Scottsdale Scorpions

Scottsdale Scorpions
Founded in 1992
Scottsdale, Arizona
Team logoCap insignia
Class-level
Current Class A to Triple-A
Minor league affiliations
League Arizona Fall League (1992–present)
Division East Division (2009–present)
Major league affiliations
Current
Minor league titles
League titles 1996, 2010, 2015
Division titles 1996, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2015
Team data
Nickname
  • Scottsdale Scorpions (2007–present)
  • Grand Canyon Scorpions (2006)
  • Surprise Scorpions (2005)
  • Scottsdale Scorpions (1992–2004)
Ballpark Scottsdale Stadium (1992–present)
Manager Matt Quatraro
Michael Jordan, #35

The Scottsdale Scorpions are a baseball team that plays in the East Division of the Arizona Fall League located in Scottsdale, Arizona. They play their home games at Scottsdale Stadium.

In the 2011 season, the Major League Baseball teams that sent players to the Scorpions were: the Boston Red Sox, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants, and Washington Nationals.

For the 2012 season, the Major League Baseball teams that sent players to the Scorpions were: the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates, and San Francisco Giants.

In the 2013 season, the Major League Baseball teams that sent players to the Scorpions were: the Atlanta Braves, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants.

Team history

In the fall of 1994, the team gained worldwide media attention, when Michael Jordan joined the Scorpions after playing his first minor league baseball season with the Double-A Birmingham Barons in Birmingham, Alabama.

The Scorpions won their first championship in 1996 against the Mesa Saguaros.

The Scorpions would make the championship game in 2002, 2004, and 2005 but would fail to win it. For the 2005 season, the team played its games in Surprise, Arizona due to renovations of Scottsdale Stadium. The team returned to Scottsdale Stadium the following year only to be named the Grand Canyon Scorpions. The team would change their name back to the Scottsdale Scorpions in the 2007 season.

They would win the championship in 2010, the first time in fourteen years. They also won the championship in 2015.

Notable alumni

Scott Schoeneweis

Stenson Award

The Stenson Award was created in 2004 by the Arizona Fall League, in memory of Dernell Stenson,[1] a Scorpions outfielder (Cincinnati Reds), who was killed in a carjacking on November 5, 2003.[2]

Current roster

Scottsdale Scorpions roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches


7-day disabled list

# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated October 16, 2015
Transactions
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Standings

2013 Arizona Fall League East Division
Team Win Loss Tie % GB
Mesa Solar Sox 19 11 1 .633 —
Salt River Rafters 19 12 0 .613 0.5
Scottsdale Scorpions 10 21 0 .323 9.5

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dernell Stenson Stats. Baseball Almanac website. Retrieved 2010-12-31.
  2. ↑ Stenson Award. Baseball Almanac website. Retrieved 2010-12-31.

External links

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