Salem-Keizer Volcanoes

• Location: Keizer, OR
• League: Northwest League 1997-2019
• Affiliation: San Francisco Giants 1997-2019
• Ballpark: Volcanoes Stadium

team History

The Salem-Keizer Volcanoes began play in the Northwest League in 1997 when the Bellingham Giants relocated to Keizer, Oregon. The Volcanoes captured league titles in 1998, 2001, 2006, 2007 and 2009.

On August 21, 2017, the Volcanoes scheduled a home game against the Hillsboro Hops for 9:35 a.m. that Monday morning. This was no mistake, as the game was scheduled to fall directly during the total solar eclipse passing over the Willamette Valley as part of its path over much of the United States that day. The ballpark was in the narrow band that would experience a couple of minutes of total darkness that day, and the game, dubbed the "Eclipse Game", was scheduled to take full advantage of this, with a built-in "eclipse delay" at approximately 10:17 am. The game was to be preceded with breakfast served to fans from 6 to 9 a.m. With all the associated merchandise linked to the game, it turned out to be the biggest promotion in team history.

Salem-Keizer was one of the cities to lose its affiliation in the minor league re-alignment after the 2020 season. Without a league to begin 2021, the team's ownership formed its own independent circuit, the Mavericks Independent Baseball League. In December 2021, the Volcanoes and three other dropped teams jointly filed a lawsuit against MLB. Two of the others, the Staten Island Yankees and the Tri-City ValleyCats, also have pending suits against their former parents; the Norwich Sea Unicorns are taking their first legal action. [1]

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Hitting coach	Pitching coach	Coach
1997	40-36	5th	Shane Turner			Shawn Barton
1998	43-33	3rd (t)	Keith Comstock	League Champs	Bert Hunter
1999	37-39	6th	Frank Reberger		Bert Hunter	Gabriel Luckert
2000	36-40	7th	Fred Stanley		Bert Hunter	Trevor Wilson
2001	51-25	2nd	Fred Stanley	League Champs	Steve Decker	Trevor Wilson
2002	41-35	3rd	Fred Stanley		Steve Decker	Trevor Wilson
2003	43-33	3rd	Joe Strain	Lost League Finals		Trevor Wilson
2004	37-39	6th	Joe Strain			Jerry Cram
2005	45-31	2nd	Steve Decker			Jerry Cram
2006	55-21	1st	Steve Decker	League Champs	Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram
2007	57-19	1st	Steve Decker	League Champs	Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram
2008	40-36	3rd (t)	Tom Trebelhorn	Lost League Finals	Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram
2009	49-27	1st	Tom Trebelhorn	League Champs	Ricky Ward	Brian Cooper
2010	31-45	7th	Tom Trebelhorn		Ricky Ward	Brian Cooper
2011	34-42	7th	Tom Trebelhorn		Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram
2012	32-44	6th (t)	Tom Trebelhorn		Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram	Hector Borg
2013	47-29	1st	Gary Davenport	Lost in 1st round	Ricky Ward	Jerry Cram	Matt Yourkin
2014	38-38	5th	Gary Davenport		Ricky Ward	Matt Yourkin
2015	39-37	4th	Kyle Haines	Lost in 1st Round	Ricky Ward	Matt Yourkin
2016	32-42	6th	Kyle Haines		Ricky Ward	Matt Yourkin
2017	29-47	8th	Jolbert Cabrera		Ricky Ward	Matt Yourkin & Jerry Cram	Thomas Neal
2018	36-40	5th	Hector Borg		Jake Fox	Dwight Bernard
2019	46-30	2nd	Mark Hallberg	Lost in 1st round	Doug Clark	Dwight Bernard	Nestor Rojas , Victor Cairo
2020	Season cancelled

Further Reading

• Gary Horowitz: "Salem-Keizer Volcanoes ready for historic Eclipse Game", The Statesman Journal, Salem, OR, August 15, 2017. [2]

External Link

Salem-Keizer Volcanoes