Rochester Honkers
| Rochester Honkers | |||||
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| League | Northwoods League (Great Plains West 2019-pres) (North Division 1994-2018) | ||||
| Location | Rochester, Minnesota | ||||
| Ballpark | Mayo Field | ||||
| Founded | 1994 | ||||
| Division championships |
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| League championships |
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| Colors | Purple, black, dark gray, gray, teal, white[1] | ||||
| Mascot | Slider | ||||
| Ownership | Bases Loaded Entertainment, LLC | ||||
| Management | Clint Narramore, General Manager | ||||
| Manager | Cade Peters | ||||
| Media | Rochester Post-Bulletin | ||||
| Website | rochesterhonkers.com | ||||
The Rochester Honkers are an amateur baseball team in the Northwoods League, a collegiate summer baseball league. Their home games are played at Mayo Field in Rochester, Minnesota.
The Honkers are one of the original five NWL franchises, and one of only two teams (the other being the Wausau Woodchucks) that have existed continuously in the same location for every season since the league's founding in 1994. They have won the Northwoods League championship a record five times.
Slider, the team mascot
Honkers in MLB
The following is a list of former Rochester Honkers to have played in Major League Baseball,[2] with All-Stars in bold.
- Zach Cole (hit a home run in his first MLB at-bat)
- Mark Contreras
- Drew Ellis
- Andre Ethier (2x All-Star, Gold Glove, Silver Slugger)
- Brian Flynn
- Drew Gagnon
- Kyle Garlick
- Tony Kemp (World Series champion)
- Jay Marshall
- Miles Mastrobuoni
- Scott McGough
- Efrén Navarro
- Valentino Pascucci
- Tim Peterson
- Matt Reynolds
- Dustin Richardson
- D. J. Snelten
- Matt Strahm (All-Star)
- Chad Wallach
- Dan Winkler
References
- ^ "Northwoods League Official Colors (1994 through present)". TruColor.net. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
- ^ "Northwoods League Alumni in Major League Baseball" (PDF). northwoodsleague.com.
External links
- Rochester Honkers - official site
- Northwoods League - official site