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2019 The Dans finished with a 40-21 record and make the playoffs Coach Eric Coleman recorded his 200 th career victory with the Dans. Dans pitchers struck out 583 batters, breaking their old league record from 2017. They also set the records for runs scored( 483) and an on-base percentage(. 417).
2020 The worldwide COVID-19 pandemic wiped out the 2020 season before it started.
2021 The Dans make the playoffs for the 22 nd time in their 33 seasons.
2022 The Dans post a league-best 40-17 record, with the most walks, third-best batting average, second in RBIS and runs scored and second-best team ERA.
Six players were All-Star selections, and Eric Coleman was named Manager of the Year.
2023
Danville records its 1,000th regular season victory and finish with a franchise record of 1,002-718-1.
Carter Krawchuck( Purdue) throws a 7-inning no-hitter in a 10-0 shutout of the Alton River Dragons. It’ s the Dans sixth no-no.
Manager Eric Coleman notches his 300th victory with the Dans, and now stands at 314-227 with the team.
2024
Hayden Birdsong( 2021 Dans) becomes the 35th Dan to make his MLB debut on June 26, as starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants.
The Dans win the first half of the season and make their sixth-straight playoff appearance.
79 Years of Baseball History
It all began in 1945. Robert“ Kish” Bookwalter, a local attorney and entrepreneur, led a group of Danville businessmen to convinced Branch Rickey to build a stadium for a Dodgers farm team in Danville. The stadium was built at Highland Boulevard and 9th street, and is estimated to have cost $ 60,000 to build. It is one of the few stadiums from its era still in use.
The first game played in Danville Stadium history was on May 8, 1946 – a 2-1 win by the Danville Dodgers over the Springfield Brownies. Here are some other special dates in Danville Stadium history...
1947: The Brooklyn Dodgers – featuring Jackie Robinson, Pee Wee Rese, Duke Snider and Gil Hodges – came to Danville and played an exhibition game against their local farm team. A crowd of nearly 6,100 watched Brooklyn defeat Danville 14- 7. Also that year, the Harlem Globetrotters played a game on a court set up on the stadium’ s infield grass.
1954: Danville Stadium became home to two teams. In addition to the Giants minor league team( called the Dans), Andy Cohen and his independent Danville Boosters begin a 19-year partnership with the new stadium.
For the next 17 years, the Stadium would not host a team with MLB affiliation. That changed in 1971 when the Danville Warriors became a Milwaukee Brewers farm team in their second season.
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