Barrie Baycats

Barrie Baycats
Information
League	Intercounty Baseball League
Location	Barrie, Ontario
Ballpark	Coates Stadium
Year founded	2001
Nickname(s)	'Cats
League championships	5: 2005, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017
Colours	White, Blue, Red and Yellow
Mascot	Cool Cat Junior
Manager	Angus Roy
President	David Mills
Website	http://barriebaycats.com/view/barriebaycats
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The Barrie Baycats are an independent, minor league baseball team of the semi-pro Intercounty Baseball League based in Barrie, Ontario. They play their home games at Coates Stadium at the Barrie Community Sports Complex in Midhurst.

2018 Roster

Front Office

• David Mills - President
• Paul Marley - Board of Directors
• Chris Gariepy - Board of Directors
• Steve Periard - Board of Directors
• Jody Patfield - Board of Directors
• Craig Wallwin - Board of Directors

Season-by-Season Records

• YEAR: 2001, RECORD: 13-19, SEEDING: 7th, FINISH: Out of Playoffs

• YEAR: 2002, RECORD: 19-17, SEEDING: 4th, FINISH: Lost Semi-Final to Toronto

• YEAR: 2003, RECORD: 15-21, SEEDING: 8th, FINISH: Out of Playoffs

• YEAR: 2004, RECORD: 20-16, SEEDING: 4th, FINISH: Lost Quarter-Final to Guelph

• YEAR: 2005, RECORD: 21-15, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Won Championship against Toronto

• YEAR: 2006, RECORD: 26-10, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost Semi-Final to London

• YEAR: 2007, RECORD: 17-19, SEEDING: 5th, FINISH: Lost Quarter-Final to Guelph

• YEAR: 2008, RECORD: 24 12, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost Quarter-Final to Oshawa

• YEAR: 2009, RECORD: 26 10, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost Final to Brantford

• YEAR: 2010, RECORD: 21-5, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost Final to Brantford

• YEAR: 2011, RECORD: 26-9, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Lost Semi-Final to Ottawa

• YEAR: 2012, RECORD: 21-15, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost Final to Brantford

• YEAR: 2013, RECORD: 25-17, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Lost Final to Brantford

• YEAR: 2014, RECORD: 30-6, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against London

• YEAR: 2015, RECORD: 28-7, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener

• YEAR: 2016, RECORD: 25-11, SEEDING: 3rd, FINISH: Won Championship against Toronto

• YEAR: 2017, RECORD: 33-3, SEEDING: 1st, FINISH: Won Championship against Kitchener

• YEAR: 2018, RECORD: 27-8, SEEDING:, 1st, FINISH: TBD

Team Accomplishments

• Championships: (5) (2005, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017)

• Pennants: (7) (2006, 2009, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2018)

• Best start in team history: 26-0 in 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League record)

• Longest win streak in team history: 35 wins in a row in 2016/continued into 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League record)

• Most regular-season wins in team history: 33 in 2017 (Ties an Intercounty Baseball League record)

• Least amount of regular-season losses in team history: 3 in 2017 (Ties an Intercounty Baseball League record)

• Best regular-season win percentage in team history: .917 in 2017 (Intercounty Baseball League record)

• Did not lose a regular-season home game throughout the entire 2017 regular-season

• Did not lose a playoff game throughout the entire 2017 postseason

Individual Player Records

PITCHERS

• Seasons played, Brad Bissell (15)

• Games played, Brad Bissell (145)

• Games started, Brad Bissell (108)

• Innings pitched, Brad Bissell (727)

• Wins, Brad Bissell (61)

• Saves, Kyle Payne (18)

• Strikeouts, Brad Bissell (598)

• Earned run average, Greg Byron (1.45)

• No hitters, Derek McDaid (1)

• Complete games, Angus Roy (23)

BATTERS

• Seasons played, Ryan Spataro (13)

• Games played, Ryan Spataro (380)

• At-bats, Ryan Spataro (1,620)

• Hits, Ryan Spataro (603)

• Doubles, Ryan Spataro (94)

• Triples, Ryan Spataro (19)

• Home runs, Kevin Atkinson (35)

• Base on balls, Ryan Spataro (201)

• Total bases, Ryan Spataro (616)

• Stolen bases, Ryan Spataro (194) (Intercounty Baseball League record)

Individual Awards

• Rookie of the Year, Brad Grieveson, 2002

• Executive of the Year, David Mills, 2005

• Most Valuable Player, Ryan Spataro, 2005

• Playoff Most Valuable Player, Jordan Lundberg, 2005

• Most Valuable Player, Jordan Lundberg 2006

• Rookie of the Year, Randy Schwartz, 2008

• Most Valuable Player, Ryan Spartaro, 2010

• Executive of the Year, Gary Calvert, 2011

• Most Valuable Player, Sean Reilly, 2011

• Executive and Field Manager of the Year, Angus Roy, 2014

• Most Valuable Player, Jordan Castaldo, 2014

• Playoff Most Valuable Player, Adam Rowe, 2014

• Executive of the Year, David Mills, 2015

• Playoff Most Valuable Player, Jordan Castaldo, 2015

• Rookie of the Year, Conner Morro, 2016

• Playoff Most Valuable Player, Emilis Guerrero, 2016

• Field Manager of the Year, Angus Roy, 2017

• Playoff Most Valuable Player, Kyle DeGrace, 2017

Honoured Baycats

• P Chris England (2016)

• C Matt Proctor (2017)

• INF David Latour (2016)

• INF Jared McCord (2016)

• INF Ryan Davis (2017)

Alumni Currently Playing Minor League Baseball

• Eric Wood (2012), Pittsburgh Pirates Organization (AAA)

• Claudio Custodio (2017), Toronto Blue Jays Organization (High-A)

General Managers

• Gary Calvert, 2001-2008

• Brad Graham, 2009

• Kevin Hinton, 2010-2011

• Doug Dimma, 2012-2013

• Angus Roy, 2014-Present

Field Managers

• Nick Owen, 2001-2004

• Jeff Sharpe, 2005-2006

• Angus Roy, 2007-Present

External links

• Barrie Baycats' Web site