The San Angelo Colts were a professional baseball team based in San Angelo, Texas, in the United States. The Colts were most recently a member of United League Baseball, an independent professional league which was not affiliated with Major League Baseball or Minor League Baseball. The Colts played their home games at Foster Field.
The team experienced declining attendance in later years and announced on July 2, 2014, that it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Although it was stated at the time that operations would not be affected, the team announced on August 11, 2014, that the final 8 games of the 2014 season would not be played.
The combination of the Colts' financial issues, the loss of the home stadium of the Fort Worth Cats and low attendance led to the folding of United League Baseball, and all of its member teams, in January 2015.
Team record Season W L Win % Result 2000 69 43 .616 Wild Card 2001 49 47 .510 Wild Card 2002 50 46 .521 Central Baseball League Champions 2003 47 48 .495 2004 36 58 .383 2005 46 47 .495 Wild Card 2006 46 44 .511 Wild Card 2007 44 50 .468 2008 55 29 .651 2nd Half Season Champions 2009 48 32 .600 Regular Season Champions 2010 46 45 .505 2011 52 36 .591 Regular Season Champions 2012 51 45 .531 2013 39 40 .494 2014 33 39 .458
League All-Stars
Players 2000 Gabe Duross, 1B Guy Giuffre, DH Toby McDermott, LHP Chad Tredaway, 3B
2001 Manny Lopez, OF Will Roland, SS Franklin Taveras, UTL Jeremy McClain, RHP
2002 Mike Kirkpatrick, OF Marc Mirizzi, SS Nestor Smith, OF Gilbert Landestoy P
2006 John Anderson, IF Brian Baker, OF Kevin Bass, DH Jason Crosland, IF Adam Hanson, RHP Brantley Jordan, LHP Tony Sanguinetti, C
2007 Josh Allan, C Stephen Artz, RHP Jason Crosland, 1B Ronnie Gaines, OF Andres Rodriguez, 3B Chace Vacek, RHP Madison Edwards, OF
2008 Bryan Frichter, OF Luke Massetti, RHP Andres Rodriguez, 1B José Torres, OF
Coaches 2000–2001 Dan Madsen, Manager 2006 Doc Edwards, Manager
2008–2009 Doc Edwards, Manager
Historical use of the name
The original San Angelo Colts played in the Class D West Texas League in 1922. The team had started out as the San Angelo Bronchos the year before.
In 1948, another team using the Colts name began play in the Longhorn League. When the league changed names to the Southwestern League in 1956, the Colts stayed on board, but folded before the start of the 1957 season.
The Colts had been a part of independent baseball since 2000 with the Texas–Louisiana League (2000–2001), Central Baseball League (2002–2005), United League Baseball (2006–2010) and North American League (2011–2012).
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External links
Official United League Baseball site