New Britain Rock Cats

Team History[edit]

The New Britain Rock Cats are the AA affiliate of the Minnesota Twins and play in the Eastern League. They play their home games at New Britain Stadium. The club came into being in 1983 when the Boston Red Sox AA affiliate relocated from Bristol, CT to New Britain, CT and became known as the New Britain Red Sox. In 1995, the club changed their affiliation to the Twins and became the Hardware City Rock Cats. Two years later, the team changed their name again, to the New Britain Rock Cats. In 2001, they were Eastern League Co-Champions, as the last round of the playoffs was cancelled by the terrorist attacks of September 11. The team moved to Hartford, CT after the 2015 season, where they became known as the Hartford Yard Goats.

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach
1997	70-72	7th	Al Newman		Jose Baez	Gorman Heimueller
1998	83-59	1st	John Russell	Lost League Finals	Rob Ellis	Eric Rasmussen
1999	59-82	11th	John Russell		Jeff Carter	Stu Cliburn
2000	51-91	11th	John Russell		Jarvis Brown	Stu Cliburn
2001	87-55	1st	Stan Cliburn	League Co-Champs *	U L Washington	Stu Cliburn
2002	67-72	8th	Stan Cliburn		U L Washington	Stu Cliburn
2003	73-68	4th	Stan Cliburn	Lost in 1st round	Riccardo Ingram	Stu Cliburn
2004	70-70	6th	Stan Cliburn		Jeff Carter	Stu Cliburn
2005	70-72	7th	Stan Cliburn		Floyd Rayford	Stu Cliburn
2006	64-78	11th	Riccardo Ingram		Floyd Rayford	Gary Lucas
2007	69-72	9th	Riccardo Ingram		Floyd Rayford	Gary Lucas
2008	64-77	10th	Bobby Cuellar		Floyd Rayford	Steve Mintz
2009	72-69	4th	Tom Nieto	Lost in 1st round	Floyd Rayford	Stu Cliburn
2010	44-98	12th	Jeff Smith		Rudy Hernandez	Stu Cliburn
2011	72-70	7th	Jeff Smith		Tom Brunansky	Stu Cliburn
2012	75-67	5th	Jeff Smith		Rudy Hernandez	Stu Cliburn
2013	66-76	10th	Jeff Smith		Chad Allen	Stu Cliburn
2014	73-69	4th(t)	Jeff Smith		Chad Allen	Stu Cliburn
2015	69-71	8th(t)	Darin Everson		Jeff Salazar	Dave Burba

* Series canceled, New Britain and Reading declared co-champions

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