL \|Central \|3rd \|20 \|26 \|.435 \|8 \|Did not qualify
2013	WMBL	Central	3rd	18	26	.409	11	Did not qualify
2014	WMBL	Central	3rd	20	26	.435	8	Did not qualify

Saskatoon Yellow Jackets

Team history

Season-by-season record

References

See also