Hornell Dodgers
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Hornell Dodgers
Founded 1994
Home Ballpark Maple City Park
Based in Hornell, NY
Colors Blue, White
League NYCBL
New York Collegiate Baseball League
The New York Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the NACSB and Major League Baseball. Each NYCBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule from June to July with a playoff in early August...

Manager Paul Welker
Championships 1995, 2000, 2002, 2005


The Hornell Dodgers are a collegiate summer baseball team in the New York Collegiate Baseball League
New York Collegiate Baseball League
The New York Collegiate Baseball League is a 12-team collegiate summer baseball league founded in 1978 and sanctioned by the NACSB and Major League Baseball. Each NYCBL team plays an eight-week, 44-game schedule from June to July with a playoff in early August...

. The team is composed of college students from schools all over the country who are often recruited by the coaches and the general manager. Players and coaches travel to Hornell for the summer and stay with host families for the duration.

History

Hornell
Hornell, New York
Hornell is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States. The population was 9,019 at the 2000 census. The city is named after the Hornell family, early settlers. Its current population has not yet been released by the new census....

 has a rich history in baseball. For many years from the late 19th- and through the 20th centuries there was a farm team or semi-pro team from the town. The current iteration of the Dodgers have been around since 1994.

Location

The Hornell Dodgers play their home games at Maple City Park in Hornell, NY. The baseball field is located on the corner of State Route 36 and Adsit Street, behind the Hornell High School.

Noteworthy Alumni

These players have since moved on to play Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...

:
  • Tim Hudson, 1996 (Atlanta Braves)
  • Dallas Braden, 2003 (Oakland A's)
  • Josh Kinney, 1998 (St. Louis Cardinals)
  • Rajai Davis, 2000 (Pittsburgh Pirates)

Championships

The Dodgers have won numerous league titles since they began playing in the NYCBL. They include:
  • 1995
  • 2000
  • 2002
  • 2005
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