The Sioux City Explorers are a professional minor league baseball team based in

Sioux City, Iowa Sioux City () is a city in Woodbury and Plymouth counties in the northwestern part of the U.S. state of Iowa. The population was 85,797 in the 2020 census, making it the fourth-largest city in Iowa. The bulk of the city is in Woodbury County, ...

, in the

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. The Explorers are members American Association of Professional Baseball, an official Partner League of

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. 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 Northern League may refer to: Sport Baseball * Northern League (baseball, 1902–71), a name used by several minor leagues that operated in the upper midwestern U.S. and Manitoba from 1902 to 1971 * Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010), an indep ...

Season-by-season records

Playoffs

*1994 season: Lost to

Winnipeg Winnipeg () is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada. It is centred on the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine rivers, near the longitudinal centre of North America. , Winnipeg had a city population of 749 ...

3–1 in championship *1999 season: Lost to

3–0 in semifinals *2002 season: Defeated Joliet 3–2 in quarterfinals; lost to

3–1 in semifinals *2008 season: Lost to

Sioux Falls Sioux Falls () is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota and the 130th-most populous city in the United States. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into Lincoln County to the south, which continues up ...

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

Notable alumni

* Joe Kraemer (1993-1994) * Oil Can Boyd (1994-1995) * Carl Nichols (1995) * Gerald Young (1995-1996) * Dana Williams (1996) * Julius Matos (1997) * Danny Perez (1997) * Mike Porzio (1997) * Matt Turner (1997) * Nate Bland (2000) * Mike Busby (2000) *

Nate Field Nathan Patrick Field (born December 11, 1975) is an American former professional baseball scout for the Boston Red Sox, a member of Boston's professional scouting department, and a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. He bats and throw ...

(2000) * Brent Bowers (2001) * Jeff Juden (2001) *

John LeRoy John Michael LeRoy (April 19, 1975 – June 25, 2001) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played one game with the Atlanta Braves on September 26, 1997, throwing two scoreless innings, giving up one hit and three walks while striking out thre ...

(2001) *

Cris Colón Cristóbal Colón (born January 3, 1969) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop for the Texas Rangers (1992). He was a switch-hitting batter. Colón was born in La Guaira, Vargas ...

(2002) * Trey Beamon (2003) * Mike Figga (2003) *

José Malavé José Francisco Malavé ah-lah-VEY(born May 31, 1971) is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball outfielder who played from 1996 to 1997 with the Boston Red Sox. He was born in Cumaná, Sucre. In parts of two seasons, Malavé was a .226 hitte ...

(2003) * Desi Wilson (2003-2004) * Allan Simpson (2007) *

Charlton Jimerson Charlton Maxwell Jimerson (born September 22, 1979) is a retired Major League Baseball outfielder. He played college baseball at the University of Miami. Early life Growing up in Hayward, California, Jimerson endured a turbulent childhood. Hi ...

(2008) * Walter Young (2008-2009) * Steve Andrade (2009) * Jacob Cruz (2010) *

T. J. Bohn Thomas Joseph Bohn (born January 17, 1980), is an American former professional baseball outfielder, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners and Philadelphia Phillies. He made his MLB debut as a late-inning pinch hitter ...

(2010-2011) * Emiliano Fruto (2011) *

John Holdzkom John Stephen Holdzkom (born October 19, 1987) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2014. Career New York Mets Holdzkom was drafted by the Seattle ...

(2013) * Alex Burnett (2014) *

Jesse English Jesse Logan English (born September 13, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2010, and for the EDA Rhinos of the Chinese Professional Baseball League ...

(2014) * Brock Kjeldgaard (2014-2015) * Rene Tosoni (2014-2015) * Ryan Court (2015) * John Ely (2015) * David Herndon (2015) *

Jeff Marquez Jeffrey Joseph Marquez (born August 10, 1984) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox and New York Yankees. Career New York Yankees Marquez attended Sacramento ...

(2015) * Tommy Mendonca (2014-2016) * Derrick Robinson (2016) * Tayler Scott (2016) * Tony Campana (2017) *

John Nogowski John Francis Nogowski (born January 5, 1993) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Sioux City Explorers of the American Association of Professional Baseball. He was drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 34th round of the 201 ...

(2017) * Bubby Rossman (2017) * Josh Vitters (2017) * Alex White (2017) * Luis Durango (2018) * Dean Green (2018-2019) * Anthony Bender (2019) * Jason Garcia (2019) * Jeremy Hazelbaker (2019) *

Taylor Jordan Taylor Jordan (born January 17, 1989) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Fubon Guardians of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL). Professio ...

(2019)

References

External links

* {{Iowa Sports American Association of Professional Baseball teams Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010) teams Sports in Sioux City, Iowa Professional baseball teams in Iowa