Sioux City Explorers

Minor-league baseball team in Sioux City, Iowa

Sioux City Explorers

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Team logo | Cap insignia
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League| American Association of Professional Baseball (2006–present) (West Division)
Location| Sioux City, Iowa
Ballpark| Lewis and Clark Park
Founded| 1993
Nickname(s)| The X's
Division championships| 5
Former league(s)|

* Northern League (1993–2005)

Former ballparks|

* none

Colors| Black, red, white

Retired numbers| 42
Ownership| John Roost
Manager| Steve Montgomery
General Manager| Tom Backemeyer
Media| Sioux City Journal
KSCJ
Website| xsbaseball.com

The Sioux City Explorers are a professional minor league baseball team based in Sioux City, Iowa, in the United States. The Explorers are inaugural members of the American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of Major League Baseball.[1] Since their inception in 1993, the Explorers have played their home games at Lewis and Clark Park.

The Explorers, frequently called the X's, have played in the American Association since 2006. Previously, they were members of the Northern League.

## Season-by-season records

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Sioux City Explorers (2010–2020)[2]

Season  | W–L  | Win %  | Finish  | Playoffs
2010 | 49–47 | .510 | 4th, North Division | Did not qualify
2011 | 51–49 | .510 | 3rd, Central Division | Did not qualify
2012 | 45–55 | .450 | 4th, Central Division | Did not qualify
2013 | 38–62 | .380 | 5th, Central Division | Did not qualify
2014 | 47–53 | .470 | 4th, Central Division | Did not qualify
2015 | 75–25 | .750 | 1st, Central Division | Defeated St. Paul, 3–1 in first round, lost Championship to Laredo Lemurs 3–1
2016 | 54–46 | .540 | 1st, Central Division | Lost in first round 3–1 to Wichita.
2017 | 46–54 | .460 | 4th, Central Division | Did not qualify
2018 | 71–29 | .710 | 1st, South Division | Lost in first round to Kansas City T-Bones 3–2
2019 | 57–43 | .570 | 2nd, South Division | Defeated Kansas City 3–1 in semifinals; lost to St. Paul 3–0 in championship
2020 | Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 | 53–46 | .535 | 3rd, South Division | Defeated Cleburne in Wild Card game; lost to Kansas City 3-0 in Division Series
Totals | 586–509 | .535 | — | —

## Playoffs

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* 1994 season: Lost to Winnipeg 3–1 in championship
* 1999 season: Lost to Winnipeg 3–0 in semifinals
* 2002 season: Defeated Joliet 3–2 in quarterfinals; lost to Winnipeg 3–1 in semifinals
* 2008 season: Lost to Sioux Falls 3–0 in semifinals
* 2015 season: Defeated St. Paul 3–1 in semifinals; lost to Laredo 3–1 in championship
* 2016 season: Lost to Wichita 3–1 in semifinals
* 2018 season: Lost to Kansas City 3–2 in semifinals
* 2019 season: Defeated Kansas City 3–1 in semifinals; lost to St. Paul 3–0 in championship
* 2021 season: Defeated Cleburne in Wildcard game; lost to Kansas City 3-0 in Division Series

## Roster

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Sioux City Explorers roster

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Active roster | Coaches/Other

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Pitchers

* 10 Brandon Brosher
* 15 Austin Drury
* 36 Nate Gercken
* 4 Jeremy Goins ‡
* 21 Jaren Jackson
* 30 Kyle Marman
* 11 Braunny Munoz
* 12 Joey Murray
* 35 Brendan O'Donnell
* 50 J. D. Scholten
* 23 John Sheaks
* 16 Jared Wetherbee
* 28 Zach Willeman

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Catchers

* 24 Wilfredo Gimenez ‡
* 25 Jake Green
* 99 Ryan January ‡
* 33 Jake Ortega

Infielders

* 9 Cameron Cannon
* 17 Daniel Lingua
* 7 Ozzie Martínez
* 24 John Nogowski
* 76 Preston Palmeiro ‡
* 44 Daniel Perez
* 6 Nick Shumpert

Outfielders

* 3 Justin Connell
* 18 D'Shawn Knowles
* 8 Daniel Montano
* 5 Scott Ota
* 2 Zac Vooletich

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Manager

* 55 Steve Montgomery

Coaches

* Bruce Fischbach (trainer)
* \-- Josh Hinz (hitting)
* 40 Bobby Post (pitching)

Disabled list
‡ Inactive list
§ Suspended list

Roster updated August 10, 2024
Transactions

## Notable alumni

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* Ty Griffin (1993)
* Joe Kraemer (1993-1994)
* Oil Can Boyd (1994-1995)
* Carl Nichols (1995)
* Mark Merchant (1995)
* Gerald Young (1995-1996)
* Dana Williams (1996)
* Julius Matos (1997)
* Danny Perez (1997)
* Mike Porzio (1997)
* Matt Turner (1997)
* Michael Marchesano (1999–2000)
* Nate Bland (2000)
* Mike Busby (2000)
* Nate Field (2000)
* Brent Bowers (2001)
* Jeff Juden (2001)
* John LeRoy (2001)
* Cris Colón (2002)
* Trey Beamon (2003)
* Mike Figga (2003)
* José Malavé (2003)
* John Cotton (2003)
* Desi Wilson (2003-2004)
* J. D. Scholten (2003–2004, 2006–2007, 2024–present)
* Allan Simpson (2007)
* Charlton Jimerson (2008)
* Walter Young (2008-2009)
* Steve Andrade (2009)
* Jacob Cruz (2010)
* T. J. Bohn (2010-2011)
* Emiliano Fruto (2011)
* Nick Schumacher (2011–2012)
* Richard Salazar (2011–2012)
* John Holdzkom (2013)
* Cody Satterwhite (2013)
* Alex Burnett (2014)
* Jesse English (2014)
* Brock Kjeldgaard (2014-2015)
* Rene Tosoni (2014-2015)
* Ryan Court (2015)
* John Ely (2015)
* David Herndon (2015)
* Jeff Marquez (2015)
* Tommy Mendonca (2014-2016)
* Derrick Robinson (2016)
* Tayler Scott (2016)
* Connor Overton (2016)
* Cody Forsythe (2016-2017)
* Tony Campana (2017)
* John Nogowski (2017, 2023–present)
* Bubby Rossman (2017)
* Josh Vitters (2017)
* Alex White (2017)
* Luis Durango (2018)
* Parker Markel (2018)
* Patrick Schuster (2018)
* Dean Green (2018-2019)
* Anthony Bender (2019)
* Jason Garcia (2019)
* Jeremy Hazelbaker (2019)
* Taylor Jordan (2019)
* Spencer Jones (2021)
* Nick Franklin (2021–2022)
* Blaine Hardy (2022)
* Nivaldo Rodríguez (2022)
* Eury Pérez (2023)
* Luís Madero (2023)
* Nick Shumpert (2024–present)
* Santiago Florez (2024)
* Joey Murray (2024–present)
* Ozzie Martínez (2024–present)

## References

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1. ^ Reichard, Kevin (2020-09-24). "American Association, Frontier League now MLB Partner Leagues". Ballpark Digest. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
2. ^ "Standings". Archived from the original on 2013-08-26. Retrieved 2014-09-07.

## External links

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