The Western Canada Miners (also known as just the Canada Miners) are a professional independent baseball team based in
Yuma, Arizona
Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. The city's population was 95,548 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 census population of 93,064.
Yuma is the principal city of the Yuma, Arizona, Metropolitan ...
, and representing western
Canada
Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...
. They play in the developmental
Arizona Winter League, a short-season instructional winter league affiliated with the
North American League and they play their home games at
Desert Sun Stadium in Yuma, as well as the
San Diego Surf Dawgs,
Saskatchewan Silver Sox,
Team Canada and
Yuma Scorpions. The team uses the logo and uniforms of the now-defunct
Mesa MinersAttractions aplenty at AWL opener: Scorpions fall to Miners in first game of winter league
(The Yuma Sun, February 1, 2008) team and are owned by Diamond Sports & Entertainment.
On April 3, 2009, the Miners were announced as one of the three charter teams in the new Arizona Summer League, an instructional league also affiliated with the Golden Baseball League. The league was formed following the success of the AWL. In July 2009, after 14 games and no playoff, they were declared the very first ASL Champions. The ASL version was renamed the Bisbee Miners for 2010 and the Mesa Miners for 2011 and possibly beyond.
The NAL still owns the rights to the "Miners" brand (including name, logo and uniforms) and a future expansion team would have no ties to the original Mesa team. Some suggest that previously sought-after Canadian cities Kamloops
Kamloops ( ) is a city in south-central British Columbia, Canada, at the confluence of the North Thompson River, North and South Thompson Rivers, which join to become the Thompson River in Kamloops, and east of Kamloops Lake. The city is the ad ...
and Kelowna
Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan, Okanagan Valley in the British Columbia Interior, southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna ...
should be the new home of the brand because of western Canada's rich mining history, similar to the Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province in Western Canada. It is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, to the northeast by Nunavut, and to the south by the ...
team (Regina or Saskatoon are being sought to host the Silver Sox if they continue to express interest).
Season-by-season records
Arizona Winter League:
Arizona Summer League:
See also
* Mesa Miners
* Bisbee Miners
References
External links
Arizona Winter League's official website
Arizona Summer League's official website
Golden Baseball League
{{Professional Baseball
Arizona Winter League teams
Professional baseball teams in Arizona