Sioux City Explorers

The Sioux City Explorers are a professional minor league baseball team based in Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. The Explorers are members American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball.^[1] Since their inception in 1993, the Explorers have played their home games at Lewis and Clark Park.

Sioux City Explorers
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Information
League	American Association of Professional Baseball (2006–present) (West Division)
Location	Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark	Lewis and Clark Park
Founded	1993
Nickname(s)	The X's
Division championships	5
Former league(s)	Northern League (1993–2005)
Former ballparks	none
Colors	Black, red, white
Retired numbers	42
Ownership	John Roost
Manager	Steve Montgomery
General Manager	Vacant
Media	Sioux City Journal KSCJ
Website	xsbaseball.com

The Explorers, frequently called the X's, have played in the American Association since 2006. Previously, they were members of the Northern League.

Season-by-season records

Sioux City Explorers (2010–2020)^[2]
Season	W–L	Win %	Finish	Playoffs
2010	49–47	.510	4th, North Division	Did not qualify
2011	51–49	.510	3rd, Central Division	Did not qualify
2012	45–55	.450	4th, Central Division	Did not qualify
2013	38–62	.380	5th, Central Division	Did not qualify
2014	47–53	.470	4th, Central Division	Did not qualify
2015	75–25	.750	1st, Central Division	Defeated St. Paul, 3–1 in first round, lost Championship to Laredo Lemurs 3–1
2016	54–46	.540	1st, Central Division	Lost in first round 3–1 to Wichita.
2017	46–54	.460	4th, Central Division	Did not qualify
2018	71–29	.710	1st, South Division	Lost in first round to Kansas City T-Bones 3–2
2019	57–43	.570	2nd, South Division	Defeated Kansas City 3–1 in semifinals; lost to St. Paul 3–0 in championship
2020	Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	53–46	.535	3rd, South Division	Defeated Cleburne in Wild Card game; lost to Kansas City 3-0 in Division Series
Totals	586–509	.535	—	—

Playoffs

• 1994 season: Lost to Winnipeg 3–1 in championship
• 1999 season: Lost to Winnipeg 3–0 in semifinals
• 2002 season: Defeated Joliet 3–2 in quarterfinals; lost to Winnipeg 3–1 in semifinals
• 2008 season: Lost to Sioux Falls 3–0 in semifinals
• 2015 season: Defeated St. Paul 3–1 in semifinals; lost to Laredo 3–1 in championship
• 2016 season: Lost to Wichita 3–1 in semifinals
• 2018 season: Lost to Kansas City 3–2 in semifinals
• 2019 season: Defeated Kansas City 3–1 in semifinals; lost to St. Paul 3–0 in championship
• 2021 season: Defeated Cleburne in Wildcard game; lost to Kansas City 3-0 in Division Series

Roster

Sioux City Explorers roster

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Active roster				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 32 Tyler Beardsley 86 Matt Blackham 80 Matteo Bocchi ‡ 16 Brandon Brosher 36 Nate Gercken 33 Blaine Hardy 44 Zach Hedges 22 Tyler Koch 24 Max Kuhns 12 Patrick Ledet 37 Kevin Lenik 81 Luís Madero ‡ 17 Kevin McCanna 23 Thomas McIlaith 28 Tom Windle		Catchers 27 John Anthon  4 Cordell Dunn Jr.  2 Mitch Ghelfi ‡ Infielders  3 Nick Franklin  6 Zack Kone  5 Nate Samson 30 Gabe Snyder  8 Blake Tiberi 10 L. T. Tolbert ‡ Outfielders  9 Danny Amaral  1 Chase Harris  7 Trey Martin 18 Ademar Rifaela 71 Danry Vasquez ‡ 11 Sebastian Zawada		Manager 55 Steve Montgomery Coaches    Bruce Fischbach (trainer) 40 Bobby Post (pitching) 44 Derek Wolfe (hitting)   Disabled list ‡ Inactive list § Suspended list Roster updated June 21, 2022 Transactions

Notable alumni

• Joe Kraemer (1993-1994)
• Oil Can Boyd (1994-1995)
• Carl Nichols (1995)
• Gerald Young (1995-1996)
• Dana Williams (1996)
• Julius Matos (1997)
• Danny Perez (1997)
• Mike Porzio (1997)
• Matt Turner (1997)
• Nate Bland (2000)
• Mike Busby (2000)
• Nate Field (2000)
• Brent Bowers (2001)
• Jeff Juden (2001)
• John LeRoy (2001)
• Cris Colón (2002)
• Trey Beamon (2003)
• Mike Figga (2003)
• José Malavé (2003)
• Desi Wilson (2003-2004)
• Allan Simpson (2007)
• Charlton Jimerson (2008)
• Walter Young (2008-2009)
• Steve Andrade (2009)
• Jacob Cruz (2010)
• T. J. Bohn (2010-2011)
• Emiliano Fruto (2011)
• John Holdzkom (2013)
• Alex Burnett (2014)
• Jesse English (2014)
• Brock Kjeldgaard (2014-2015)
• Rene Tosoni (2014-2015)
• Ryan Court (2015)
• John Ely (2015)
• David Herndon (2015)
• Jeff Marquez (2015)
• Tommy Mendonca (2014-2016)
• Derrick Robinson (2016)
• Tayler Scott (2016)
• Tony Campana (2017)
• John Nogowski (2017)
• Bubby Rossman (2017)
• Josh Vitters (2017)
• Alex White (2017)
• Luis Durango (2018)
• Dean Green (2018-2019)
• Anthony Bender (2019)
• Jason Garcia (2019)
• Jeremy Hazelbaker (2019)
• Taylor Jordan (2019)

References

1. Reichard, Kevin (2020-09-24). "American Association, Frontier League now MLB Partner Leagues". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
2. . Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2014-09-07.

External links

• Official website